Three interesting photos of beginnings from the late 60s to early 70s. Above is Graham as a young lad with his first boards, made in his home town of Newquay.'It was taken by my Dad in c.1968 .Both boards are Bilbo, the pop-out cost £26 new, and the 8'4" was shaped by Chris Jones. I had it stolen off my VW in Newquay in early 1970, never to be seen again! I sometimes wonder what happened to my board. I went all over the place looking for it. I'd painted a black butterfly on the deck so it really stood out. The butterfly image came from the pages of "Surfer" mag.'
An early Alex Williams shot, a classic image of Bantham and the first shot by him to be used in a surf mag.
An early Alex Williams shot, a classic image of Bantham and the first shot by him to be used in a surf mag.'It was taken in 1971-72. Steve Daniel at Bantham. I was taking a lot of wildlife photos as a lad. I had just moved from a Ilford instamatic to a Pentaflex camera which had the capability of changing lenses. So I bought my first short telephoto lens a 400mm Sologor lens. I was desperate to try it out. So after a surf I took my first roll of film with it, this was the best shot, which was later used in Surf magazine( Bez Newton's) in '73' I did not know who the surfer was? I only scanned the badly exposed slides a year or so ago and thought it looked like Steve Daniel.'Steve recently replied to Alex about the photo - Looks like me on the 5'10 Surfline Hawaii I brought back from Hawaii with my parents when I was 16 (1971). Early days !
No prizes for guessing the identity of this future european champion. Taken in Newquay in 1971, proudly holding his first surfboard, a cosmic John Conway, and kitted out in towelling top with competition stripes and jesus sandals.
No prizes for guessing the identity of this future european champion. Taken in Newquay in 1971, proudly holding his first surfboard, a cosmic John Conway, and kitted out in towelling top with competition stripes and jesus sandals.
