Painfully joyful to watch. My mom always tasted my clothes for salt to make sure I came straight home after school. No boogy or surfing during high tide. I was young and inexperienced. Never stopped me though. I miss that free childhood sooo much. Now in my mid fifties I live in the mountains of North Norway with my Norsk wife of 27 years. My life's contrast is insane. Thanks for posting the video.
kruz2727ify love yore story brother,should have washed them in the toilets or the beach showers,thats what I did and it worked,lived in Sorrento and surfed 3 or 4 times a week during school hours in the late 70s early 80s,even got picked up for work in Wavelength surf shop in Sorrento by a colleague on a Z 750 Kawasaki when I was 15.Just loved it,used to catch a ferry to queens cliff with 10 plus wetsuits to sell to the dude there for his shop,best times ever. I had to sew sea grass flooring back together in the shop as it wore out from the foot traffic,Chris Barton was my boss and I loved him
I moved there in 76' to work. A year out of high school from L.A. My buddy and I were in the water within an hour from getting off the plane. The water compared to Southern California was amazing as was the coral. Then I bought a $50 car which I drove for two weeks -- without a radiator (should have looked under the hood) and spent weeks going to the North Shore it was November. Then I started my job on a ship sailing the south pacific with a bunch of my high school friends and eventually my brother. We surfed from California to Australia and the island nations in between. I wish I had a time machine. I spent about 25 years in Hawaii until I became ill with a still undiagnosed disease. My days of paddling are behind me. At least I had my day in the sun.
I surfer the North Shore in 73' and 75'. Stayed in a house at Rocky Point that got washed away later in a Hurricane and storm surf. Surfed with Ian Cairns, Banksy, Mark Warren. The Californians lived next door . Sam Hawk and his wild crew. They had all the chicks and partied and surfed hard. RIP Col Smith from Newcastle. Once of the nicest ,most humble, down to earth guys that I ever met. Great days before computers, digitalisation, smartphones, surveillance and the PC culture. Living free . Glad that I lived then. Kids these days have little idea what they missed. Cheers for the memories. Polly , Lennox Head NSW.
Hi, I enjoyed your comments. I have lived on the Gold Coast now for about 6 years but I'm originally a Cronulla local. That's where I met Jim Banks. He talked me into going to Hawaii to take a few movies. It was a fantastic trip. We went to a lot of parties at Bernie Baker's house right on the beach. Bernie was a very well known local photographer & all the big name surfers used to hang there. It was very exciting at the time! All the best, Ross
@@ramdarook Hi Ross.thanks for your reply.I remember Bernie Baker he was a mate of Alan Rich a surf movie maker who's house we stayed at a Rocky Point.He was renting the house long term while filming Playgrounds in Paradise. I was originally from Maroubra but moved to the Northern beaches when Maroubra went feral. About 20 years ago I moved to Lennox and bought a house when they were affordable. Love it here . Still surf when it's not crowded. Bob McTavish , Chris Brock and Greenough are senior locals here, surfing great. .Like the Goldie this town is packed with hot surfers.
We moved to the north shore summer 1977. My family built a house across from Three Tables. Mark ended up building in front of us - he was an amazing friend to this teen. It’s awesome yet a bit painful to watch this. It was such a special time. Only a handful of us kids. People ask what it was like and , well, you had to be there. Peace. Oh! My friend and I won the Meadow Gold milk carton boat race at the Haleiwa Sea Spree that year. Lost the race but won $150 for the most beautiful boat. Parents used the $ for a party. 😂
Right around this time I went to visit my friend, Rex, who lived between Sunset & Pipeline on Ke Nui Rd. She had a house on the beach. Half the house was opened screened windows. I awoke the first night to a moon bow, & an aroma of exotic flowers...such wonderful memories. She still lives there.
Aloha! Was there in 1973 and 74! Went to school in Perth, West Australia and on our summer it was winter in Hawaii! Surf Triggs, Spot, Margaret River, Yallingup, Denmark, Kalbarri and then fly Qantas to Hawaii for winter surf! Joyful days back when a hotel in Waikiki was $30 oceanview! An apartment was $200 a month and a new car was $4000! House on the beach in Newport at 54th St was $250k! Wow! End of an era man! Groovy days and we didn't even know how groovy it was! lol! Now what????
Surfed every day in the 70's, North shore, V-land, goat island, Sunset, Pipe! Surfed with some of the greats and those were the days! RIP Ronnie Burns..
