Board Bazaar - August 2015
Wednesday 16/09 8
A tip top original Hot Buttered Drifta, classic Insight banana board, and an isometrical stringer....wot?
Welcome to this month's Board Bazaar.
The Rearview Mirror
Board Bazaar - June 2015
Wednesday 22/07 13
A Hawaiian elephant gun, Larry Blair's Pipeline steed, a bona fide MP, and what's in a board spray?
It's the June Board Bazaar, better late than never.
Saturday with Skip: 1984 McCoy Tri Zap
Sunday 17/05 48
A Saturday afternoon session links 30 years of surfboard design.
Board Bazaar - April 2015
Tuesday 12/05 9
A lover of water, a classic by Noa Deane's Dad, and a dubious Kookbox. Welcome to the April Board Bazaar!
Board Bazaar - March 2015
Wednesday 08/04 20
Ripped off logos, swapping boards for pizza, and a Brewer that should never have been bought. Welcome to the March Board Bazaar.
Board Bazaar - February 2015
Thursday 12/03 24
Gary Green's gun, Damien Hardman's too, the most important surfboard of the modern era, and a mysterious Lightning Bolt. It's the latest instalment of the Board Bazaar!
The US Olympic team visits Cronulla in '56
Thursday 12/02 4
In one afternoon Cronulla surfers were exposed to a new culture, new materials and constructions method, and a whole new way of riding waves. Things were never the same on the beaches.
Board Bazaar - January 2015
Wednesday 04/02 15
A pre-Simon Anderson thruster, surfboard collecting is rock 'n roll, and a board Miki Dora would turn in his grave for, welcome to the first Board Bazaar for 2015!
Barry "Magoo" McGuigan: A wonderful surfing life
Wednesday 19/11 15
This morning, Barry "Magoo" McGuigan passed away, aged 85, following a wonderfully rich life. Three years ago Phil Jarratt visited Magoo at his Central Coast home, pulled up a pew on the McGuigan's back deck and rolled tape...
Board Bazaar - October 2014: deluxe edition!
Thursday 13/11 21
Never mind surfboard art or history, in the October instalment of the Board Bazaar it's all about the money.
Special delivery: MR on winning the '86 Billabong Pro
Thursday 06/11 4
Earlier this week Swellnet ran a story by Dave Parmenter that described a monumental day at Waimea Bay, the running of the 1986 Billabong Pro. We received a great reaction to the story, however the best reaction of all is from Mark Richards, winner of the competition, who gives his account of the day here.
Farewell to arms
Tuesday 04/11 28
Dave Parmenter tells the story of a monumental day at Waimea Bay, when one surfer "climbed into the big wave pantheon" and another called time on his career with a majestic victory.