It Was..better back then The 1974 US Championships

Radical change in the air. Short narrow boards pitted against wider boards. Waves gong off for a big contest! Who could ask for more. Tony Staples puts on a great show but gives way to the attacking style of Rick Rasmussen and the precision surfing of Dr. Jim Cartland. It Was ... better back then
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• 1974
• US Championships
• Cape Hatteras North Carolina
• Greg Loehr
• Tony Staples
• Jim Cartland
• Rick Rasmussen
• Pete Dooley
• Jerry Law
• It Was..better back then

[alohamaui100]

I first went to Ceast Coast's Hawaii, Rincon, Puerto Rico in April 1967, just after Eric Eastman, his brother Steve, Rollie Eisenberg , Bob Hawkins and Charlie Bunger went there. I went with Carl Starace whose Mother made surfers for Bunger and Peter Lutz from Amityville. I met Rick Rasmussen there surfing with his friends Seve and Hank Oppenheimer from Long Beach. I had 8 winter stories in Rincon and later lived in Maui 76-97.I stayed at Rick's house once @ the Hamptons.Rick flamed Rincon and

[BluesHarp60]

Rick Rasmussen was the best Man at my Wedding in 1980!! He was sadly taken from us in a violent manner! RIP Ricky!!!

[ethesurfer100]

@ethesurfer100 ORRRR... Maybe it had Ian Cairns on the cover... And The Rasmussen photo was in the article...

[ethesurfer100]

WOW! I remember this well... I still have a Surfer Mag that featured this whole event. It had Rasmussen on the cover riding that same board coming through a section stepin forward with the barrell chasing him down...

[fijibodhi]

tony staples...a UC legend!

[Dinodogg428]

Hey...thanks for posting this! My dad is D. Rustin from the G&S team, the only guy going backside. Of course, I never got to watch him surf so this is a lot of fun!

[roddreyer]

Bravo on this class surf footage. Thank you for sharing and really enjoyed it! Rod

[HodgsonHawaii]

Great stuff. Loehr ruled!..