@@kyako4837 That was one of my favorite spots back in 1978. I had spent Christmas in San Diego and the day before I returned home to Kahuku, I stopped at a board shop called infinity. I picked up a small twin fin, wrapped it and headed home. First time on the board was at V-land. No one had them back then so everyone wanted to try it! The only person I let try it was buttons and Ronnie Burns. Buttons shredded! Don't know what ever happened to him, but I'll never forget him and the 360 he was doing, ony twin fin! Those were the days brah! The good ole days!
@@wsfwsf1497 Wow that sucks. We knew his family. Ice and meth had a grip on my life till 6yrs ago(off and on) I'm 57, all cause it was so THERE as a kid, acid too. Buttons was the 1st person I ever saw do a 360 on the lip. R.I.P. Buttons.
Love it ! Great video . I lived there from 1975-1980. What an awesome time we had at Makapu , Kilua ,Wiamea and BUZZ's Steak house. Those memories will never erase. So sad to see the Island now. To many Hwy and houses now. Hiku gardens will never look the same. Reefs are looking bad. Sad😢 I won't go there again. Maybe Kawaii.
The good days in Hawaii; I had the same funky station wagon, picked up hitch hiker surfers on the way down Kawaihae hill to Hapuna Beaach, Big Isle, circa 1980. Auwe. Good times, surf, canoe paddle with Coach Manny, other paddlers like Peter Merrimack, John Cheruba, Bobby Clark, and so many. And sailing.
That winter of '77 I lived on Maui and whenever the north shore would close out, a lot of these very same guys would come over to surf Honolua Bay and I'd be out surfing with them. It was less complicated and crowded in those days.
Hi just found your video. Great memories..lived there 1970 - 80 then Windward side till 88. Worked at the Falls 1971 until they closed for renovations. Mostly lived across Sunset at Henry's then at Hakman's A frame. So mahalo again.😊
Interesting to see old footage as I live on Oahu, recognized many places, Turtle Bay condos, Mtn range near Dillingham airfield towards Ka'ena Point, Laniakea Beach (nowadays over run by ppl), beach by Ka'a'awa Valley. Thanks for the upload.
I moved to the north shore in '76 I had totally forgotten how the the Haleiwa post office looked like back then. Great pix, footage and jamz thank you so much!
Nice flashback, true Pipe chargers back in the day. No leashes or jet skis, consequences were real. Imagine losing your board on outer reef days. Yikes!
Graduated Kalani High School in '77 and moved straight to the North Shore. Giant Pipeline became my religion. I lived for it for several seasons until life got in the way. The girls on the beach all wore flowers in their hair back then, and when you wiped out, you'd have to bodysurf in to retrieve your board and run the gauntlet of all those admiring beauties. Terrible. Did I mention there would only be a handful out at macking Pipe, and dozens of those girls on the beach watching. But summer came around and it was 'no more nuthing!' The N.S. just turned into a ghost town. Well, a couple of wayward BYU girls from Kuhuku every now and then, and some dribbly wind swell dumpers at Log Cabins. That was a time, 7'6" Lightening Bolt pintails rounding out your 2 board quiver, no sponsors and no pros.
back then jet ski was only in the way, neva would have thought the roll they play today, I worked c&c back then, they called us wso's back then there was no money in surfing, it was all from the heart
ME... KALANI .....1967...NORTH SHORE COSMIC SURF.. The UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.I WAS IN TWO PROCLASS TRIALS AT SUNSET 15FEET PLUS............FUN ONLY BUT PRO CONTEST...... BUT EXTREME DRUG TOWN...I LEFT IN 1978 WHEN CHEAP ASIAN HEROIN CAME into...''BUFF OUT THE COCAINE" BROUGHT IN BY THE SOUTH AMERICAN ..?"SURFERS"..........TODAY.....IS ..MUCH WORSE......SCARRY.....SO SPECIAL PLACE?
@@danballou2202 Of course. Surfed with him and the Pipeline Underground crew regularly. Adam 12, Roach, Brian Buckley, Chris Lundy, Tony Roy, Strmin' Norman, and Bruce Bagger Hansel.
It was really cool when we hit the movies and would see the guys on film. Hooting and cheering for ppl we would see all the time. It was great to see fame come their way.
Being born in 77 I think if there was one decade I could live (surfing) in my early 20's/ late teens, it would be the 70's. RIP Pat Curren! One of my top 5 favorite surfers of all time!
