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Which one are you!....ha! The evolution of surfers

click on a 1960s song..no better make that 1930s for some of you dont forget to turn your hearing aids on...and toilet stop after every 3 photos

Spike Milligan...2013 and i actually heard Spike say "Neti whoo"...was such a thrilling moment....but then my excitement was dashed when they told me it was actually Billy Players great grandfather...man does he look like Billy!!.....lives at Wellsford!!!

Mayor of Pataua Mr Boyd apparently got tired of being pushed around so radically bulked up and got a Sonny Bill Williams tat..in this photo he said"what did you say Cooney..hu you lookin at Bro".cripes scared the cr-p out of me until someone said its a doctored up photo

Johnny Ayton..Not a single grey hair on him... mind you i think this photo was taken around 2002 ..Johnny & Wayne Lynch work together these days in Victoria..Johnny frequents Bali regularly....as far as i am aware Johnny has 6 kids!!!!!....

Johnny...Victoria Aussie (where he lives)...2013 ..still looking pretty good...

Ross Edge (deceased) RIP... & Laurie Langridge 64yr old Ross Edge & 70yr old Laurie Langridge..or was it the other way around!!!..anyway Ross was always genuine and always acted his age (clearly illustrated by the old time photo album in front of him) Laurie..trying to stay young with a laptop!!

Aussie boy Bob Hagner 65 yr old Bob....still in terrific condition..sailing around the sth Pacific islands on his yaught 'Serenity' dreaming about the time Colin Lowe dropped in on him at Waipu 143 yrs yrs ago

Whangarei boy again...Brian King (after years in Europe).... 65 yr old Brian King...doing what we all seem to do these days...have a quick snooze while Dave Boyd or someone was telling a joke...i was so proud of him, he didn't drop his can of beer!!

Local boys...Chris Frazerhurst and Laurie 68 yr old Chris...always the gentleman...always considering others...just like he is here, purposely squatting to make Laurie look taller ( or maybe Lauries standing on a box!!) anyway Chris is a legend!!

60 yr old Graeme Kelly 'Fry' Graeme & his wife on Pataua Bch on a beautiful 2013 summer morning..warm water..good swell..Graeme has been living at Pataua for years..he just couldnt look at that perfect left this day..left his board at home.(or did he forget it!!!)..dosen't surf now

Local boys...Dave Ryan & 62 yr old Trevor King 66 year old Dave Ryan hangin out with the young blokes...do that myself sometimes....makes me feel young too!...Trevor hung out with me to feel older...Mike King hung out with me to feel younger...Brian hung out with me to feel the same age ...Dennis.....

king siblings at uretiti after sprinkling mums ashes into the ocean Seriously though...this is a great photo..... and Mrs King was an awesome lady...she did well with these kids!. I hung out with Mike (beard) first, then he dumped me on to Brian, then Brian dumped me on to Trevor ....not one dumped me on to Pat ....LOl !! Mike deceased RIP

94 yr Mrs King.Awesome lady.Mike,Brian,Trevors,Dennis's & Pats mum who has gone on to better things What a great lady she was..always gave us scones and things when we came skateboarding at her house..always friendly to the surf crew and often hung out (was that the right words!!!) at Uretiti beach with the fam..where they learnt to surf!! now deceased RIP

guess who!! Does anyone remember Greg Alachs great uncle....well....this is not him...this is Gregs 1yr older twin brother Max...or 'junior' as we knew him...we should call him 'senior' now....nice family tho!!!....(still in Whangarei)

69 yr old Barry Chapelle...still lookin pretty dam good! Barry was always a very active sort of bloke & its done him good! I was a builder & Barry was a building inspector...i was always slipping him $100 here & there..worked good!!..no..no just joking..just joking! ..straight as a di was our Barry!!

Barry and Phil Mischewski (Phil sadly now deceased RIP)

Richard Langmuir 65 yr old Richard at Waipu Cove 2012 with his awesome 135ft long noserider...Richard still surfing good and looks in pretty good nick!

"oh far out" its former Americans..Doug and Riva Meridith Doug epitomised the quintessential character of the hippie period...had (and still had) 'the talk' ...the look..and sense of adventure that was so typical of our generation. Doug and Reva have become part of the Whangarei folklore.............. Doug now deceased RIP

Richard Raines, Richard Langmuir, Wayne Williams and some other bloke! and they've all got white teeth...my.. how times have changed..'see the 3 Amigos being interviewed by Laurie (if theres nothing good on TV).....these guys still rip! ..i think thats what they said..didn't have my hearing aid in!!

