Undergound heroes

Bru, Keith Martin spent much Indo time also. He had a shot of him in his loungeroom that could have been Pipe, it wasn't, it was Sunshine Beach, taken out the front of his house by then missus Lyn. Last I heard he was living in ?Fiji? . Bruce's ol' man, Max, also happened to own the Pamona Hotel, very handy for free red lemonades and pool. Bruce had numerous hawaiin seasons and once we thought he wasn't coming back.

Uppo, Richie West / Cundith / Greenough & Co., all have the same Tom Morey / Pope @ Ventura. Ca., and then Wilderness surfboards, Santa Barbara. Ca., lineage. PS. ot, got quinoa in the rice cooker today.

Uds, Dave Smith still larger than life, got into snowboarding a bit, lives up northern goldie I think, mainly surfs the beachies.

***I'm sure all these sorta guys would be stoked to be remembered in such high regard.

Dave Plant, I think originally from Tassie. Absolute charger, there was a photo hanging in Southern Surf of Dave hanging in the lip of 15' windblown Bluff, of which the witness account is he made the drop free falling most of the way before connecting, pulling in and making it all the way to the channel. Twenty years later the photo has disappeared, even PB has no knowledge of it's whereabouts, damn shame that, would love a copy for inspiration of committed in tough environs.

Watched Dave surf some serious waves in my youth, back when I was way out of my league to paddle out into the maelstrom.

Thorton Fallander............absolute legend and 'still riding the storm'.
Freeride TC sosa that Fallander tube ?

Oi Brutus, does Jeff/Geoff Tarr make it on your Vic list? The tar baby, yeah! Mate, Wayne Dale, nuff said!

Jeff King was the man at Bells, don't even think he went in any contests.

I don't think you could rate any young surfers as underground as the first thing they do is post it on youtube.

Saw Thornton spear a beast on a high tide at Big Groyne.....I think Cyclone Anne/Agi. Ten foot and so fucking thick with current raging like a river.

Him Al Byrne, Wayne Deane and another underground legend on a yellow single fin no leggy. Bloke with a limp....anyone know him?

Uplift,I threw Yazzie in there out of respect as I have seen him do shit paddling I have never seen anyone else do,on daus soooo big...if he makes a mistake,game over.....and he is one of the most humble guys I know...a real big wave rider..

and uplift I was watching Fox Footy last nite and the coach of the Adelaide Crows jumped on board the leaner is meaner bus...by saying the pre-season was about getting their players to lose their bulk,and slim down to have more aerobic fitness......like a lot of other clubs have been doing..hmmmm

Yazzy rides a waimea bay closeout & gets into the finals of billbong xxl awards . If i knew how to put links up i would . Google its on youtube. He lives in newy nowdays

Lenny the bushmen from New Brighton. Shaped all his own boards, no leggy plugs. Made many pros look stupid in Hawaii.
Watched him take on twenty foot outer reef seventh hole at Kahuku on a giant north swell. No leggy. no way to swim in if he lost his board. Rode twenty foot lefts by himself.
I heard he's living in Mildura, goes down south and rides a kneeboard. Anyone seen him?

Jeff king was a classic....rode twin fins in Big bells...did a few comps broke my favourite Twin also...bastard!!

Keith martin runs a surf camp in....Tonga I think!

Shatner'sBassoon wrote:

Duttz & A.C. Gaul?! How da bejeezus did they get in there? Next it'll be Rosie, Cambora, Ralph Cooney, Craig Cross,Thornie, Moose, Hosko & Danny Green! Get the fuck outta here. On a serious note, what about Andy Campbell from Tassie? Saw him up the bluff last century, pre-Shippies hysteria, RIPPING. Thought it was Margo in his prime as we were walking up the point. Good egg to boot. AND FUCKEN KYL (I/IE/E) MANCHESTER! OFCOURSE! R.I.P.P.I.N.
Oh, and this bloke:
http://www.swellnet.com/news/talking-heads/2013/10/28/brett-herring-stay...

Yeah Andrew Campbell has balls bigger than anyone I've ever seen, had a bit of big head and mouth on him when younger but good guy once you got to know him, expect much mellower now, lives over in Bali these days.

Think Jeff King came up to the Goldie and was a teacher at our high school (PBC) when I was in my final years. The grey grommet filled me in on his legendness, and that was back then.

Freeride, do you ever bump into Paul Callaghan up your neck of the woods ? or Robert Fenech. and who's the guy who shapes/d the MR boards, natural footer, top bloke.

