~ RIP Butch Cooney ~
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Condolences to Steve and family.
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Great surfer - good times.
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held him in awe back in the day...one very cool dude..a style master who sowed the seeds for little brother .Steve to become one of the greatest stylists to ever grace a wave. MOTE is indebted to Butch.
R.I.P. BC
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yeah Butch...RIP mate you were a true blue beaudy......condolences to the Family ....
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Only just found out today. Had lost touch for a few years but very old friends from the early 1960's Collaroy days. The guest house on Pittwater Rd that never closed...surfing Long Reef/No man's land... Very very sad to hear. Condolences to Steve, Gail and family.
R.I.P.