Pipeline, Hawaii, 1987

Marvin Foster photographed by Peter Crawford at Pipeline in 1987.

A North Shore image full of speed, edge and Hawaiian water, capturing one of the era’s powerful surfers in a defining place.

Honolua Bay, Hawaii

A no-leash surfing image from Honolua Bay, photographed by Peter Crawford.

With the surfer and date still to be confirmed, the photograph holds the clean line and old-style commitment of surfing before equipment and approach shifted again.

1975

Buzzy photographed by Peter Crawford in 1975, surfing without a leash.

The image carries the looseness and consequence of the period, when commitment, board control and instinct sat at the centre of the ride.

Backdoor, Hawaii, 1988

Derek Ho at Backdoor in 1988, photographed by Peter Crawford during a charged North Shore contest period.

The image captures the size and pressure of a heavy Hawaiian set, with Backdoor’s speed and angle giving the frame its force.

Pipeline, Hawaii, 1988

A Pipe Masters composition from Peter Crawford’s 1988 North Shore archive.

With the surfer still to be confirmed, the photograph holds the scale and theatre of Pipeline under contest pressure.

1984

Occy photographed by Peter Crawford in 1984, driving through a powerful top turn.

The image holds the raw force and instinctive timing that made his surfing feel so explosive through the eighties.

Pipeline, Hawaii, 1984

Joey Buran photographed by Peter Crawford at Pipeline during the 1984 Pipe Masters.

The image places Buran inside the intensity of the North Shore contest arena, where timing and nerve were everything.

Pipeline, Hawaii

Derek Ho photographed by Peter Crawford during the Pipe Masters era on the North Shore.

A composed Hawaiian surf image, holding the scale, danger and focus that made Pipeline one of competitive surfing’s great stages.

Off The Wall, Hawaii, 1978

Dane Kealoha at Off The Wall in 1978, photographed by Peter Crawford on the North Shore.

The photograph carries the speed, pressure and compact power of Hawaiian surfing at the end of the seventies.

West Side Oahu, Hawaii

Dane Kealoha photographed by Peter Crawford on the west side of Oahu.

A strong compositional surf image, holding the rhythm of Hawaiian water and the confidence of one of the era’s most powerful surfers.

Off The Wall, Hawaii, 1977

Dane Kealoha surfing Off The Wall in 1977, photographed by Peter Crawford on the North Shore.

Fast, low and committed, the image captures the tension and looseness that made Hawaiian surfing of the late seventies so influential.

Pipeline, Hawaii, 1981

Simon Anderson bottom turning at Pipeline in 1981, photographed by Peter Crawford during a pivotal period in performance surfing.

The image holds the compression and drive of a surfer setting his line beneath one of the North Shore’s most powerful waves.

Sunset Beach, Hawaii, 1980s

A Hawaiian surf image from Peter Crawford’s late-eighties archive, capturing Kong at Sunset Beach on the North Shore.

Heavy water, clean positioning and the scale of Sunset give the photograph its weight, holding a classic moment from one of surfing’s defining arenas.

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Snapper Rocks, Queensland

Mark Richards photographed by Peter Crawford at Snapper Rocks.

The image places one of Australian surfing’s defining figures at one of the Gold Coast’s most iconic waves, capturing speed, line and the clean geometry of performance surfing.

Hawaii

A full frame Hawaiian surf study from Peter Crawford’s archive.

With the surfer, break and year still to be confirmed, the image is held for its atmosphere, movement and place inside Crawford’s broader Hawaii archive.

Bali, Indonesia, 1999

Dave Smith photographed by Peter Crawford in Bali in 1999.

Peters fascination with getting the shot was prevalent up until he’s passing in 99 here. There was a boat, come a shore shipwrecked on the other side of Bali Peter had sussed out which swell and which angle the boat barge would connect perfectly with the swell. When peter had a vision he would create it this depicts his photography style capturing the moment in time

This photo went on to become the last ever paperback Tracks magazine and dads last cover shot before he’s passing on Christmas Eve 1999.

Shot on a nikonos 111 (borrowed from me )
Pared up with velvia 50 iso
Push processed 1 1/2
Shutter speed 500
Fstop 5.6

Sunset Beach, Hawaii

An unknown surfer at Sunset, photographed by Peter Crawford.

The image holds the scale and force of Hawaiian water, with the surfer placed deep inside a large, open face — a powerful full frame image from the archive.

Stubbies, 1978

Cheyne Horan photographed by Peter Crawford during the 1978 Stubbies era.

Captured in a driving water moment, the image carries the pressure and speed of late-seventies contest surfing — a raw full frame piece from the emerging professional surf scene.

Hawaii

A full frame Hawaiian surf study from Peter Crawford

The surfer, break and year are still to be confirmed, leaving the image as an open archive piece shaped by water, movement and the feeling of the North Pacific.

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.

Composition Sunset, 1987

A composed surf image from Peter Crawford’s 1987 archive.

The photograph balances line, water and space, showing Crawford’s eye for structure as much as action — a quieter full frame study from the late-eighties surf archive.

Sunset Beach, Hawaii

Tom Carroll photographed from above at Sunset Beach, captured by Peter Crawford from a helicopter aerial perspective.

The image gives the wave, surfer and line a rare sense of scale — a full frame view of Hawaiian water and one of Australian surfing’s most recognisable names.