My cousin who has just rediscovered the pleasure of surfing at age 43 produced a copy of "tubular swells" the dick hoole jack mccoy 1976 classic and regretably i had to admit to seeing it already...in 1976... at the old hunter theatre at the junction in newcastle , the scene of many a classic sunday arvo surf flick..while viewing(and re-living some )images in the movie i noticed Larry Bertleman winning the award for surfing in what could be deemed at the time as the penultimate of cool" a flared wetsuit" have a look!up there with buttons eating sand before surfing (in many classic moments?) any other nominations?
cheers
blindboyTuesday, 23 Mar 2010 at 8:59pm
I can't remember the movie but Rabbit on the swing at Burleigh. Remember those swings with a single long plank suspended from metal bars at each end? Rabbit stands on it, gets it swinging and then does classic cross over steps to hang five.
My cousin who has just rediscovered the pleasure of surfing at age 43 produced a copy of "tubular swells" the dick hoole jack mccoy 1976 classic and regretably i had to admit to seeing it already...in 1976... at the old hunter theatre at the junction in newcastle , the scene of many a classic sunday arvo surf flick..while viewing(and re-living some )images in the movie i noticed Larry Bertleman winning the award for surfing in what could be deemed at the time as the penultimate of cool" a flared wetsuit" have a look!up there with buttons eating sand before surfing (in many classic moments?) any other nominations?
cheers