Valé Joe Larkin

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Valé Joe Larkin

Post by Trev » Fri Jul 21, 2017 3:34 pm

Sad news overnight.
RIP Joe.
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Re: Valé Joe Larkin

Post by Beanpole » Fri Jul 21, 2017 4:37 pm

Sad news. Got my first new surfboard from his shop at Kirra. MP Ski Free Model.
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Re: Valé Joe Larkin

Post by Trev » Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:10 pm

Beanpole wrote:
Fri Jul 21, 2017 4:37 pm
Sad news. Got my first new surfboard from his shop at Kirra. MP Ski Free Model.
Me too.
Christmas Eve 1963.
Worked at the sand mines to pay for it.
9'3" Translucent yellow.
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Re: Valé Joe Larkin

Post by Trev » Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:18 pm

Beanpole
You aren’t the room Yuke You are just a wonky cafe table with a missing rubber pad on the end of one leg.

Skipper
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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Re: Valé Joe Larkin

Post by steve shearer » Fri Jul 21, 2017 8:47 pm

Magic bloke, lucky enough to interview him and see his workshop at Cabbas.
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Re: Valé Joe Larkin

Post by Beanpole » Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:01 pm

I love that he had a bit of a Renaissance in his later years. He deserved it.
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Re: Valé Joe Larkin

Post by Nick Carroll » Sat Jul 22, 2017 4:02 am

Joe was a classic, very Australian. He had a good innings.

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Re: Valé Joe Larkin

Post by Over55yrs » Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:40 pm


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Re: Valé Joe Larkin

Post by Beanpole » Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:04 pm

I remember his ad in SW in 1969......,"If you want a bloody lolly go somewhere else....we build real surfboards for real surfers."
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