Wayne Hutton at his daughters wedding Wayne left us over 10yrs ago now, & i spoke to his brother Terry (now also dedceased...as is his other brother Brian) RIP recently who described Wayne as a "beautiful, beautiful man"quite a tribute from a brother!.a pure gentleman whom i was honored to be his best friend in the early surfing days! Sorely missed RIP

66yr old Terry Hutton (now deceased...RIP) and wife Kay....Terry sadly left us recently also... Terry..the man with the infectious laugh..a gentleman like his brother Wayne..Ruakaka SLSC boy like his brothers (6 siblings)..taught me some naughty songs tho at the Ruakaka SLSC!!."O King Cole was a merry old soul" nah..i better not!!!

Johnny Calder (Sydney boy) 2012..or 'John Lee Calder' as he is now known! Johnny has done some pretty serious muso gigs round the world,& was one of those muso hippie surfcrowd guys that we all knew back in the 60s-70s.Went & saw him playing at the DWhy RSL recently...was ok..nothing to rave about......just joking..just joking!

57 yr old Phil Cooney ....yr 2000 now 69 ...lives at Kamo..still has that board that he is holding there..but only bodysurfs these days..still gets to the beach regular tho..sadly wasnt as handsome as me...but did ok on the chick front despite that setback.....ha!!!!!

Another classic surf mum... 92 yr old mum Cooney (now deceased..RIP ) and 70 old sister Pat Mum sadly no longer with us,..but was always asking after the old surf crowd "whats Dave Boyd doing now Mike" "wayne Hutton dropped in to see me last month Mike" "is Brett Knight still building" "where's Dick Robinson these days..mum knew em all bless her

young Colin Lowe at his home/workshop Pataua sth rd Col was one of those great surfers that we all got to punch his face at some time or other...but his face still looks ok for all the pounding...i think his wife was a nurse....no..Col has mended his ways..we luv him! a true northland icon!!

Eric Harrison Eric's a Gold Coast boy, who regularly still surfs Currumbin where he lives...he likes to wear low cut t-shirts to show off his wetsuit tan...but thats ok..thats fine..

Cronulla boy Greg Alach (now deceased....RIP) and Manly boy Mike Cooney (manly..meaning..manly Sydney) thats greg on the left..Mike on the ri...no..no.. Greg on the right ..Mike on t...no Greg on...oh anyway Greg was still surfing a short board recently...had never really grown up...just lives in an old body.."hey Coons..remember when you dropped in on me"

Guess!!!!...2012 and yes thats Ken Beehre..still trys to surf, but has a dodgy hip these days....was telling us he used to carry huge boar out of the bush....what a dreamer!!!

"oh cr................p"!!!!

Mr hardcore Ken Beehre no wonder he's got a stuffed hip!!!

The 'mottly' crew have a get together after 40 yrs at Boydy's place 2012 dave..greg...brian...mike...dick...billy...colin...ken...an awesome fun time....i was amazed how that i was the only one that still looked good....Ha! :)

Sandy Bay comp 2012 Malcolm Pullman..Mal Eggington..Boydy ( i wish he would stop trying to get in every photo...sheeesh!!)

Graham and Wendy Allan 2013....lives near Te-ari Of course Graham is famous in Whangarei for starting Supersession surfboards in 1970 with some other Auckland grommets...maybe famous is not the right word...he wasn't famous was he? Nah ...he wasn't famous.....was he? eh...nah...was he?

May 2011 'The eternal grommet' Nick Matich Nick never got married..but thats ok ..we luv Nick..always got a smile on his face..still snowboards and surfs, but starting to get fat..........just joking ..just joking......(still a Dargaville boy)

63 yr old Guy Franks with his prized Atlas Woods Guy was saying in his interview with Laurie, that he & Herman Ducrot had a 9 hr session at Whananaki once..well..i remember..i remember having a 3 day session...or was it 5 days!!..& we had a helicopter fly food in..& a TV!..just joking..9 hrs awesome Guy

62 yr old Mark Wheeler ( Sandy bay local) Former North Shore Auckland boy Mark who now lives at Tutukaka and still makes the odd board....in fact made one for Pauline Pullman.....In Marks interview with Laurie, he gives us some good advice..."dont go drying out your dope in a pie warmer!!....ha!!

one of the traps we get into as we get older!! As our eyesight deteriorates, so does our ability to make good judgement in buying a new board..i haven't got the heart to tell Laurie..i guess having handles helped the old fullas decision....Ha!!!...a classic hollow surfski of the 50s.

As we enter the twilight years!! Dave Boyd looking at this funny looking round thing!!.........thinking!!!!!......'what the hell is this'

a mid-90s reunion-get together Derek Brott (now deceased...RIP) ...Tony Kivell...Mal Eggington...Gary Orevich....these boys were really smart getting together 15 years ago while they could still remember who the other guys were!!!!!!!

