Stubbies, 1977

Shaun Tomson photographed by Peter Crawford during the 1977 Stubbies era.

A tight water image from the early Stubbies period, the photograph captures the intensity of late-seventies contest surfing and the close physical presence of Crawford’s archive work.

Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii, 1976

An unknown surfer at Banzai Pipeline, photographed by Peter Crawford in 1976.

The image captures the raw power and precision of Pipeline during the seventies — heavy water, tight timing and the kind of commitment that defined North Shore surfing.

Bruce Raymond, 1976

Bruce Raymond photographed by Peter Crawford in 1976, during a sharp and influential period in Australian performance surfing.

With the location and break still to be confirmed, the image remains a strong archival study of speed, line and control from the seventies surf era.

North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, 1970s

A powerful North Shore tube riding image from Peter Crawford’s 1970s archive.

This photograph holds a moment between old-style positioning and a more modern approach to tube riding — low, committed and moving with the speed of the wave rather than against it.

With the surfer and exact break still to be confirmed, the image remains a strong study of line, timing and Hawaiian water during one of surfing’s most influential decades.

Burleigh Heads, Queensland, 1978

Terry “Fitz” Fitzgerald photographed during the second Stubbies contest at Burleigh Heads in 1978.

A major figure in Australian surfing, Fitzgerald brought speed, precision and unmistakable style into the competitive arena.

This image places him inside one of the defining contest settings of the era — Burleigh, Stubbies and the growing theatre of professional surfing.

Associated with Stubbies, Rip Curl and HB, the photograph captures a key moment in the late-seventies Australian surf scene.

Off The Wall, North Shore, Hawaii, 1975

Montgomery Ernest “Buttons” Kaluhiokalani surfing Off The Wall on the North Shore during one of the most electric periods in Hawaiian surfing.

Known simply as Buttons, he brought a kind of freedom and invention into surfing that felt completely his own — fast, loose, playful and radical. His surfing helped open up a new language of movement, especially in freesurfing, where style, risk and instinct could lead the way.

Photographed by Peter Crawford, this image captures Buttons riding without a leash, wearing Da Huey shorts and surfing an Ipa board from the early stinger era — a short-lived but influential design moment between the single-fin years and the rise of the twin fin.

A wild and beautiful archival image of one of surfing’s great natural talents.

Sunset Beach, North Shore, Hawaii, 1975

Michael Peterson photographed from the water by Peter Crawford at Sunset Beach in 1975.

A defining Australian surfer in Hawaiian water, Peterson brought his own sharp, coiled style to one of the North Shore’s most powerful waves. This image holds the feeling of that period — raw ocean, heavy water and the quiet intensity of a surfer completely in rhythm with the line ahead.

A rare archival photograph from the golden era of seventies surfing.

Burleigh Point, Queensland, 1978

Rabbit Bartholomew on a roll at Burleigh, winning the Stubbies Surf Classic in the same year he claimed his first world title.

The Stubbies was more than a surf contest. It helped reshape professional surfing, bringing the man-on-man format into the spotlight and turning Burleigh into a natural arena for a new kind of competitive drama.

Captured from the water by Peter Crawford on Kodachrome 64 film using a Nikonos underwater camera, this close-up holds the speed, pressure and theatre of the moment.

Rabbit is pictured during the era of Stubbies shorts, Quiksilver, single fins and the emerging professionalism of Australian surfing.

Angourie Point, 1976

Angourie Point, New South Wales, 1976

Angourie was the centre of Country Soul in the seventies — a place where surfing, board design and coastal life all seemed to move together.

Captured by Peter Crawford in 1976, this photograph holds the feeling of the era: clean lines, open water and the raw beauty of the North Coast before it became widely known.

The board is associated with Wilderness Surfboards, shaped by Wayne Williams, linking the image back to the local surfboard culture that helped define Angourie’s place in Australian surfing history.

A day worth remembering
Port Campbell, Victoria

Easter 1979

Waiting for some boomers. Port Campbell 1979. The search for surf during a Rip Curl Pro lay day.