This reminds me of going to the La Paloma in Encinitas to watch "surf films" around 78, 79, 80. Just one wave after another, with little to no story or narration. Everyone in the packed audience would scream, "whooooo!" as he dropped in. It was like watching movies of another planet. Had an hour to surf pipeline in 85 (long story, should have stayed). Got a little barrel, fulfilled a dream.
La Paloma. Lights would go out place would go nuts, joints would be lit. I remember my friends dad taking me and my friends when we were groms. Good times
Awesome to see these images and movies of surfing in Hawaii at a time when I’d returned to New Zealand. I lived there from 62 to72 and saw a few of the locals from the first two films. From late 66, almost everyone had switched to shorter boards, but many still rode longboards, and the older chargers still rode big guns through the late 60s.
I was 16 and living on Schofield Barracks - so many indelible memories, thanks for posting this. A year later I delivered for the Wahiawa Pizza Hut - I recall many of the full time staff and waitresses shared houses on the North Shore and surfed all day before work.
It was '77, Graduated high school, got in my red VW van with my girlfriend, drove from eastcoast, shipped the van to oahu (I bet it is still running) worked at papa Veto's pizza, had some great days in the surf, Hanapepe point,surfed 3's with Bertlman and Buttons, like paddling into surfer magazine, makaha.... ....abandoned the van ran for my life, people were ripping us off every 15min. Aloha
I met Ross filming at Backdoor/ Pipe after I graduated in 77, we had a brief chat about Bertleman and how skaters were copying his laybacks. I was a complete stranger on the beach but he took time to say hi. His footage is iconic to say the least.
Awesome upload. Those guys helped inspire me to make the move to Oahu in 1990. Hard to believe that video/film footage was 13 years prior to my arrival. Since I’ve been here I’ve met Rabbit Kekai (RIP), Buffalo and and Rusty Keaulana, Rell Sun (RIP), Dave Parmenter, Mike, Derek (RIP), Mason, Coco Ho, Mark Foo (RIP) Fred Hemmings, Andy Irons (RIP), Sunny Garcia, and many more all out surfing at various spots island wide. I am honored to be here and it is a privilege to be acquainted with all of them. I have been truly blessed. God is great!!! A hui hou. 🤙🤙🤙
Back in 77 I was in Guam surfing the southern part of the island no crowd's and perfact left's and rights. I had a 7' food lighting bolt. One of the best days of my life.
These guys are so gnarly surfing these big waves with no leashes. I know the leash isn’t supposed to be a life saving device by any means, but still. Really shows their fitness and skill and confidence in their craft.
@@COSMICRHYTHMS what was Waikiki like back then for those of us mere mortals who only longboard and/or wouldn’t dare paddle out at Sunset or Waimea or Pipe?
I was 10 years old at that time. Family always went to sunset beach in the summer back then picked tiny puka shells to make necklaces to sell at the flee market in Pearl City to the tourists. Back then sunset beach was like a desert, hardly anyone at the beach, just us kids and the parents. I miss home. Thank you for sharing.
Oahu is such a magical and sacred place if you are a surfer!.....You must experience the power and the the feeling of being in the water there in your surfing career!
I love hearing stories from my surf photographer friends living NS back in 70’s still living there to this day. This was awesome would love to see more video of just cruising the island though so beautiful to see! 🙏🏾
Magic stuff! And how ingrained in your mind are some surfers styles that you might not have seen for 30 years on film. Recognising Kanga and then mark Liddell then Dane and Hackman, within a tenth of a second makes me realise how absorbed i was back then. Now I have a beer gut and hardly surf. Ok I’m going design myself a board right now and start surfing again. Great pics of the Aussie boys too.
@@paddington3028 made a chunky 63 twin at 21.5 and 3 and a bit but too short and felt like a toy. Although had some fun Noosa that got me excited again
1977 was the year I started surfing in Australia. 10 years later I made it to Hawaii. It wasn't too different to what we see in this film. thanks for bringing back great memories.
Was just there in November with my son and five of his friends, all ages 19-22. I was 17 in ‘77. I just stood there onshore wishing I could time travel.
WOW, very cool to see the classic pics and the vehicles. also banksy and gary hughes , who shared my era surfing cronulla point late 60,s and early 70,s . the narrow single fins. love the music INXS , brings joy and nice memories of that golden time line.Am stuck in bali now, Banksy is here, elksy as well. I,m not sure where hughesey is. big shout out from nick. yeew
Much Needed flashback Singles... MRs Twin Fins, Thomson, Burns, Foo will always be legends.... StationWagons being carbonated and Gas Guzzling....No Pagers or Cell/Smartphones. Internet.. People were Simpler fo sho.. Could even compete without a SPONSOR & WIN an event that would put ya on the map.... Yup those were the days....... Thankx fo Sharing!!!!