Was good when the Byron / Ballina boys would come surf in the Qld titles, even if they were cockroaches. We'd have 1 round each at Sunny, Goldie & Byron/ Ballina.

Rob Fenech or Gypo is living down near Minnie Water now, underground, still shaping some nice boards.

shaper of MR boards????? Mark Plater, Bob Margieson, Crispy, Buzz?/.....another bloke who got the Sky label, name escapes me right now?...real good surfer/shaper. I think Mark Plater has the licence for MR boards.

Paul I haven't seen for a while, heard he was going to the Phillos a bit. Don't know where he is.

edit: Neil Cormack?

Now, now, now, just relaxe bruteless, calm down. I know yazzie can surf. All of those newy guys foolishly spent plenty of time at blacks, foolishly surfing what to you is a mere, gutless little slop banger. They were a bunch of competitive shit stirrers, and pounced on every opportunity they could. It was fun and games with them, I used to love stirring them up, and visa versa. And yazzie's wipeout was a shocker, no crime though... well, as if, pulverised by, to you, just a useless, little, dribbler. Really rocked him though, and in fact it was me that defended the poor guy, as the others, led by a sneering homer, had already written him off, and were quickly rifling through his car like vicious, ruthless heyenas. I had to chase the whole lot of em off and let him limp out of town a broken man. So that's that angle resolved, now to the other, off topic one, your elite fitness savvy angle.

hmmmmm, late night footy, hmmmmmm. Ever heard of Taylor Walker?

'No one has stood out more than Taylor Walker during Crows pre-season training, says coach Brenton Sanderson.'

'Sanderson said Walker “looks awesome and really fit’’

'Sanderson said his 192cm, 100kg powerhouse had been “meticulous’’ with his rehabilitation and would return a more-rounded player than the one who led Adelaide’s goalkicking with 63 in his last full season in 2012.

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“I’ve been really impressed with Tex,’’ Sanderson said.

“No one has probably jumped off the page more or had such an improvement in leadership and the way they carry themselves around a footy club since I walked into the door in 2011 than Tex.

“He’s in our leadership group now and the way he’s handled himself with his rehab from a really serious knee injury is a real credit to him.

“Fingers crossed that he comes back and doesn’t have any issues because he’s still only a kid, he’s only 23 and has seven, eight or nine years of really good footy ahead of him.’’'

The fucken idiots, eh coach bruteless.

Still, he's, athletic enough to maybe get a job as punter in the NFL.

Look, lets clear the ice, so to speak, and fix all this now:

I, a Mr Up - Lift, formally nominate a Mr bruteless cole, as 'the' underground legend at blacks, who (with witnesses, wayne, the brazillians, waynes mate steve, dougy fritzy, reno, gerry, alby, wayne, and wayne, and megsy and wayne, and the brazillians, and wayne) treated blacks like a sloppy piece of pussy dribble, belting and riding the shit out of it, before storming off to surf a massive, massive secret right hander, on what was, according to wayne, the best day ever at the peak of the best ever swell.

There, I've respectfully relented. But please bruteless, I know Ben would want me to ask you to please try and refrain from any ludicrous off topic answers, simply trying to put the limelight on you and RCJ, the worlds greatest, athlete.

Hey Uplift .

When if ever , are you NOT in your own stories .....

Seriously i can feel the gravitational pull from here , tides are all fucked and all .

Hey, soufle, hey!!!! Its not my fucken fault, look I did what Camster told me to, and awesome, I came up on top... deluxe!

https://www.google.com.au/#q=Yazzie+rides+waimea+bay+close+out

Hey!!! what do I win... there's still a bit of room alongside me Swellnet 500 trophy.

hey Southey, leave upsydaisy alone. he was an underground charger in his own rite. never once saw him pull back out at blacks, when it was 2-3ft. He did go missing quite a bit when it got much bigger

Classic thread Sheepie.

Fuck me, never heard of most of these blokes, they are all coming out of the cob webs now thanks to you dog. Nice one.

Better to be under a bridge tho, than under the ground....?

Couldnt see it in that link uplift ? Are u just joking . U need his real name not nickname i think , i found it easily so it must be simple

Why would I joke about something like that, and risk getting knuckled by bruteless. Anyway, when I saw my name I got excited and thought I won something. Should I keep looking... if its that easy help me and post the link.

here it is uplift ;-)

" www.sookenewsmirror.com/sports/217460361.html"

Can you verify that please camster?

