Bombora - History of Australian Surfing
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Well done NC, it flowed together well and it was great to see the older legends reliving their stoke. I think a highlight for me apart from the surfing was the footage of the old cars and the beaches as they were. I would love an old eh wagon for a road trip but I reckon you would be jack of it by Wyong. I am looking forward to the next installment with surfers from my era and see how much I can remember.
Al this is gold. "She didn't realise I was fairly high and spent much of the evening trying to figure out why a purple and orange cow wanted me to climb a tree."
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Yeah, you can't tell the story of Australian surfing without Nat in there, but it would be hard to get a new angle on it. So much has been documented. I was more intrigued by the reference to Wayne Lynch's story and the teaser that next week's show would shed some light on this.Nick Carroll wrote:.... don't worry oldman, Nat's in it up to his neck next wk.
Definitely interested in his story as I have only ever caught snippets, most of which have been lost somewhere in my mind.
All in all though, fine work NC. Nice to see ABC putting some money into something that actually might interest a few Australians, rather than buying another pommy cop show or bonnet drama.
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Great doco........had to pause it now while watching it now to ask this : that famous photo of mctavish standing by car watching peeling right hand point...where is that ??? rocks look like Angourie but the road doesn't ? I don't know Noosa - is it there ??? have wondered this for years ?
on a side note - can anyone tell me the line up featured on the cover of
" Highway" dvd that came with Tracks or ASL few years back
on a side note - can anyone tell me the line up featured on the cover of
" Highway" dvd that came with Tracks or ASL few years back
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Agree on all fronts. Was surprised at the amount of footage we hadn’t seen. The re-enactments were also good and suspect it could have been cringe worthy.oldman wrote:All in all though, fine work NC. Nice to see ABC putting some money into something that actually might interest a few Australians...
Bet my oldies enjoyed it, it was slated as a ‘must see’ for them too.
Highly commended NC, why would we expect anything less. Now about that shine off ya dome.
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Great show, how good was Bob McTavish. I wonder if all the people that had tried to get him to follow a more "normal" course through his life could look back on their own lives with as much joy and as many fond memories.
Midget's a funny guy, he does polarise people but I worked for him about 20 years ago and always found him sound.
Midget's a funny guy, he does polarise people but I worked for him about 20 years ago and always found him sound.
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I loved Bombora - so many good stories my highlights were:
-The women who surfed with the duke & proceeded to get completely fucken hooked
- "Spaz" from Bondi who decided to ROW to Cooly from Bondi. Even if the shark bite was talked up a bit that is a nice mix of stupidity / cavalier bravado & watermanly skills.
- Bob Pike charging Hawaii - watching the footage I thought thought that he would have made the pipe wave if he was on modern equipment with some rocker
- Mctavish getting fired in the morning & then stowing away for Hawaii in the arvo
The biggest testament to Bombora is that it made me want to go surfing immediately (which I did this morning & was a total let down)
-The women who surfed with the duke & proceeded to get completely fucken hooked
- "Spaz" from Bondi who decided to ROW to Cooly from Bondi. Even if the shark bite was talked up a bit that is a nice mix of stupidity / cavalier bravado & watermanly skills.
- Bob Pike charging Hawaii - watching the footage I thought thought that he would have made the pipe wave if he was on modern equipment with some rocker
- Mctavish getting fired in the morning & then stowing away for Hawaii in the arvo
The biggest testament to Bombora is that it made me want to go surfing immediately (which I did this morning & was a total let down)
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So where's the Roy Stewart footage????
FFS I saw some real toothpicks out of control last night.
(the ones with the extra large chrome plated grab handle at each end).
Talk about instruments of death!
BTW could Roy be nailed on an "intent to commit" charge?
FFS I saw some real toothpicks out of control last night.
(the ones with the extra large chrome plated grab handle at each end).
Talk about instruments of death!
BTW could Roy be nailed on an "intent to commit" charge?
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Enjoyed it too. And have had several colleagues (blokes and sheilas) say how sad about Isobella not finding a bloke who could live up to the Duke. If that's dinkum there's a killer real life Aussie drama-doco-love story to be made for TV too.