Nice to be reminded how well those guys surfed on those boards, their styles are still so easy to pick, etched into my memory from grommethood , great clip , thank you !
Thanks for making this! Great flashback to a simple time - I can remember bodysurfing big Waimea like it was yesterday... when da Country was still da Country!
I grew up in Pacific palisades, and Malibu. Newcomers with all their money, over built architorture, and expensive boards and cars, will never know how great it was. Paradise lost.
Thanks for teleporting me to a time when I didn’t exist
you existed just not in the vessel you are in right now
@@hurricane123ist true!
@@hurricane123ist woah 😳
@@hurricane123istBrilliant reply! One of the best I've ever read!
Painfully joyful to watch. My mom always tasted my clothes for salt to make sure I came straight home after school. No boogy or surfing during high tide. I was young and inexperienced. Never stopped me though. I miss that free childhood sooo much. Now in my mid fifties I live in the mountains of North Norway with my Norsk wife of 27 years. My life's contrast is insane. Thanks for posting the video.
Mom tasting your clothes, that's ruthless.
@@alexcarter8807 thats smart
kruz2727ify love yore story brother,should have washed them in the toilets or the beach showers,thats what I did and it worked,lived in Sorrento and surfed 3 or 4 times a week during school hours in the late 70s early 80s,even got picked up for work in Wavelength surf shop in Sorrento by a colleague on a Z 750 Kawasaki when I was 15.Just loved it,used to catch a ferry to queens cliff with 10 plus wetsuits to sell to the dude there for his shop,best times ever. I had to sew sea grass flooring back together in the shop as it wore out from the foot traffic,Chris Barton was my boss and I loved him
Sounds like a pretty good life contrast my friend.
sounds like a interesting life
I moved there in 76' to work. A year out of high school from L.A. My buddy and I were in the water within an hour from getting off the plane. The water compared to Southern California was amazing as was the coral. Then I bought a $50 car which I drove for two weeks -- without a radiator (should have looked under the hood) and spent weeks going to the North Shore it was November. Then I started my job on a ship sailing the south pacific with a bunch of my high school friends and eventually my brother. We surfed from California to Australia and the island nations in between. I wish I had a time machine. I spent about 25 years in Hawaii until I became ill with a still undiagnosed disease. My days of paddling are behind me. At least I had my day in the sun.
i got goosebumps this is so pure
Me too!
☝️🎆😙👏🤩😍👏🌊🌠⛰️🌠
☝️🌞🕊🦅🙏☝️🌜🌝🌛😙
Wow! The cars, the fashion, the boards. Only the waves haven't changed.
this comment section is full of people sharing their ol surfing days vibes, and i love it.
I surfer the North Shore in 73' and 75'. Stayed in a house at Rocky Point that got washed away later in a Hurricane and storm surf. Surfed with Ian Cairns, Banksy, Mark Warren. The Californians lived next door . Sam Hawk and his wild crew. They had all the chicks and partied and surfed hard.
RIP Col Smith from Newcastle. Once of the nicest ,most humble, down to earth guys that I ever met.
Great days before computers, digitalisation, smartphones, surveillance and the PC culture.
Living free .
Glad that I lived then. Kids these days have little idea what they missed.
Cheers for the memories.
Polly , Lennox Head NSW.
Hi, I enjoyed your comments. I have lived on the Gold Coast now for about 6 years but I'm originally a Cronulla local. That's where I met Jim Banks. He talked me into going to Hawaii to take a few movies. It was a fantastic trip. We went to a lot of parties at Bernie Baker's house right on the beach. Bernie was a very well known local photographer & all the big name surfers used to hang there. It was very exciting at the time! All the best, Ross
@@ramdarook
Hi Ross.thanks for your reply.I remember Bernie Baker he was a mate of Alan Rich a surf movie maker who's house we stayed at a Rocky Point.He was renting the house long term while filming Playgrounds in Paradise. I was originally from Maroubra but moved to the Northern beaches when Maroubra went feral. About 20 years ago I moved to Lennox and bought a house when they were affordable. Love it here . Still surf when it's not crowded. Bob McTavish , Chris Brock and Greenough are senior locals here, surfing great. .Like the Goldie this town is packed with hot surfers.
I see surf videos today and the surfers don't look this spectacular. Is it me?
Me and Galen Bueno ,surfed Waimea in the Air Force. 1978,79. He lived in Wahiawa.SO FUN.