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Quiksilver Trials Bells Beach, Victoria 1979

Buzzy Kerbox, foreground, on the fickle mid-tide in the foreground during the 1979 Quiksilver Trials. The best wave of the heat appears to be about to go unridden, the first about to break in The Bowl.

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MR and Bugs

Rip Curl Pro, Bells

Easter 1980

Mark Richards and Wayne Bartholomew, dusk, post-event 1980. No disrespect to Cheyne Horan or Shaun Tomson, but for a traditional Victorian crowd at Easter, it was all about flannelettes and piss, M.R. and Bugs. Here, M.R. assumes the apologetic politeness of a Clark Kent in victory, while Bugs assumes Churchillian staunchness in defeat.

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Mark Richards, Margo Oberg, Claw, Greeny

Rip Curl Pro, Bells

Easter 1978

Winners Mark Richards and Margo Oberg, Rip Curl Pro 1978 - the latter paying for champers up the nose as Doug Warbrick let's loose another cork. Alan Green offers Doug some sage advice.

Margo Oberg won the women's division at Bells four times (1977, 1978, 1980, and 1981). MR also won four Rip Curl Pro titles (1978, 1979, 1980, 1982) and won the 1978 final on a twin-fin against Rabbit, riding a single-fin.

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Keone Downing, Steve Jones, Terry Richardson

Rip Curl Pro, Bells

Easter 1979

Keone Downing contemplates his completed heat at Rincon in 1979 as Steve Jones warms himself.The great single-fin-channel-bottom rider of the day Terry Richardson looms large for his heat.

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Buzzy Kerbox, Larry Blair
2SM Coke Surfabout 
Bells Beach, Victoria

1979

Larry Blair and and Buzzy Kerbox prepare with a sense of urgency shortly after arriving at the airlifted 1979 2SM Coke Surfabout. No time to waste. With Bells pumping, the big gamble has paid off.

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The 1979 2SM Coke Surfabout was notable as the first airlifted surf event in history. When Sydney's northern beaches remained flat for eight days, contest director Paul Holmes organised the unprecedented transport of the final 16 surfers, officials, and TV crew via six light aircraft to Bells Beach in Victoria to compete in 8-10 foot waves. Photographer Peter Crawford travelled with the surfers. The airlift from Narrabeen to Bells was a massive logistical feat, undertaken at great cost to sponsors Coca-Cola and radio station 2SM, to ensure the show went on. Cheyne Horan defeated Larry Blair and Simon Anderson to claim the title in dramatic, big waves. The event was the richest in professional surfing at the time and won a Gold Logie for 'Best Sports Event' on its television broadcast. Surfabout pioneered the "man-on-man" elimination format, adding intense excitement for spectators and viewers.

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Mark Richards, Gerry Lopez, Rory Russell, Mike Armstrong, Paul Naude, Pepe Lopes. Pipe '76.

Stubbies Camera Crowd 78 Steve OFerral.

Pipe Final Crowd.

Col Smith, Morning Star Skate, DY 1977.

Skate Rock n roll DY hill 1977. 

Russel Lewis Skates Deewhy 1975.

In the immortal words of PC, 

"Follow your Dreams and So you Shall Become"

Peter inscribed these words of wisdom into the 18th birthday card his son, Justin Crawford.
Pictured is PC with portfolio in hand in The Domain tunnels , Sydney.

Hawaii 1978

Buttons Calla was pushing boundaries in Hawaii Surf‘s backyard favourite Waves in the North Shore buttons was really head of the game with his futuristic bottom turned into 360s tale slides and just all around soulful style little fact about buttons to obtain the manoeuvres he did. He used to run his Fin in his spin box without the little lug to tighten it in the thin would shift up and down the board allowing him to use the centre of gravity to manoeuvre the board in all his dynamic ways

Printed on aluminium composite panel and finished with a hand-applied resin coating that enhances colour, depth and detail.

Produced in a limited edition and supplied with a certificate of authenticity.