When did windsurfing first get to Australia, what's the story ?

Grant Long (1979) is the first recorded name we find anywhere...
Would have to be at most 75-76, I suppose ? Was it in Sydney?

Just curious, but if we don't get the facts soon, the story will be lost forever...

Just found on the I-net: in 1983, in a patent case for intellectual property reports, IPR 449 Aussie courts attributed windsurfing to some aussie mongrel named Richard Eastaugh, aged a mere 13 at the time. This had happened in the 40's on the Swan River in Perty. Wow, don't remember that at the time.

dr panda death.... [}:)]

pierrec45 said...

Just found on the I-net: in 1983, in a patent case for intellectual property reports, IPR 449 Aussie courts attributed windsurfing to some aussie mongrel named Richard Eastaugh, aged a mere 13 at the time. This had happened in the 40's on the Swan River in Perty. Wow, don't remember that at the time.

Hey, that's my Dad's cousin you're talkin' about there!

konasurfing said...

the first man to windsurf aust was a 2 headed dude from tassie with his 2 headed chick

... which was also his cousin

hey stop knocking Tasmania - it's a great place with some great people .....and some not so great - and some atrocious politics and environmental issues!

I heard where the 2 heads thing originated..... back in the old days when the first passenger boats ferried people between the mainland and tas.... the victorians were happy with just the one pillow..... but the tasmanians seemed to always want two pillows - so there originated the joke about having 2 heads....

pierrec45 said...

When did windsurfing first get to Australia, what's the story ?

Just curious, but if we don't get the facts soon, the story will be lost forever...

it spread like the swine flu mr "pierrec45" from there the history is clouded in tequila and beer.

greenleader said...

pierrec45 said...

When did windsurfing first get to Australia, what's the story ?

Just curious, but if we don't get the facts soon, the story will be lost forever...

it spread like the swine flu mr "pierrec45" from there the history is clouded in tequila and beer.

^^^^ hey greeny,

you're another of the father dudes of the sport. (respect) when did you start your ediction.