Birthday boy Trevor King...July 2013 64 yr old Trevor King showing off........well...i'de have to say im'e impressed ...still lookin good and surfing good for 64!!

'Fletch'...Auckland boy Graham Fletcher about to hit Angourie 20+ yrs ago 'Fletch' and family now living in Canada has fond memories of the old days at Piha and Port Waikato.....me to!!!...i used to love that Port Waikato wave that me and Bruce Ryan often surfed!!!

around the mid '90s.....reunion time for the girls..Sandy Bay!! Margaret (Player) Clements...Pat (King) Pickmere...Elaine (Crook) Beehre....Fay (Williams) Gerrand-Smale...Maxine (Robinson) Cochrane....Sue Pemberton...."the bunnies of the 60s" woo hoo!!!

Bob Tinkler (now deceased.....RIP ) with his 'Tinkler-tail' (Predator) surfboard...Vancouver Isl ..Canada....however in 1967 i remember us all sitting around in a circle in the lounge of our rented house in Maroochydore & having turns on riding a surfboard on top of some pillows..Bobs turn..and he was spilling out all sorts of creative ideas while riding on those pillows..Ha!

the Dargaville boys..Ian McCahon, Stephen Soole...and 62yr old Jonny Matich with the mega-phone.... The local crew having their annual surf contest(The 'Graig Osbaldiston' Memorial comp)..in memory of young Craig who died of a curs-sed melanoma..Craigs dad on the far right..we'll remember you bro..you were one of 'The Tribe"...Jono's got 14 grandkids!!!

A little speel on Baylys by Jonny...about 30 yrs ago... 'Richard Langdon flirting with the peel'...Ha!....and i guess 'The Son' (Nick Matich & son) is Jonny.....good stuff bro!....

Tatahi boardriders reunion decal 1992... I reckon we should have a reunion every 25 years...what do you reckon!!...that means were due for another one in 2017...and then 2032...Tui will only be 106..probably still surfing too..Ha!!

original 1966 members decal....Brian did a very cool job on this.... not sure what the 'one finger' salutes for tho...Ha!!

meanwhile 42 yrs later...the boys figure it time to catch up again....2012 Tony Kivell..Craig Rice and Drew Campi...hangin' out at Kirra in 1970...and 42yrs later...grateful that their still able to hang out...man they haven't changed one little bit...amazing....."now where did i put my glasses"...Ha!!

Drew and his mums family have a little get together...all 111 of them Drews mum was one of 15 siblings...sheeesh!!.....kiwis trying to take over the world!!!....imagine your family having to wear labels so they knew who everyone was!!

anyone remember this bloke.... last time i saw him he was on TV enlightening the general public about that naughty old surf culture....yes its auckland boy Kim Hegan...alive and well..contrary to rumours 4 decades ago....and he's doin' all right ...check the next photo!!

got himself a nice little entertainment business going.... surfing still a big part of his life.....we flatted together at Moroochydore one winter....Kim definitely had the classic surf look...brown skin..long blonde hair....good bloke...good to see your still around Kim!!!

Phil Jamieson (now deceased RIP ) ...the eternal grom...not lookin' a day over.......... Waipu 2014...still was still working with Wayne...but loved to come up to the north to get away from the 'Big Smoke'.....Phil..a genuine and loyal lifetime boardmaker from the 60s......a lot of local surf history in that man.....

Phil...still as handsome as ever!!!...... Actually, sad to say but Phil left this little ol' planet just 3 weeks ago Nov 2016

63 yr old Wayne...the cat...and a sunny day.. Wayne Parkes Surfboards... Barrys Point rd 2013

Nigel and Shirley (Scampton) Boyd...paying Waipu a visit..2014 Nigel...still lookin pretty fit .....as hyperactive as ever..Ha!!!....but will no doubt outlive us all.....Nigel and Shirley (now Mangawhai locals)...good genuine people that have etched their mark in the surf culture of Northland...good stuff!!....

2014 Eddie Aickin and Pauline Boyd (Cameron).....Beautiful Paradise Bay.. ...Having a good laugh at Dave Boyds surfing..Ha!....so cool to see such 60 (something) yr old happy chappies!!...

Eddie...a local Paradise Bay / Mongonui boy these days.... Eddie still looking great...and just as pumped as ever after a good session...awesome stuff Eddie...( "Eddie would go" ...Ha!!)...

