Where are they now ??????

[pridmore]

I was sitting around with friends the other night and having a few drinks when conversation went to ' surfers that you never hear of anymore ', it was very interesting remembering them and were they are now so I thought this could make a great thread. We all know of some great surfers ( either local shredders or big time pro's ) , I am sure you would like to know where are they now ????

I will start it off with Jason Buttenshaw, the skinny kid from Kirra who could reall tube ride and should have done much better out of surfing than he did. Heard he was bashed by another Cooly grom and not sure what happened next ??? anybody know ????

[Karlos]

Chappy Jennings?
Nick Wood?
Stuart Cadden?
Oh yeah almost forgot, Andy Irons.

[bohdidontsurf]

Id be really interested to hear about Nicky Wood, he was the sh.t when I was growing up and then ............. ? I heard he may have been overwhelmed by the whole tour party scene but would love to hear from anyone who really knows. Good thread by the way.

[pridmore]

nick Wood used to live at Marcoola on the Sunny Coast and me and mate used to live there too, we saw him in the waves once but werent sure if it was him coz he was so tall, then heard he grew a foot 1 year so worked out it was him, and heard he was smokin heaps and just over the whole tour scene and the massive growth thing had farrrked his knees

Stuart Cadden did a suf show for a while, maybe RA or something pretty lame like that, prob about 15 plus years ago....

what about Chappy, where is he now ???

[dunnc]

What about Shane Herring? Gary Green and Dog Marsh?
I'd like to know what happened to Buttenshaw as well as he was all over tyhe mags one day then just dissapeared.

[bohdidontsurf]

Garry Green was /is working at Jacksons board shop after a shop he owned didnt make it in Cronulla.

[turtle]

Nick Wood beat Tom Curren, Michael Ho, Shaun Tomson, Barton Lynch and Richard Marsh to win 86' Bells.

from memeory he was very young when he did this, maybe 18 or something. someone will know??

[dUg]

I think Nick Wood was even younger than that when he won Bells... like maybe 16.

I remember when Dog Marsh was at Nias when that tidal wave hit and it was all over the news, but since then... who knows??

How about Bainy and Kingsley Looker? Who remembers King on the TV dating show Perfect Match?? I know where Bainy is... I just want to see what the grapevine comes up with.

How about the SA chicks, Freida and Wendy? Didn't she do a nudie shoot for Penthouse? I always thought she was a bit of a hottie... bet things have gone a bit south now.

Yeah... unlike the rest of us from that era...

[Dingus]

I saw a pic once of a guy out at big big Bells, caught inside and praying. I think it was a comp day.

Who was he?

[eMpowered]

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[turtle]

hey dunnc,
coastalwatch has article on Gary Green.
its called Gary Green the first professional soul surfer

[dUg]

I thought this thread had an air of familliarity about it...

Certainly a few answers here:

http://forum.realsurf.com/forum/viewtop ... f=7&t=7330

[pridmore]

So nobody knows what happened to Butto ? What about that seppo Richie Collins ? He ws a different critter with his christian beliefs and mohawks and punching the shit out of his boards that he shaped, probably the last pro to shape his own boards ( please tel if there are others who do it today ), he used to ip for a while, and won bells too, but seemed to just vanish when he was probably in the top 8 in the rankings ( maybe did an Occ without the comeback part ??? )

anyone heard of a surfer called Robert Wolfe ( unsure of surname spelling ), but think he was from Caloundra and really really ripped, just freakishly fast and grea surfer, he beat Tom Curren once some comp and I am surprised that he never did better or made a name for himself....????

Yeah, keen to hear what Shane Herring is doing these days....???
Shane Powell did the tiling in my place a year ago and he didnt really want to tell me much about Herro, maybe they had a falling out or something, Powelly was cool though, he surfs around y place in winter and has a surf school at Avoca I think in the summer months.....

[steve shearer]

Herro has been living at Lennox the past few years, usually found at the pub , or riding a bike with a brown sanga in hand. Suffers from pancreatitis, and has recently had every single one of his teeth removed due to rotten teeth leading to general septicaemia.
He tried to dry out for a few months but when the government payout came just before Chrissie he went nuts and got back on the grog.
Got kicked out of his Lennox digs and moved back to a mate of his at Byron.
Terrible tragedy, I'd be surprised if he made 40.
Last I heard of Butto he was tiling on the Goldy, surfing occassionally.
I remember Robert Wolffe, don't know what happened to him.
Steve

[dUg]

How about former Welsh Pro surfer Carwyn Williams? I heard he was the first European EVER to turn pro.

[marcus]

dog marsh was in the G land tsunami, he now has a surf shop in cronulla.
I work with Simon Laws brother, he owns a surf shop or three in nelson bay and runs a surf school, goes to indo for holidays.
Nicky woods cousin is out the back having cones with a flatmate, wait a sec ill go ask him...

nah he doesnt know, he will ask his dad and get back to me.

[marcus]

Just a quick note
as the people we are talking about are real people that deserve some privacy, could we keep the info gossip free if possible?
Please only write something about someone that you know they wouldnt mind reading on the net about themself, within reason.
Cheers

[Felix]

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