Spaz and crew's 1000 mile adventure inspired too.
Personally loved the sound track. Left field tracks and thought sound and vision combined very well. And wasn't the northern beaches trully God's Country (at least physically) then. No hi rise, just mainly modest homes which didn't dominate the landscape.
Spaz and crew's 1000 mile adventure inspired too.
Personally loved the sound track. Left field tracks and thought sound and vision combined very well. And wasn't the northern beaches trully God's Country (at least physically) then. No hi rise, just mainly modest homes which didn't dominate the landscape.
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Monty wrote:Midget's a funny guy, he does polarise people but I worked for him about 20 years ago and always found him sound.
my first job straight out of school was at surfblanks ('81), I already knew him through my mate's dad who was aust championship level surfer back then as well ...
I found him anything but "sound" and he didn't do too much laughing at work either , ... he had complaining well covered though ...
he did say the fin foiling room had never been so clean before I got there ... but he still hated me all the same ...
back on the doco ... maybe I didn't sit down with any expectations 'cause I just enjoyed the history lesson and amazement of what those guys were taking off on, on those boards ... sure that early early stuff was all a bit weird but I really wasn't expecting the first surfers ever to be paddling into 6' foot 1st rock or something ... I don't really have a "book report" for you NC but am certainly looking forward to the next episode ...
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BLOODY GREAT SHOW..!!
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Man.. that larrikin kid McTavish is infectious.
My whole family thought the show was great
My whole family thought the show was great
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That was Phyllis O'Donnell.Toby wrote:Hey Nick, did you tell that one lady to lay off the tanning machine? Scared the shit out of me when she came on.
Overall I was pretty stoked with it. Stirred up some national pride and brought a lump to my throat more than once. Good on ya, Aussies! Can't wait for ep. 2.
I would be surprised if that's from a tanning machine. I suspect she has issues as a result of a lifetime in the sun. She was always very tanned, just from surfing. I hope she's OK, but it doesn't look good.
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I remember you picked her from those photos I put up recently Trev, so now I know who she is and what she is famous for, or at least I would if I remembered.TrevG wrote:That was Phyllis O'Donnell.
I would be surprised if that's from a tanning machine. I suspect she has issues as a result of a lifetime in the sun. She was always very tanned, just from surfing. I hope she's OK, but it doesn't look good.
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In the early 70's I worked for Midget. I was probably the one who messed up the fin foiling area.
Total fu_king perfectionist ... and expected the same from everyone who worked for him.
You wouldn't want to socialise with the guy but you knew that if you bought a board from him you were getting the best materials from the best craftsmen.
Because he was from a previous era (and other personal reasons) Nat and his cronies negated his influence and his ability during the late 60's. Have no doubt, the guy was a great surfer and innovator ... I just couldn't understand a word he said!
Total fu_king perfectionist ... and expected the same from everyone who worked for him.
You wouldn't want to socialise with the guy but you knew that if you bought a board from him you were getting the best materials from the best craftsmen.
Because he was from a previous era (and other personal reasons) Nat and his cronies negated his influence and his ability during the late 60's. Have no doubt, the guy was a great surfer and innovator ... I just couldn't understand a word he said!
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She was the winner of the Womens World Title at Manly in 1964oldman wrote:I remember you picked her from those photos I put up recently Trev, so now I know who she is and what she is famous for, or at least I would if I remembered.TrevG wrote:That was Phyllis O'Donnell.
I would be surprised if that's from a tanning machine. I suspect she has issues as a result of a lifetime in the sun. She was always very tanned, just from surfing. I hope she's OK, but it doesn't look good.
I think she came from Sydney originally but by that stage was resident at Banora Point and a regular at Kirra, Snapper etc. Worked on the counter at Tweed Heads Bowling Alley and obviously a local hero, even before her win.
She seemed a very lonely person, though. Difficult to get a "Hello" out of. Or maybe she was just very focussed.
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I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.
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