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DIMENSIONS: All prints are supplied in matts and backed. Dimensions listed below are the overall size of the matt.

IMAGE SIZE: 40 x 60 cm except for prints cropped to a more panoramic format (see Ted Spencer at Ti Tree, A wave at Spooky, The point before dawn and several others) that vary in height.

PLEASE NOTE: All Giclée prints are done on demand, so there may be a delay of up to two weeks on delivery.

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The romance of travelling the major surf breaks of the east coast of Australia in a beaten-up old Holden was a real one. There were few surfers outside the capital cities as not everyone had a car. Places like Noosa were still 'secret' and they were often empty.
Bob McTavish and the '48 Holden, Noosa – 1966
Edition of 450 – 62 x 80 cm
Kodak Endura print
Unframed price – $650
 <p>At Honolua Bay in late 1967, Nat and Bob McTavish "turned easily and repeatedly from trough to crest in a high-performance style that set a precedent for virtually all surfing that followed". (Matt Warshaw - <em>The Encyclopedia of Surfing</em>) This was the beginnings of the shortboard revolution...the seeds of which had been sown the year before when Nat won the World Championship in San Diego.</p>
Nat Young, bottom turn, Honolua Bay – 1967
Edition of 100 – 62 x 80 cm
Kodak Endura print
SALE price – $380
 <p>Bob on his nine-foot V-bottom board at Honolua, in a session that became the finale of Paul Witzig's film <em>The Hot Generation</em> and which "helped introduce the surfing world to the high-performance possibilities of the shortboard". (Matt Warshaw - <em>The Encyclopedia of Surfing</em>)</p>
Bob McTavish at Hololua Bay – 1967
Edition of 100 – 62 x 80 cm
Kodak Endura print
SALE price – $380
 <p>At Angourie in the early 70s the sandy track down to the point ran straight ahead from the car park, and wound though the banksia trees to the rocks north of the beach. There was an older man called Alex who was some sort of caretaker for the reserve and who also had a small shop that sold the basics like bread and milk...and fresh mullet that he caught himself.</p>
Fresh mullet v.2 – c. 1972
Edition of 300 – 62 x 80 cm
Giclée print on Hahnemühle archival rag paper
Unframed price – $550
 <p>On a not-especially-wonderful day at Matakana there was this one, beautiful, just-about-perfect wave.</p>
A wave at Matakana Island, NZ – 1975
Edition of 100 – 62 x 80 cm
Giclée print on Hahnemühle archival rag paper
SALE price – $380
<p>A picture that made the cover of <em>Tracks</em> in July 1973. It's an image that has always reminded me of the Japanese artist Hokosai's wave...mostly by the way the white water seems suspended in air...and helped no doubt by the wind-blown shape of the trees in the background.</p>
Freckles at Spooky – 1973
Edition of 100 – 82 x 60.5 cm
Giclée print on Hahnemühle archival rag paper
SALE price – $380
 The hills behind Byron Bay are some of the most lovely coastal country you find anywhere. It's lush because of the rainfall and there is the beautiful backdrop of the coastal range. Within a few kilometres are the breaks of Byron itself, Broken Head and Lennox. It's been a magnet for surfers from the very early 60s. The two in this picture are Wayne Lynch and Bob McTavish.
Arcadia – 1969
Edition of 100 – 62 x 80 cm
Kodak Endura print
Unframed price – $475
 Ted was in the group of surfers who benefited immediately from the drop in length of surfboards and, with Wayne Lynch, set new standards in performance small-wave surfing.
Ted Spencer at Ti Tree – mid-1960s
Edition of 100 – 62 x 80 cm
Kodak Endura print
Unframed price – $475
 <p>The attraction of a line of waves wrapping onto the coast reaches beyond surfers. It's akin to staring into an open fire – mesmerising, infinitely variable and often very beautiful.</p>
Bells Beach – 1977
Edition of 100 – 62 x 80 cm
Kodak Endura print
SALE price – $380
 <p>A picture that was never published in the 1960s became a cover for <em>Australian Longboarding</em> 40 years later. It shows a confident McTavish in complete control – his body and board unified on a windy Noosa wave.</p>
Bob McTavish at National Park – 1966
Edition of 100 – 82 x 60.5 cm
Kodak Endura print
SALE price – $380
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