Its rare that i understand wat your saying upster . I dunno wat youse both are on about now .

sorry caml ... was just taking the piss . interestingly it was Sooke news . Uplifts favourite rag .
just say his name and uplift will disapear into the eather .

https://www.google.com.au/search?biw=768&bih=928&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=TlkYU7...

Jimmy metal neck Pitts

Yeah saw the link it was a decent joke

straight up Craig Walgers radical , beautiful to watch .

Mark Plater, that's him. Thanks Freeride.

Philos sounds about right for PC. I can imagine him happily somewhere like that.

agree hippy, Craig Walgers was class.

Rossy Philips, Craig Gunnis.

B-Lee got a mention back up there somewhere, I have a sneaky memory he made the finals of the Pro-Class trials on his first trip to Hawaii, took a bomb at Sunset.

I guess there are different dimensions of surfers noted here, and what classifies heroes & legends. On one hand you have the chargers / nut cases, on another you have the rad freaks, then you have the stylemasters from gens past. All just as valid as each other IMO.

Surfing isn't just about BIG waves any more than Yoga is about being a rubber chicken.

Like which is better, a BIG short barrel, or a smaller longer barrel ? Depends on your venues, depends on your capacity. It's relative I guess .

Paddy Ryan, Sandy Ryans father was was one of the best surfers I've seen at Express, Phillip Island. True style master, impeccable timing.

Sid, the smaller longer barrel is way better, lasts longer and takes more skill to weave your way out.But on a satisfaction level, about the same.

You don't need a lot of skill to be a good big wave rider. Before you jump on me about this comment I said "good" not "hot"

morris wrote:

Paddy Ryan, Sandy Ryans father was was one of the best surfers I've seen at Express, Phillip Island. True style master, impeccable timing.

Sid, the smaller longer barrel is way better, lasts longer and takes more skill to weave your way out.But on a satisfaction level, about the same.

You don't need a lot of skill to be a good big wave rider. Before you jump on me about this comment I said "good" not "hot"

I think you mean Matt Ryan.

Speaking of Phillip Island surfers, both Gremmie and Vaughny are guys id give my vote too.

Yes I do Indo. It was 35 years ago.

Yeah sheepdog, it's hard for queenslanders to get used to viccos wave as they're fat and they don't barrel. ;-D

Hahah Uplift I had the pleasure of meeting Les Norrish. What a loose cannon! We had just done a trip up to Quobba and were heading south, out at Jakes, only small but he was at the top of the point looking about 70 years old in his hand-made fibreglass white helmet (which looked like he literally wrapped his head in resin soaked bandages of 6oz and let it dry in the sun before removing it... kinda like you do with paper mashe' on a baloon) yelling at a booger to fuck-off or he'll bash him. So I paddle up and sit on his outside and he starts telling me that if you look up his name on the internet he has a bodyboarders hate site named after him..."Les Norrish, Look it up!" after a bit of sizing up he asks where I'm from... from there we got talking about Sunshine coast and Straddy etc (im a Brizzo) even let me have a few leftover waves haha. Then back in the carpark he's ranting to someone else about bashing boogieboarders and as we drive out I give him a wave and he says "Straddie boy, i'll hook you with a right later!"
funny fella.

Another mention above was Thornton Fallander, I never met him but I spent 2 years (best years of my life) living down in Yamba and his sons- cant remember their names (Matt & ???) - only young chargers, still in high school and you would always see them out at Spooks when it was makking and closing out the bay, taking the biggest ones they could get on these awesome yellow guns the old man probably made for them. They have a good crack at it.

oh uplift..thank your for your continuing great works of fiction......I can read between the lines how envious you are of real stories,real surfers........and then you go on and post...

nothing comments from brenton sanderson ,couldn't you find where he said..the team had slimmed down this year so that they would have more aerobic capaicity,which means ...bulking up means lees aerobic capacity...and pray tell...does surfing need aerobic capacity??

I think another really underrated surfer was Neil Luke from the Island,with Matt Ryan......

On the Island Express , Steve Demos & Dugga . stood out in my mind . Tony Ringa paid his dues there too .

Sheepie, GT Timpo was my grommiehood hero too. Think he got 2 x 3rds at the Stubbies, it was awesome to watch him take the top off off some of those Burleigh sets. And there ya go uppo, Timpo, Cundiths #1 rider - double concave fluted flyer swallow twinnies - very choice piece of machinery, I would happily still ride one now. Fuck, Timpo was a solid bloke with a lotta power for a twinfin and he would push them to the very edge just before they became twinspins. Some of the Byron boys tell me, in between fucked back periods, he still throwin a mal round just the same.

