This is a collection of miscellaneous photos found in one of NZ surf photographer Ric Chan’s old photo albums.

Ric’s happy snaps cover the 70s and early 80s while he was living WA.

 

Photo: 1970s Ric’s rental place at Karrinyup.

 

Photo: 1970s Strickland Bay at Rotto.

 

Photo: 1970s Paul Cunningham surfing Rotto.

 

Photo: 1970s Mitch Thorson surfing Rotto.

 

Photo: 1970s Bruce Smith surfing Rotto.

 

Photo: 1980s unidentified windsurfing at Mettams.

 

Photo: 1980s Steve Koehne bush bashing in a Jeep loaned to Ric by a city car dealer for a SW surf expedition.

 

Photo: 1980s Ric’s custom yellow wettie at Margs.

 

Photo: 1980s Ric archery practice at unknown location.

 

Photo: 1980s Ric Chan and Bob McKenzie at Gobbles Night Club in Perth city. Ric was a DJ at Gobbles amongst other things.

A lot of Ric’s vintage photo material was water damaged during storage in Graham Noakes’ scrap yard at Margs in the 1990s and 2000s.

 

Photo: a water damaged proof sheet of Ric’s 1970s surf images.

 

Click on this link to view ‘Lost and Found – The Missing Ric Chan Archives’ by Jim King published 23 March 2016.

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