Seeing all the bugs and buses....... old classics what a time !
We moved to the north shore summer 1977. My family built a house across from Three Tables. Mark ended up building in front of us - he was an amazing friend to this teen. It’s awesome yet a bit painful to watch this. It was such a special time. Only a handful of us kids. People ask what it was like and , well, you had to be there. Peace. Oh! My friend and I won the Meadow Gold milk carton boat race at the Haleiwa Sea Spree that year. Lost the race but won $150 for the most beautiful boat. Parents used the $ for a party. 😂
I was there, North Shore, in 1977, holding shaved ice.
I was only 24 then.
Thank you for the memory trip!
Right around this time I went to visit my friend, Rex, who lived between Sunset & Pipeline on Ke Nui Rd. She had a house on the beach. Half the house was opened screened windows. I awoke the first night to a moon bow, & an aroma of exotic flowers...such wonderful memories. She still lives there.
A girl named Rex fits in with North Shore life I suppose!
Aloha! Was there in 1973 and 74! Went to school in Perth, West Australia and on our summer it was winter in Hawaii! Surf Triggs, Spot, Margaret River, Yallingup, Denmark, Kalbarri and then fly Qantas to Hawaii for winter surf! Joyful days back when a hotel in Waikiki was $30 oceanview! An apartment was $200 a month and a new car was $4000! House on the beach in Newport at 54th St was $250k! Wow! End of an era man! Groovy days and we didn't even know how groovy it was! lol! Now what????
Surfed every day in the 70's, North shore, V-land, goat island, Sunset, Pipe! Surfed with some of the greats and those were the days! RIP Ronnie Burns..
Holy shet man v land still here everyone bonfires and parties out there crazy shit
@@kyako4837 That was one of my favorite spots back in 1978. I had spent Christmas in San Diego and the day before I returned home to Kahuku, I stopped at a board shop called infinity. I picked up a small twin fin, wrapped it and headed home. First time on the board was at V-land. No one had them back then so everyone wanted to try it! The only person I let try it was buttons and Ronnie Burns. Buttons shredded! Don't know what ever happened to him, but I'll never forget him and the 360 he was doing, ony twin fin! Those were the days brah! The good ole days!
@@melshingleton7865 Sadly Buttons passed a couple years ago. He had his battles with "ice". RIP
@@wsfwsf1497 Some of my best friends from high school (Kahuku) passed, same cause.
@@wsfwsf1497 Wow that sucks. We knew his family. Ice and meth had a grip on my life till 6yrs ago(off and on) I'm 57, all cause it was so THERE as a kid, acid too. Buttons was the 1st person I ever saw do a 360 on the lip. R.I.P. Buttons.
Love it ! Great video . I lived there from 1975-1980. What an awesome time we had at Makapu , Kilua ,Wiamea and BUZZ's Steak house. Those memories will never erase. So sad to see the Island now. To many Hwy and houses now. Hiku gardens will never look the same. Reefs are looking bad. Sad😢 I won't go there again. Maybe Kawaii.
The good days in Hawaii; I had the same funky station wagon, picked up hitch hiker surfers on the way down Kawaihae hill to Hapuna Beaach, Big Isle, circa 1980. Auwe. Good times, surf, canoe paddle with Coach Manny, other paddlers like Peter Merrimack, John Cheruba, Bobby Clark, and so many. And sailing.
Wow I was in 7th grade at Wheeler Elem, lived in Mililani, Id go back in a heartbeat if I could.
I grew up in Hawaii in the 60s and 70s so these were my days there, lot of memories. First thing you notice is no crowds like today.
WHAT HIGH SCHOOL AND WHAT AREA OF OAHU?
@@tommythompsonsurfer Savage.
@@tommythompsonsurfer I was supposed to be at Milliani, when I went. Only school with best hoale mix.
@@tommythompsonsurfer Radford high. Foster village. You?
@@tommythompsonsurfer Sorry it took a year to reply this video just popped up for some reason and I musta missed your reply a year ago.
What a poignant video to be watching in December of 2020. Thank you.
Amazing to see what these guys did on the boards they had in the day.BIG BALLS .........best era of surfing and life
And one day 40 years from now some kid is going to watch videos of modern Surfers and say the same thing
It’s probably the most RAW surfing the will ever be. Only certain people used to surf and now it’s accessible to so many.
@@VanHellsing12 true
That winter of '77 I lived on Maui and whenever the north shore would close out, a lot of these very same guys would come over to surf Honolua Bay and I'd be out surfing with them. It was less complicated and crowded in those days.
