I reckon the answer is easy. Check this out.

Buster fin said..

No way! The boards were too challenging to ride.

Agreed.

Imagine going to a world class break with no crowds, but having to restrict yourself because of your craft. I reckon this decade. Sure crowds are nuts at many world famous spots, but there are so many more options transport wise that you buy a ticket to so many places and luck yourself into an epic uncrowded wave. Given great equipment is so much more readily available, it's much easier to avoid taking an unsuitable board, thereby making any session that much more memorable.

Early 90's was a great time to be surfing for me.

oz surf said..

Early 90's was a great time to be surfing for me.

I agree......mid 90's I first hit the road overseas for a 5 year stint and got great waves with zero to just a handful at some amazing spots that these days have 50 out at. Equipment was not too dissimilar to today - although I would have loved to have had an FCS type fin system ! I remember in places like Northern Chile where I was hunting round for someone to surf with...hard to believe these days! I would love to turn back the clock on a few of those adventures.

Ctngoodvibes - I surfed that spot for a few days in June on a Tues and Wed early morning with just 10 people and it was unreal. Not absolutely perfect but a 8/10 day. I will recall those sessions for a long time.

I would be happy to ride those boards in the 70s.

Gerry Lopez seems to go pretty well....

The late 70's and into the 80's. Single fins, twins, stingers and the invention of the mighty thruster.


No crowds and friendly locals.

Yep, I'll take no crowds over better equipment any day.

Yeah, I dig the empty waves, and Lopez firing it up, but the boards available to me and my friends were fair old pigs until the late 80's. Fins that were more like drag anchors. Noses that flipped like Beiber's hair. With wax that could polish your Jarrah floorboards. And don't get me started on our 'wetties'!

I'm digging the wider boards of today & there's still plenty of uncrowded waves. But yeah, the 90's were fun years. We thrashed this vid, "Pump"

Stuk I Agree, but yah know what, we didn't know any different.
I love that I can ride whatever I want in 2013 and surf 4 hours without getting to cold

Need a modified Delorian with roof racks.

After nearly 40 years spanning 5 decades(70's 80's 90's 00's 10's) i am happy just to be still surfing!

Prawnhead said..

After nearly 40 years spanning 5 decades(70's 80's 90's 00's 10's) i am happy just to be still surfing!

GOLD!

The 70's was good surfed Margs with a small crowd and Lefties was a long walk Bears was the middle of nowhere and the Northwest was a secret ...sort off.
The 80's was epic at least 80 was, surfed the Bluff no crowds 81 all the Vico's turned up still there was Gnaraloo bash your way over the rocks to get around the end of the fence at the edge of the Gnaraloo boundary on the coast and the place was generally yours...empty. Left the area in 85 as it was starting to get over run.

90's not so much surf more family what can I say kids came 1st.

00's new boards new life in the water, its amazing the fickle waves around your local that fire that once or twice in a year or two that blow you away just like the old days.

10's enjoying surfing more than ever (warm water Indo particularly.)

Best decade ......the one you are fit and healthy enough to still paddle out and launch over the edge of that big set wave ....oh yeah.