1988 JBay Classic vid

Bryn · Post by **Bryn** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:13 am

http://youtu.be/PasqNVj1v_I

Awesome 80s shredding at J Bay! Gigs killing it. Love the boards and some solid surfing!

eqKneelo · Post by **eqKneelo** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:20 am

Such great footage.

The Creediler · Post by **The Creediler** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:52 am

That was killer!

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:31 am

Fins were farther back, then...

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:32 am

At least in South Africa. Maybe not in Oz.

MikeS · Post by **MikeS** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:15 pm

Great video and well worth the admission!

Fossil Man · Post by **Fossil Man** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:09 pm

were the Aussies pushing their fins way up even back then ?

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:40 am

Don't know.
Thought I saw in one of Simon's movies Peter Crawford riding a single fin with fin pretty far up compared to San Diego Fish boards.

Fossil Man · Post by **Fossil Man** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:49 am

Yeah I remember that, a cool little '' full volume '' board that had the planform/ outline sort of like a Greenough Spoon. A 1977 ad for ''Pub Squash'' I think.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:57 pm

Yep
Doing floaters years before most others...

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:24 pm

Fossil Man wrote:were the Aussies pushing their fins way up even back then ?

the friar tuck twins and quads from back then had the fins pretty forward.

TimM · Post by **TimM** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 7:59 pm

Thanks for the link, brought back such memories..

I was a a grom when I watched an earlier final between Gigs and Roman at perfect 6-8 foot Supers on TV.. was certainly a defining moment for me. They were killing it..!