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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.

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When Bells closes out, Fishos is the only place to surf. When that’s all there is, it got crowded even in the 1960s.
Nat leaning into a turn on an experimental V-bottom. This was the board that immediately preceded the one that he took to Hawaii in December 1967 and rode famously (and wonderfully well) at Honolua Bay on Maui in one of the landmark sessions of the era.
Every Easter while the Bells contest was on a lot of the best free surfing was done at Winkipop. There is something about that coastline and the way that the swell sweeps onto it that is elemental – "one-man-and-the-ocean" doesn't seem as clichéd as it otherwise might.
Nyarie was one of a roving gang of friends that included Nat, Bob McTavish, Russell Hughes, Ted Spencer and Paul Witzig.
A surfer-shaper of enviable reputation, Rodney came to Angourie from New Zealand, liked the place, and stayed.
<p>If Spooky gets better than this I never saw it and I lived in the area off and on for a number of years. My friend Rodney Dahlberg didn't take off on this wave and that's his head just behind the lip.</p>
<p>In the 30 years since this picture was taken, many places have been discovered that are bigger, more radical, just more extreme than Sunset. None have dented its reputation as one of the world's premier big-wave breaks.</p>
<p>For some reason Torquay has always attracted a rich collection of characters. Among them was Charlie Bartlett (flashing the peace signs). The dog's name was Rodney and the house was called 'Springside'.</p>
Bells always look flat from the water. Maybe Bells just is flat. The surfing is characteristic young Wayne. One of the things that's wonderful about Bells is that this pristine Victorian coastline has been preserved because of surfing.
When the original road into Bells wound along the cliff, you used to get this view of Boobs and Winkipop as you drove in.
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