Surfing, 1978 2SM Surfabout, epic surf at North Steyne.

Final - Larry Blair v Wayne Lynch.
Larry Blair has a mid heat interview with Nat Young.
Larry went onto to win the event.
Surfabout was a mobile event with a waiting period.

[@zulupenman]

I was there at the age of 17 watching this live.. …. along with 25 Wind & Sewage North Steyne board riders also from our club there with us a young Gromit 14 year-old Barton Lynch … this footage does not do justice… that day it was huge … glassy … friggin scary … that’s the clubhouse left on Fire …🔥🔥 Bommie was also breaking that day …. Epic day - Andrew Pennan

[@joshmendes83]

Thanks for sharing Andrew!

[@Cody6918]

I was there too.The school up on the hill sent us all down to watch, it was an epic arvo..

[@jimfarrellfarrell3258]

How good watching surfabout as a grom on free to air TV love it

[@rosiewellington8279]

epic last two barrells

[@sergioluizyamamura3623]

Better than WSL contests

[@raindogred]

best era of surfing. i started as a grommet in 1971 at Noosa when i was 7...i can't exactly remember when legropes became a thing...they were only a new invention in the 70s.. the ones i tried used to stretch like buggery and your board would come flyning back at your head. i can remember using a hole drilled into my single fin, a nylon rope and some of old scraps of bedsheet we got from mum , tied around the ankles...better that than getting your board dinged up on the rocks. in 1977 went down the gold coast and saw the Stubbies won by MP... i remember watching these on Tellie with Big Darryl Eastlake on nines Wide World of Sports, with solo man commercials in the ad breaks haha those were days

[@user-is4fk2hc5y]

How good is that, the wave, the camera angles, id like to see the guys today surf on that equipment.

[@robinbanks610]

78’ was great, mate and 79’ was just fine😉

[@chrishubbard1442]

79 was dakine.

[@1974mazdarx3sedan]

remember watching WWOS for hours on Sat arvos hoping they'd show some surfing and I'd try and record it on VHS. vividly remember seeing this aired (not the original broadcast) but the replay where big Daz intros it.

[@casper2095]

This. They’d show 2 second “coming up” teasers before every ad break. 3 hours later we’d finally get to see the full uninterrupted 30secs of footage they had 🤣. I’d be asleep in the beanbag by then, when the four hour morning session, burger, chips, and 600ml moove caught up with me.

[@1974mazdarx3sedan]

@@casper2095 haha yep, exactly... 30secs of footage... still worth the wait.

[@michaelharris5370]

Larry wins and North Steyne was cracking !

[@catinthehat8412]

beautiful styles 🤙

[@wayneJS1958]

Being from the 'Bra' Larry was a great surfer apart from winning the Coke Surfabout he also won the Pipe Masters a couple of times.

[@3_too_won]

Larry the Big Tosser .

[@jasonshoesmith467]

I'm sure you must of been watching (and taping) the same TV stuff I did!

[@wendymorgan6651]

Wayne got the door

[@davidrace1050]

Cooking!

[@SidewaysSurfDrinksHQ]

Larry: how’s my epic long last barrel!!!!
Wayne: hold your celebration young fella…

[@thebluewren]

Who won

[@vhssurfvault5665]

Larry

[@MB-hl1qw]

Larry Blair

[@user-rk1ei1jj8u]

Shaun Thomson was so biased in his support for Wayne Lynch when Larry Blair was clearly the winner

[@rodgallagher5566]

Watch on television,run down the pumping surf and try to replicate those legends!??????