Gary Green's gun, Damien Hardman's too, the most important surfboard of the modern era, and a mysterious Lightning Bolt. It's the latest instalment of the Board Bazaar!

In one afternoon Cronulla surfers were exposed to a new culture, new materials and constructions method, and a whole new way of riding waves. Things were never the same on the beaches.

A pre-Simon Anderson thruster, surfboard collecting is rock 'n roll, and a board Miki Dora would turn in his grave for, welcome to the first Board Bazaar for 2015!

This morning, Barry "Magoo" McGuigan passed away, aged 85, following a wonderfully rich life. Three years ago Phil Jarratt visited Magoo at his Central Coast home, pulled up a pew on the McGuigan's back deck and rolled tape...

Never mind surfboard art or history, in the October instalment of the Board Bazaar it's all about the money.

Earlier this week Swellnet ran a story by Dave Parmenter that described a monumental day at Waimea Bay, the running of the 1986 Billabong Pro. We received a great reaction to the story, however the best reaction of all is from Mark Richards, winner of the competition, who gives his account of the day here.

Dave Parmenter tells the story of a monumental day at Waimea Bay, when one surfer "climbed into the big wave pantheon" and another called time on his career with a majestic victory.

An extract from the soon-to-be-released-book 'Surfing Places, Surfboard Makers'. This chapter examines the development of the surfboard industry, focusing largely on the Australian context. 

It's 1974. Don's Party is in full swing, Vietnam is a quagmire, and political activism is rife. Nat Young places third in the Coca-Cola Surfabout, donates his prizemoney to Gough Whitlam, and secures a meeting with the great man.

A board shaped for Curren, a board shaped for Cowshit, and a board shaped by Doris! Yes, it's the September Board Bazaar, running late as all good things should.