Hi just found your video. Great memories..lived there 1970 - 80 then Windward side till 88. Worked at the Falls 1971 until they closed for renovations. Mostly lived across Sunset at Henry's then at Hakman's A frame. So mahalo again.😊
Interesting to see old footage as I live on Oahu, recognized many places, Turtle Bay condos, Mtn range near Dillingham airfield towards Ka'ena Point, Laniakea Beach (nowadays over run by ppl), beach by Ka'a'awa Valley. Thanks for the upload.
Awww I moved to Hawaii as a kid in 1976. Love this old footage!
I moved to the north shore in '76 I had totally forgotten how the the Haleiwa post office looked like back then. Great pix, footage and jamz thank you so much!
Beautiful memories thank you very much
Why oh why, is youth so fleeting. Damn if I’d only known.
You can still go
@@kyle6920 thanks KYLE
@@alexmurray116 No problem bromigo
This popped up in my recommended
I do not regret
These were simpler times and this looks peaceful
Nice flashback, true Pipe chargers back in the day. No leashes or jet skis, consequences were real. Imagine losing your board on outer reef days. Yikes!
Graduated Kalani High School in '77 and moved straight to the North Shore. Giant Pipeline became my religion. I lived for it for several seasons until life got in the way. The girls on the beach all wore flowers in their hair back then, and when you wiped out, you'd have to bodysurf in to retrieve your board and run the gauntlet of all those admiring beauties. Terrible. Did I mention there would only be a handful out at macking Pipe, and dozens of those girls on the beach watching. But summer came around and it was 'no more nuthing!' The N.S. just turned into a ghost town. Well, a couple of wayward BYU girls from Kuhuku every now and then, and some dribbly wind swell dumpers at Log Cabins. That was a time, 7'6" Lightening Bolt pintails rounding out your 2 board quiver, no sponsors and no pros.
back then jet ski was only in the way, neva would have thought the roll they play today, I worked c&c back then, they called us wso's back then there was no money in surfing, it was all from the heart
ME... KALANI .....1967...NORTH SHORE COSMIC SURF.. The UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.I WAS IN TWO PROCLASS TRIALS AT SUNSET 15FEET PLUS............FUN ONLY BUT PRO CONTEST...... BUT EXTREME DRUG TOWN...I LEFT IN 1978 WHEN CHEAP ASIAN HEROIN CAME into...''BUFF OUT THE COCAINE" BROUGHT IN BY THE SOUTH AMERICAN ..?"SURFERS"..........TODAY.....IS ..MUCH WORSE......SCARRY.....SO SPECIAL PLACE?
@@tommythompsonsurfer why drugs? isnt it enough being around such beauty?
Remember Adam 12?
@@danballou2202 Of course. Surfed with him and the Pipeline Underground crew regularly. Adam 12, Roach, Brian Buckley, Chris Lundy, Tony Roy, Strmin' Norman, and Bruce Bagger Hansel.
what a blast from the past those names of surfers were our heroes back then thanks for sharing sure brought back good memories
It was really cool when we hit the movies and would see the guys on film. Hooting and cheering for ppl we would see all the time. It was great to see fame come their way.
No Leashes Kids, Lose you board, Swim.
What's a leash !
I have seen alot of local boys cut leashes on townies or out of country, boards.
@@suicycomaniac5821 that's rude
@@73gmiller Rude was a way of life in the late 70's. Locals only.
@@suicycomaniac5821 I was a local somewhere
2 words ✨pure aesthetic ✨
Hi Ross , thanks for these memories ! Our first trip to the Islands. We were so skinny. Best regards, Dave.
Hi, which Dave is this? (Dave Shaw?)
@@ramdarook YES .
@@ozbluesman Great to hear from you Dave. All the Best!
This really takes me back. It really nails a time right as I was jumping off into adult life. Just nails it.
But no Jerry Lopez? None?
No smartphone no stupids vlogs no sponsors no internet no nothing....
@@howardwimbrowcpa hE'S IN THE VIDEO.
The 70s were magical times young teenagers learning to surf thaught that I discovered the holy grail.
Back in the time of feelin free and easy and time to cut loose 🌊🌊🌊🌠💫👌 talk about how times have changed 🌈
It was the wild wild west. No accountability. we waved at truant officers from the shorebreaks. They aint coming out. Lol
Glad to have stumbled upon this awesome video! The seventies was the best era! Even better spent on the North Shore!
