Living in the 70's

RUBBER THRILLS.....by Rusty Miller

Feel the surface texture with your body....low water view...four foot wave is twice overhead...fistful of canvas steers you around...very free release...controlled side slips...a gas in sloppy surf...bumper cars with friends...sounds like I make them.....nope....just rediscovered the thrill....sensation of rubber experience...fins needed for 'sized waves' ....In these times, when so many mats are like stepping into bumper cars consciousness with your friends...takes the serious of the upside down smile of the Narbin jammer ....4 foot slop a ball with several mats....wetsuits with a good contact material and chafe free scene...your low and in the water alot....Cork off the top of a 3 times over your header...immediate release and slip down the face...stiff arm the right side and she grabs...sliding parallel in the low curve...the track so different than a board...pick up juice...stick a fin climbing the wall and you are so released, ya just feel the texture of the water through a moving flowing mold of air under canvas...soft brother..Grab a 3ft. NE windchop piece and it will fling you loose.

RM

January 1972 Tracks Issue 16 pg 30

Bitsa page Mats

October 1971 Tracks Issue 13 pg 11

Breakway Issue 34 September 1976 page 25

Issue 8 Breakway July 1974

Tracks Issue 35 August 1973 page 32 Advertisement Rip Curl

Tracks Issue 26 December 1972 page 36

Tracks Issue 35 August 1973 page 2 Advertisement Oniell

Tracks Issue 59 August 1975 page 22 Advertisement Hoffman Surf Mat

Tracks Issue 51 December 1974 page 31 Advertisement Rip Curl Page 39

Tracks Issue 54 March 1975 page 32 Advertisement Oneill

Tracks Issue 53 February 1975 page 31 Advertisement Free n Easy

Tracks Issue 62 November 1975 page 16 Advertisement Merrin Surfmats

Tracks Issue 48 September 1974 page 2 Advertisement Hodgeman Mats

Tracks Issue 60 September 1975 page 40 Advertisement Oneill

Tracks Issue 61 October 1975 page 2 Advertisement Oneill Page 37 Advertisement Hoffman May

Tracks Issue 74 November 1976 page 48 Advertisement Oneill

Page 36 Advertisement Palma Mats

Tracks Issue 40 Advertisement Hodgeman Surfmat

January 1974

Tracks Issue 73 October 1976 page 2 Advertisement Rip Curl Page 37

Tracks Issue 87 December 1977 Page 40 Advertisement Oneill

Tracks Issue 77 February 1977 pages 2-3 Letters Mats

Pages 38-40 A Survey by George Greenough

Tracks Issue 76 January 1977 page 29 Surfboard Materials advertisement

Tracks Issue 78 March 1977 page 2 Letters Mats

Tracks Issue 91 April 1978 Page 14 Channel Guts McMurphy

Rollerboarding craze hits the streets of Tamarama 1964

' Keep a firm grip on your Surfo '

SURFLOATS