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by Regularguy » Sun Feb 25, 2024 2:19 am
flatrocker wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:55 pm
'Strikeforce' was a film that I made in 1988 with Tim Bonython and maybe available in the not too distant future on DVD.
Did Strike Force ever make it onto DVD? Would love to have a copy if possible. VHS will do too if needed.
Thanks
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by Over55yrs » Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:05 pm
Sheesh..............20 years since previous post !!!!
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by foamy » Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:43 pm
Regularguy, I think you should contact Tim Bonython and ask him what are your chances.
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by daryl » Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:14 am
foamy wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:43 pm
Regularguy, I think you should contact Tim Bonython and ask him what are your chances.
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by foamy » Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:32 am
Stu Nettle did report on Swellnet in 2020.
Stu Nettle
Reels
Sunday, 5 April 2020
In 1984, three surfers from Dee Why, Bill McCausland, Graeme Bennett, and Gary Mountford, started a company to make surf hardware. Their first product was the Rocket Block, basically a block of plastic you stuck to the tail of your board to secure your back foot. Sales were modest, the trio kept their day jobs.
In 1985, however, they struck gold with Gorilla Grip.
Traction pads already existed, however, what was on the market were simply colourful versions of skateboard grip tape – brutal on exposed skin. Yet the Dee Why trio stumbled onto foamed plastic and customised it for surfboard traction pads.
Gorilla Grip is an almost perfect product: It’s self-explanatory, effective, cheap, long-lasting, and the colour schemes matched the era. Coupled with aggressive marketing, it set McCausland, Bennett, and Mountford – by then trading as Surf Hardware International – on an upwards trajectory that would ultimately lead to Fin Control Systems and a sugar daddy sale to Macquarie Bank.
But I’m getting ahead of the story…
In the 80s, surf companies began rolling out content marketing long before the term had been coined. Surf movies bankrolled by the companies, featuring their sponsored riders. In ’87, Tim Bonython made ‘Surf Into Summer’ for Billabong, then ‘Strike Force’ for Piping Hot, and in ’89 Surf Hardware roped him in to make ‘Gripping Stuff’.
In total, Tim made three Gripping Stuff films before striking out on his own.
Tim is now digitising some of those films for free viewing. Make sure to subscribe to his YouTube channel to stay up to date.
I can’t see any sign of ‘Strike Force’ online and it wasn’t a Gripping Stuff film, but i think it would be worth asking Tim if you were keen.
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by buddy » Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:37 am
daryl wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:14 am
foamy wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:43 pm
Regularguy, I think you should contact Tim Bonython and ask him what are your chances.
Slim
Gday Daz!
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by Hatchnam » Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:54 am
Hey Daz!!
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Sniff wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:39 am
Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque
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by Beanpole » Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:43 pm
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Daz in the house
Put your big boy pants on
I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
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by Yuke Hunt » Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:00 pm
Flounce-bounce-rebound !
The moving finger writes and having writ moves on ... now all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel even half a line ... nor all thy tears wash out a single word of it.
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by RickyG » Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:20 pm
I knew it wouldn't last
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Ricky gets my vote. I hate undercover tards.
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by swvic » Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:36 am
Hey daryl
Hope all's well in your 'hood
marcus wrote:and that vicco dude, whatsisname?
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by buddy » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:36 am
swvic wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:36 am
Hey daryl
Hope all's well in your 'hood
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Daz peels back foreskin to check
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by swvic » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:42 am
marcus wrote:and that vicco dude, whatsisname?
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by swvic » Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:56 am
Happy birthday, daryl
marcus wrote:and that vicco dude, whatsisname?
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by Drailed » Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:05 am
Trev wrote:I have always had a lot of time for Dick
smnmntll wrote:Got one in the mouth once, that was pretty memorable
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by Hatchnam » Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:43 am
Darryl > Francis Bacon
Sniff wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:39 am
Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque
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