This video is incredible,
Late 60’s, Laniakea in the morning on a weekday, 4 to 6 clean, maybe 1 or 2 other guys. Great memories..
Being born in 77 I think if there was one decade I could live (surfing) in my early 20's/ late teens, it would be the 70's. RIP Pat Curren! One of my top 5 favorite surfers of all time!
This reminds me of going to the La Paloma in Encinitas to watch "surf films" around 78, 79, 80. Just one wave after another, with little to no story or narration. Everyone in the packed audience would scream, "whooooo!" as he dropped in. It was like watching movies of another planet. Had an hour to surf pipeline in 85 (long story, should have stayed). Got a little barrel, fulfilled a dream.
La Paloma. Lights would go out place would go nuts, joints would be lit. I remember my friends dad taking me and my friends when we were groms. Good times
Awesome to see these images and movies of surfing in Hawaii at a time when I’d returned to New Zealand. I lived there from 62 to72 and saw a few of the locals from the first two films. From late 66, almost everyone had switched to shorter boards, but many still rode longboards, and the older chargers still rode big guns through the late 60s.
Such a cool video thanks for sharing 🙂👍🌊
Wow, thank you for sharing!
I was 16 and living on Schofield Barracks - so many indelible memories, thanks for posting this. A year later I delivered for the Wahiawa Pizza Hut - I recall many of the full time staff and waitresses shared houses on the North Shore and surfed all day before work.
old good but goodies !! Mahalo Misters
Amazing all these decades later and the North Shore is not over developed.
Great video/photos. What a time to be alive. No Social media or crowds.
It was '77, Graduated high school, got in my red VW van with my girlfriend, drove from eastcoast, shipped the van to oahu (I bet it is still running) worked at papa Veto's pizza, had some great days in the surf, Hanapepe point,surfed 3's with Bertlman and Buttons, like paddling into surfer magazine, makaha.... ....abandoned the van ran for my life, people were ripping us off every 15min.
Aloha
And the waves are still coming in as we speak... day after day, year after year... how great is our God...
Ace
What's Sky Daddy have to do with the surf? Poseidon controls the ocean.
Thanks lived in Kailua during that period of time
Loving on this!!!
I was born Jan 1977. Nice to meet buttons at rock piles 2008-09. Alii from Palau Micronesia 🇵🇼✌️
I met Ross filming at Backdoor/ Pipe after I graduated in 77, we had a brief chat about Bertleman and how skaters were copying his laybacks. I was a complete stranger on the beach but he took time to say hi. His footage is iconic to say the least.
Awesome upload. Those guys helped inspire me to make the move to Oahu in 1990. Hard to believe that video/film footage was 13 years prior to my arrival.
Since I’ve been here I’ve met Rabbit Kekai (RIP), Buffalo and and Rusty Keaulana, Rell Sun (RIP), Dave Parmenter, Mike, Derek (RIP), Mason, Coco Ho, Mark Foo (RIP) Fred Hemmings, Andy Irons (RIP), Sunny Garcia, and many more all out surfing at various spots island wide. I am honored to be here and it is a privilege to be acquainted with all of them. I have been truly blessed. God is great!!! A hui hou. 🤙🤙🤙
Wow! just wow.
This was a great year. I was born this year and have loved Hawaii my entire life.
GREAT VIDEO, SHOULD POST RECORDED MUSIC UNTIL 1977
Back in 77 I was in Guam surfing the southern part of the island no crowd's and perfact left's and rights. I had a 7' food lighting bolt. One of the best days of my life.
These guys are so gnarly surfing these big waves with no leashes. I know the leash isn’t supposed to be a life saving device by any means, but still. Really shows their fitness and skill and confidence in their craft.
Yes. Was how it was. You turned turtle mostly and Hung on for dear life. The board repair joints made a killing.
@@COSMICRHYTHMS what was Waikiki like back then for those of us mere mortals who only longboard and/or wouldn’t dare paddle out at Sunset or Waimea or Pipe?
They were Brave for surfing no leashes
Dunno what video you're watching
Half of the riders in this short film ARE wearing leashes...
yeah, and their faces are cleanly shaved and they have no nasty tatoos!
I was 10 years old at that time. Family always went to sunset beach in the summer back then picked tiny puka shells to make necklaces to sell at the flee market in Pearl City to the tourists. Back then sunset beach was like a desert, hardly anyone at the beach, just us kids and the parents. I miss home. Thank you for sharing.
Oahu is such a magical and sacred place if you are a surfer!.....You must experience the power and the the feeling of being in the water there in your surfing career!
