Retired Margaret River school teacher/surfer and now Prevelly Penguin Gary Gibbon, is a regular contributor to Surfing Down South.
Gary
Gibbon – “I’ve dug up a few vintage south west photos
you might be interested in.
The context as I
remember it, was that it was a warm, sunny, spring (October) day in 1976.
Further evidence of the unusually warm weather around that time is that the
guys are just wearing board shorts and light vests in the water. I ended up
down at Lefties near Gracetown with Andy Jones and Ross “Madhu” Anderson. I had
my photo gear with me and decided to take some shots of the boys, who were
mainly surfing Noisies. I had film in the camera that was way too fast for the
sunny conditions, so I apologise in advance for many of the shots being somewhat
overexposed looking.
The photos of Madhu going left from memory are of the left of Noisies, not Lefties. (It’s interesting, seeing these left hand waves, because you can see he’s surfing them well, but Madhu always used to tell me that he much preferred surfing rights. So you rarely ever used to see him at places like 3 Bears, even though he lived quite close to it.) He was pretty much surfing exclusively at Noisies. Andy may have slipped across to Lefties a couple of times, but I think most of his photos are of him going right. The two empty waves were taken south of Lefties and north of Noisies.The photo of Tony Hardy is Lefties. (I think it was Tony Hardy!)
So, it’s Noisies
with just a sprinkling of Lefties”
These are
Gary’s 1976 Noisies with just a sprinkling of Lefties images.
1976 Madhu going right at Noisies.1976 Madhu going right at Noisies.1976 Madhu going right at Noisies.1976 Madhu going left at Noisies.1976 Madhu going left at Noisies.1976 Madhu and Andy in the line-up at Noisies.1976 Andy with his Sunrise surfboard on the beach at Noises.1976 Andy going right at Noisies.1976 Andy going right at Noisies.1976 Andy and his dog Fonzie on the beach at Noisies.1976 Gary Gibbon and Andy’s dog Fonzie on the beach at Noisies.1976 Empty wave south of Lefties. 1976 empty wave north of Noisies.1976 Tony Hardy surfing Lefties.1976 Tony Hardy and unidentified mates on the beach at Lefties.
Retired Margaret River school teacher/surfer and now Prevelly Penguin Gary Gibbon, is a regular contributor to Surfing Down South.
Gary Gibbon – “I’ve dug up a few vintage south west photos you might be interested in.
The context as I remember it, was that it was a warm, sunny, spring (October) day in 1976. Further evidence of the unusually warm weather around that time is that the guys are just wearing board shorts and light vests in the water. I ended up down at Lefties near Gracetown with Andy Jones and Ross “Madhu” Anderson. I had my photo gear with me and decided to take some shots of the boys, who were mainly surfing Noisies. I had film in the camera that was way too fast for the sunny conditions, so I apologise in advance for many of the shots being somewhat overexposed looking.
The photos of Madhu going left from memory are of the left of Noisies, not Lefties. (It’s interesting, seeing these left hand waves, because you can see he’s surfing them well, but Madhu always used to tell me that he much preferred surfing rights. So you rarely ever used to see him at places like 3 Bears, even though he lived quite close to it.) He was pretty much surfing exclusively at Noisies. Andy may have slipped across to Lefties a couple of times, but I think most of his photos are of him going right. The two empty waves were taken south of Lefties and north of Noisies. The photo of Tony Hardy is Lefties. (I think it was Tony Hardy!)
So, it’s Noisies with just a sprinkling of Lefties”
These are Gary’s 1976 Noisies with just a sprinkling of Lefties images.
Thanks Gary, for your latest contribution.
Related content:
A brief history of the Prevelly Penguins published 24 February 2021
1970s south west coastal images by Gary Gibbon published 17 December 2016
1976 Bears images by Gary Gibbon published 8 April 2020
1976 Yallingup surfing images by Gary Gibbon published 16 October 2019
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