Our fearless leader Pauline Boyd with a fat nose...Ha!! Those dam surfboards are hard....Pauline proudly displays her first surfing scar...awesome!!....isn't life just a big party....

Surfing together 45 years....John and Mary Ralph...how cool!!..Paradise Bay 2014 Mary had to pass up her surfboard a number of years back...and raising a family of five kids (all grown up now) is pretty special.....so cool guys...amazing!!

The Crisps at their modest but premier positioned home ....Whangarei Heads 2014 Rog...taking it easy these days..hasn't surfed for some time..but just enjoys his cruisy job at Bunnings and a bit of fishing ....Rog...a big part of Local surfing folklore.....awesome!!...

'Malibu Mal' Eggington showing off the new fin he has just designed..... or maybe it was just a board he borrowed...i cant remember!! ...anyway Mals still getting in the water and has become quite the local legend in recent years...'a true father of the faith',.....(surf faith..that is!!...Ha!!)

still got that cheeky loveable grin..Herman Ducrot & the view from his porch...Maunu..Whangarei 2014 Hermans got a big plan to move to Whananaki soon...those old guys just dont give up do they!!!......Herman still rips Whananaki...i think thats what he said...or was it the tidal rips he was talking about...can't remember..Ha!!

75 yr old Don and (deceased ) brother Ross Edge....having a good feed before ripping up a few waves...Waipu 2014 These guys would probably have been sitting here more than 55yrs ago...probably eating pies or something...now thats very very cool....sadly Ross no longer with us...passed away 2016

Don and Ross (Edge) hitting the tubes again on their home made early 60s boards....Waipu 2014 ..these guys first started carrying their boards up the beach at Waipu in 1959....amazing!!...

Pauline Wilson and mums 86th birthday ...2011 Sister Barbara on the right..........Pauline, a Whangarei girl again after 26 years on the Gold Coast...

Local boy Neville Grey... so excited about the fact that the pension gets closer every day.... or... maybe he's just stoked to be at Waipu on a nice clean summer offshore day and meeting some old friends.....yea i think thats it!!.....

'Ant' Tony Reid....living the goodlife in rural 'Silverdale' Auckland... 61 yr old Tony still shooting up to Whananaki for a quick surf these days....loves restoring guns...bullet holes all over his house....Ha!...just joking..just joking....'Ant'..a good bloke....

now, isn't this a classic photo................. couple of 'groms' tying their boards on after a good session in the surf...75 yr olds!! Don and Ross Edge....Waipu 2014...awesome!!!!

another classic photo...Victoria Australia... 74 yr old Tui (Wordley) (2009).....with his new 'Zella' board.....even has the funky funnel fin....very cool!!...

Guy Franks and Warrick Burchall have a 'catch up'...2011 Warrick has been wheel-chair bound for many years after an accident...but im'e sure "ripping up the waves" in the early days was part of their conversation....

The effervescent Billy Pritchard...still got a smile on his face...must be nearly 100 now!!..Ha!! Lookin' pretty good ...ex Whangarei ...Mt Maunganui boy Bill...heading across the ditch to live in Brisbane....'Geronimo...cowabunga'....Billy..Classic as ever...2014

The 3 surfing brothers....Roger...Chris (deceased)...and Richard Hall.... Havin' a ball...Waipu Cove 2014....all 3 brothers kept pumping up one another to 'go surfing'...3 of the original power station surfers....40+ years 'hooting' together...very cool!!

Eddie Aickin lookin pretty dam smooth for an old crustie....2014 got the funky hat on too...(that we all have to wear these days!!!!! )...

Pauline and former South African Yolande Eggington.....2007

Dave Boyd and Mike Cooney have a surf at Pataua....beautiful summers day 2014 and inset.......Mike surfing Pataua 51 years earlier....man ...how blessed are us surfing mob!!!!.....

Cynthia and William Ducrot...with Dave Powell...Aussie 2005

2014 ...sixty (something) Mary Marr still enjoying a wave at Waipu Cove.... How awesome is that!!......Mary went to Aussie with Maxine Robinson in the early days ...and then on to South Africa in 1970....very adventurous of her...

Whangarei boys Kevin Price and Herman Ducrot have a catch-up 2006

2014 ..NZ has the privilege of a visit of a couple of Aussie transplants... Ainsley Knight and Leslie Ward-Patterson....top surf bunnies of the sixties....

Peter Calder...Herman and Dave Skullin...barby time 2002

Longtime whangarei girl....Karen Steele-Boyd ..2013 funny how we all look so 'Normal' now that we're old...ha!!! ........not that Karens old....she still looks....oh man..ime diggin a hole here...help!!!

