History of Australian surfing

This program reminisces over the colourful sixties, when surfing was the latest fashion - bikinis, okanuis, malibus, the Delltones, Little Patty, the stomp! Performances from many of Australia’s surfing champions are presented, including Wayne Lynch, Michael Patterson, Peter Townsend, Mark Warren, Mark Richards, Simon Anderson and Rabbit Bartholomew.

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Credits

director

Nat Young

co-producer

Grant Young

Nat Young

production company

Nat Young Holdings

Duration

01:27:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508923

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports - Australia - History

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Surfing

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1985

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