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A Short History Of Headworx

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A Short History Of Headworx

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Stu Nettle
Thursday 21/04   17

"Rip Curl did it later with a much bigger budget, but in a way Headworx started the Search thing," says Murray Bourton about his pioneering surf brand.

The Art Of Gash

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The Art Of Gash

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Stu Nettle
Tuesday 05/04   94

"Like communist propaganda posters, the Gash colour palette was simple with large swathes of black and red. Lots of red. Much of it dripping."

Revist the Gash Surfboard ads of the early-90s.

That Time MP Went Windsurfing At Currumbin

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That Time MP Went Windsurfing At Currumbin

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Stu Nettle
Friday 25/03   21

It's a little known fact that MP, the greatest surfer of his generation, was a keen windsurfer. By all reports he was equally gifted with a mast and boom, though it's hard to say because very few photos exist of MP windsurfing. In fact, these may be the only ones.

Tom Curren x Greg Webber

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Tom Curren x Greg Webber

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Stu Nettle
Monday 16/11   56

A Greg Webber experiment is picked up by Tom Curren and mysteriously ends up in South Africa. Twenty years later the ideas are being resurrected.

Board Bazaar - September 2015

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Board Bazaar - September 2015

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Stu Nettle
Friday 30/10   8

A Brewer that couldn't be given away, a KFC coolite, and a seizure-inducing McCoy Lazor Zap.

All these and more in this month's Board Bazaar.

Board Bazaar - August 2015

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Board Bazaar - August 2015

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Stu Nettle
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.

Board Bazaar - June 2015

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Board Bazaar - June 2015

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Stu Nettle
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

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Saturday with Skip: 1984 McCoy Tri Zap

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Stu Nettle
Sunday 17/05   48

A Saturday afternoon session links 30 years of surfboard design.

Board Bazaar - April 2015

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Board Bazaar - April 2015

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Stu Nettle
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

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Board Bazaar - March 2015

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Stu Nettle
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.

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