Surfing Pataua New Zealand... 1972

Pataua New Zealand. Surfing video 1972 super 8 movie (768K) Colin lowe, Dave Boyd, Bill Cairns & Grant Smith

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[troyhiab]

hi im from pataua. and my dad surfed out there all the time. his name was bruce ryan. please let me know if you did! or have any photos of him! he passed away in 1988. im troy his son. cool thanks heaps

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@troyhiab

Hi Troy ..contact me on mikejcooney@gmail.com

[rgjloco]

I think my dad surfed with these guys...Greg Jordan. Cool video.

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@rgjloco

Didnt know Greg but thanks anyway....cheers Mike

[charlesphj]

great waves, great everything.

thanks a lot for publishing this. i get a nayve and country feeling while watching it, and it makes me wonder how great should be to experience true surfing. back in the day.

best regards,

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@charlesphj My pleasure Charles

[tyngha]

Awesome, I've surfed this spot many times in the 90's and the un-mentoined river bars to the north, pure surfing clean lines, speed trims, and single fins. Thanks for reminding us what surfing is all about. Interesting to see the comeback of "retro boards" as they are called now and the younger surfers trying to experience the stoke from the past, videos like this are gold, cheers.

[umitzmoulDAY]

great footage!

[gilesgaptooth1]

nearly 40 years on and it is still possable to get pataua all to yourself magic

[SurfersConnect]

Dont know if Taff knew 'Titch' but i remember him