Surf photographer Ric Chan left his homeland NZ in 1965 and travelled theEast Coast of OZ, shooting some of the hottest up and coming locals until 1969, when he left for Melbourne, Adelaide, and eventually WA.
His East Coast surf adventures took him from Sydney in NSW to Noosa in Queensland and return.
Ric had
surf travel articles published in Californian surf magazine International
Surfing in 1969 and Oz’s Surfing World magazine in the late 60s.
This is a collection of Ric’s images from an Angourie trip in 1968. Angourie is on the North Coast of NSW.
Beach
crew
Wayne Williams and others hanging with Ric’s Gold coloured Kombi. Wayne Williams, unknown, Jack Knight, unknowns (2) with Ric’s Kombi. Ric with Kombi and dead snake on the road. Glen Richie and Wayne Williams checking the waves Wayne Williams and unidentified leaning on Ric’s Kombi. Wayne Williams with Hayden Surfboards in surfboard showroom
Water
Shots
Ric: “I swam out into the line-up and shot these pics with my Nikonos water camera”.
Wayne Williams bottom turn Wayne Williams unidentified goofy footer unidentified unidentified wave sharing unidentified unidentified unidentified
Land
Based surf images
Ric: “Land shots were taken on my Pentax manual wind camera with a Kawanon 600mm telelens stuck in front”.
Wayne Williams Wayne Williams Wayne Williams Wayne Williams Jack Knight bottom turn unidentified unidentified knee paddling unidentified unidentified pulling out unidentified Wayne WilliamsUnidentified unidentified John Henneberry tears into a bottom turn John Henneberry unidentified unidentified unidentified
Surf photographer Ric Chan left his homeland NZ in 1965 and travelled the East Coast of OZ, shooting some of the hottest up and coming locals until 1969, when he left for Melbourne, Adelaide, and eventually WA.
His East Coast surf adventures took him from Sydney in NSW to Noosa in Queensland and return.
Ric had surf travel articles published in Californian surf magazine International Surfing in 1969 and Oz’s Surfing World magazine in the late 60s.
This is a collection of Ric’s images from an Angourie trip in 1968. Angourie is on the North Coast of NSW.
Beach crew
Water Shots
Ric: “I swam out into the line-up and shot these pics with my Nikonos water camera”.
Land Based surf images
Ric: “Land shots were taken on my Pentax manual wind camera with a Kawanon 600mm tele lens stuck in front”.
Thanks for sharing your surf images Ric.
Coming soon 1960s Yagon Beach NSW surf images by Ric Chan
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