I think a GT got mentioned back up there somewhere but I figured it was GT Gary Taylor from Morn Peninsula.

I'll chuck in for the Viccos... Rambo, cos he rips, he's got nuts, he's just such a damn nice bloke, and I Love him

and Pete Johnno, cos he rip too, HE IS NUTS, and he's just one of those guys that colors the world loud, and we need guys like him to save us from the meek inheriting the earth, and I Love him too.

Plus one for the Central Coasters ... Bryden 'Cowsbreath' Gailbraith, ditto as Rambo.

Oh bruteless, aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh yes, the lines. No need to read between any lines that you know fuck all about fitness, or training, and even used to openly bag it on here, but suddenly about faced when you realised that you needed to keep the image up.

Actually Surfing the wave is anaerobic, power based. Waves don't last long at all. Paddling is aerobic, but also needs bursts of power, although in the comps, they use skis as well. There are prolonged periods of sitting in semi pro surfing, tons of recovery time, and heats only last 25 minutes. Again:

'No one has stood out more than Taylor Walker during Crows pre-season training, says coach Brenton Sanderson.'

'Sanderson said his 192cm, 100kg powerhouse had been “meticulous’’ with his rehabilitation and would return a more-rounded player than the one who led Adelaide’s goalkicking with 63 in his last full season in 2012.'

Tune 'im big mozza.

'gidday maaaayte, me farkin name's farkin mozza farkin cole, dun a bit a farkin trainin' in me farkin day I 'ave, wayne seen me aye, an me an RCJ, the worlds greatest athlete are 'ere to put yar through yar farkin' paces, yar 100 kilo fat, slow cunt...'

Pray all you like. And trim the semi pros down to 25 kg if you like, the fans will love it.

had any bites lately????

ahhhhplift.........c'mon mate slim down ,stop taking the hook line and sinker....and deliver a bit of anaerobic antedotes for us dolts that just don't get being a beefcake!!

Had ya ages ago bruteless, gut hooked ya with a soft plastic, 'shit 'imself at blacks' surface popper. Keep throwing ya back, but, hey, ya can't resist the thing.

Mornington Peninsula-Ian Portingale,Mick Pierce,Phil Trigger[came 5th. Bells 73]and special mention to Ted Bainbridge coz it was never too big for Ted.Phillip Island-Malcolm{fang} Gregson.John Mason,tube rider extraordinaire

--- ahhhhplift.........c'mon mate slim down , stop taking the hook line and sinker....---

Fuck Off Brutus, Leave the fishing up to me, Right ? Good .

You too Uppo.

whooaa.I didn't mention my favourite.Does anyone remember Mr. Weir.he used to surf the island and M.P. in the early seventies.HE was about 60 then and drove around in an old EH bogged up with fibreglass.everyone just called him Mr. Weir.You have to remember no-one those days surfed at that age.His son Moon could surf too

Zappa wybrow.

good read this one s dog good call ! lotsa the names are from an era just a bit older than mine but yeah have heard of most o them underground legends . when some one mentioned sandy ryan and his old man ,thought well its time for a bit younger crew to be named , sandy ryan ! hell yeah , was that cowes galbraith ? met him once 20 yr ago when he won a comp at rotto ,he still rips hey? i cant name em all but heres acupla more , travis potter, karl beadham ,shannan worrall,boordo,chris ross,neil wackett, lochie c,mick tomlinson,tony hardy. and some of them guys already mentioned like curtis,yaz,les. well theres a few and some young fellas too like lochie from the bluff . theres more but cant think of em at moment ...

oh fuck. ZAPPA ...

Uppo, Straddie wasn't the only locale' Johnny Boy got sent on, he also got a sawn offf shot gun, conceiled under a trench coat, stuck under his nose, in the Kirra carpark.

That sounds pretty radical sid. I don't like that guns style stuff, but the Specht thing was just wanting to sort out face to face. Those days are pretty much finished now though, its the new era of court orders, restraining orders etc.

And like has been previously mentioned, underground is pretty gone too, went ages ago. It was an absolute no no showing photos in most 'underground' places back then, now its the total opposite. Just changing times.

Because we loved the left hander, we used to hear some good stories about John Batcheldor.