Surfing Cobden 1964

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DescriptionA mate of mine sent me this photo with the comment- "After footie on a fine Sunday PM at Cobden Beach, Greymouth in August 1964- note the 'wetties' and no leg ropes." The water would have been about 12C and the air about 12C too. Murray Beckman L with Des Proffit behind him and me in the middle, with Kevin Dixon the big guy. All getting ready to be frozen. Dixon went on to play International League for the Kiwis and Cronulla and never surfed a board after that season. Murray lived in Fiji for years as a Bank Manager and is now in Auckland. I once did a surf trip with him and we went all over NZ, including a flat Raglan and arrived home to Greymouth after a mainly shit surf trip to pumping Cobden waves and wondered why we bothered. I surfed my Atlas Woods 9' from new in 1962 until 1968. By then, it was twice as heavy, dinged brown and blown but I couldn't afford to buy a new one. We could only surf from maybe mid Dec until late March, as wetsuits were not availableDate of Photo1964Map^[1]ContributorBrian Beban

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EventSurfing Cobden 1964

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CommentsGordon Wilkins
Good to hear from you Brian
Yes remember all your mates a little older Norms age but used to hang around with you all
Cheers

Brent Symons
Paved the way for us mere mortals.....brass monkeys lol

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Surfing Cobden 1964

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