Those were the days my friend!
I love hearing stories from my surf photographer friends living NS back in 70’s still living there to this day. This was awesome would love to see more video of just cruising the island though so beautiful to see! 🙏🏾
this made me so happy
My favorite era!
So glad that you posted this, I lived at Barber's Point Naval station in 74 and 75 and this brings back all kinds of Great memories.....Thanks
sickest video of all time
This is beautiful. Wish I lived during this time period
I grew up in Haleiwa in the early 70s. It's where I learned to surf when I was three or four years old. Man that under tow would hold you down forevs!
I liked that little bowl over by the wall. Nice barrels.
God Loves you all! God Bless you all and your families and friends and everyone!!
Man I would have given anything to live on the North Shore in 77 I was 17 and wanted to surf there BAD. Brings back alot of memories
Magic stuff! And how ingrained in your mind are some surfers styles that you might not have seen for 30 years on film. Recognising Kanga and then mark Liddell then Dane and Hackman, within a tenth of a second makes me realise how absorbed i was back then. Now I have a beer gut and hardly surf. Ok I’m going design myself a board right now and start surfing again. Great pics of the Aussie boys too.
Greg Webber and a bit later Kong @ Sunset.... Another bloke from Maroubra Red Johnstone placed in the Trials
Get after it. The belly will disappear. There are still little gem nooks and shelves right next to main break that nobody surfs!
Have you sorted it Greg....you know that you must....only a surfer knows the feeling.
@@paddington3028 made a chunky 63 twin at 21.5 and 3 and a bit but too short and felt like a toy. Although had some fun Noosa that got me excited again
@@paulc6498 main break where ?
70s surfing and 80s music,2 greatest era's!!! How's all the untouched land and old cars!!! #BESTOFTIMES!!!
1977 was the year I started surfing in Australia. 10 years later I made it to Hawaii. It wasn't too different to what we see in this film. thanks for bringing back great memories.
Great to see the old guys. Col Smith. Couple of INXS songs
Back then could ride da bus from Kahaluu to north shore for 10 cents. Ditch school with lunch tray hit pounders. Those were the days!
Woow love it Braddahz 💯🤙🌊💯🌊
Thanks for the Vid...I was there as a teen and it was a great place to be...Memories👍
I want to go to the 70s.
Was just there in November with my son and five of his friends, all ages 19-22. I was 17 in ‘77. I just stood there onshore wishing I could time travel.
RIP Mark Foo ... LEGEND !!!
Loved it, Hawaii is the best place on earth, perfect climate an in the 70s no crowds awesome.
Pioneers of surf
WOW, Blast from the past!!!
WOW, very cool to see the classic pics and the vehicles. also banksy and gary hughes , who shared my era surfing cronulla point late 60,s and early 70,s . the narrow single fins. love the music INXS , brings joy and nice memories of that golden time line.Am stuck in bali now, Banksy is here, elksy as well. I,m not sure where hughesey is. big shout out from nick. yeew
Much Needed flashback Singles... MRs Twin Fins, Thomson, Burns, Foo will always be legends.... StationWagons being carbonated and Gas Guzzling....No Pagers or Cell/Smartphones. Internet.. People were Simpler fo sho.. Could even compete without a SPONSOR & WIN an event that would put ya on the map.... Yup those were the days....... Thankx fo Sharing!!!!
That's the biggest drone I've ever seen! ;-)
Lol
the good old days... boy things have changed.
Nice to be reminded how well those guys surfed on those boards, their styles are still so easy to pick, etched into my memory from grommethood , great clip , thank you !
I was 13. I loved those years!!
Great songs....Michael Hutchins and INXS is great music God rest his soul.
Found out somewhat recently INXS is from my old highschool haha, had no clue at all
Back when there was no traffic by Laniakea Beach. Fantastic video!
Just amazing skills here, those days looked beautiful and free....lucky sausages.
YEAH Ross!
Thanks Gary. Great to hear from you!
@@ramdarook Thanks my old and dear friend!
AND, thanks for your amazing job with regards to capturing our history!
All the very best always!
Thanks for making this! Great flashback to a simple time - I can remember bodysurfing big Waimea like it was yesterday... when da Country was still da Country!
Those were the days ! No leash ! I surfed Makaha a few years earlier and locals were actually friendly.
I grew up in Pacific palisades, and Malibu. Newcomers with all their money, over built architorture, and expensive boards and cars, will never know how great it was. Paradise lost.
did you go to pali?
Good to see Buttons!