Dave Hopper...1991..Hermans 40th..Whangarei

local Waipu Cove boy (since 1967ish) 69yr old Brian Barnes...2014 Still fit...still catching waves..awesome!!!...found out after 67 years..went to the same school in Auckland...one class ahead of me ..amazing!!...

Pauline Pullman at the 2014 Snowy Mcalister 50 year Manly world champs reunion longboard comp... I took this photo as Pauline came out of the water after being in the womens final...fantastic...

Rog (Hall) and 'Lucre' ...his South American surfing buddy and now 5 year local.... Enjoying another day at Classic Waipu Cove 2014

Robbie Smith at the Waipu Cove 'Fish Fry' ...2014 Still as pumped as ever....was so cool catching up with the 60s-70s crew......

long time 'Advocate' photographer and Sandy Bay local ...John Stone.. pays waipu Cove a visit... 2014....

Current photo of the King clan ...June 2014.... still lookin' pretty dam good....celebrating at Parua Bay pub.....what would have been 'Mum Kings' 100th birthday....Mike setting the standard for his siblings (tie on)....Ha!!

66 yr old John Ivey...living the 'good life'.... Retired...living on his yaught in Penang..Malaysia......."dam ...life can be tough"...Ha!!

Doug Hislop finally looking his age...still surfing!!..2014

Mike & 'Legs' (Ken Rouw) have a catch up ...Manly Sydney 2014

Nicky Matich 2014...still lookin' pretty good on a wave.. Still lives over Dargaville way...

63 yr old Maxine Ryan (Klink)...Remuera Auckland 2014... Currently living in Perth

Maxine with her beautiful grandkids...Bruce would be a proud granddad.....

65 yr old Dave Gould on a sweet Sandy's wave...2014 These old fulla's can still look pretty dam good on a wave!!!!...mind you...dam nice wave too!!!...Laurie's turning into a pretty hot photographer too!!!!....nice photo

Sherry Aickin (Roberts)...lookin' very professional with that camera too!!

Whangarei girl..Sherry...still lookin' like she did 50yrs ago....Ha.. :)

Mark and TrishTate 2018...Mark no longer with us, but were fantastic help in the reunions (Mark deceased RIP)

ex Ruakaka SLSC boy and now Papakura local ...Ian Milne still lookin' good and fit for a '70 or so' year old!!!

Maxine (Robinson) Cochrane...on the Gold Coast (2012) ....where she's lived since 1986 About to be a GREAT-Grandma in January...sheesh..lookin good for a great-grandma!!!

Jenny (Blain) Brott and Pauline (Wilson) Yovich doing a cruise Nov 2014 Aussie and NZ cruise....looks like a blast..Pino Colada and all!!!

Who's this....rippin' the crap out of this wave!!!!!

How about this one then!!! Got any idea's yet who it is!!...go on have a guess before you see the next photo!!

well..believe it or not.....it's 'Dak' McDonald.... Ripping up a classic Mexican pointbreak 2014........'Dak' (Allan McDonald) living on the Gold Coast these days and still lookin' dam good for 65ish

Happy birthday Elaine Beehre 2014... Elaine now living in Auckland

Elaine showing superb discipline....

Bill Durham 2015....sadly ...left us 2019 (deceased...RIP)

and who's this still ripping!!!

Why it's Colin Lowe's brother...Eddie...still got a good crop up top too... and playin' on the nose like a mystro.... 2014

Doug and Peta Hislop

Doug and Peta ,51yrs earlier

Laurie's car (SRF BUM) meets his long lost twin (SRF I DO)...Ha!!

A classic Miki Dora on his last days

Brenda Ward (Kivell)

Jim Carney...lives in Hawaii

Bruce Frazer

Taff Kennings 2016...(on right) ...still lookin pretty good

can you believe.....it's Tony Ogilvie 2016

Aussie transplant ...Benny Hutchings (on left)

Dave Webb and mum

mike Tinkler and his girls

we're so cool...ha!!

Cape Saint Francis....of "Endless Summer" fame ....still looks good ...2016

nice shot of Doug and Reva Merideth

must be getting near 80 now....George Greenough

the ever smiling Sue Lane

Dave Lane and possibly sister Sue

when he gonna stop.....72 yr old Ken Beehre 2021

long time Taupo Bay resident (Paradise Bay) Mary Ralph....and Sylvia her overseas travelling surfing companion.....Wellington....catching up

still alive!!!.....and Aussie legend ....Ken Rouw

Mal Eggington...70 something.....still surfing....impressive 2019

Peter Morse.....still lookin good....and still surfing 2019.....but unfortunately things dont always turn out well (deceased 2021 RIP)

father carney, son, grandad ted