Harry's Yellow Board

We were out surfing Johnno's on a very clean and extremely crowded arvo a few weeks back and said "G'day" to former champ PT - Peter Townend. One of the crew cheekily asked PT if he had any free surfing tips. The joking reply came back "Catch a wave and don't fall off." That afternoon in that crowd there was one local guy who was catching waves and not falling off better than just about all the rest - Harry Roach, on his yellow log, sans leggie. 

Harry: First Point Autumn 2009

Harry with family and friends after picking up a cheque for winning the Old Mals Event at this year's Noosa Festival. And his short board riding? Check out Mike de Temple's movie - Picaresque. Alaia? Yep nailed that too on the cover of one of the Aussie surf mags a few months back.

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Dean Brady
Boiling Pot - Noosa
Autumn
2010

The Original Search Engine

The original search engine was a big old fume-spewing, metal monster sucking down fully leaded petrol into 6 or 8 cylinders with no power steering. 

The original search engine would get you to the beach. Most of the times. But as we look back on those analogue days last century, it was probably the disasters that bring us a smile. On the positive side, the original search engine usually had nice wide bench seats suitable for romance at the drive-in theatre where you would catch Crystal Voyager, Endless Summer, Morning of the Earth or any number of Bob Evans' surf movie classics. The sound would come out of a mono speaker at the end of a cable that you hung on the window. Remember not to drive off with it still attached!

His father, Perc Miller, was a famous artist. His mother called him Darryl. But to the rest of us he is Baron Von Weirdo - legend of surfing retro - black velvet painting, vintage surfboards and skateboards, tiki, ukeleles and other assorted Hawaiiana. And of course beautiful tees with slogans like "in odd we trust" and "original search engine" featuring all metal retro autos like those he painted on wood above. 

He also had a beautiful art exhibition called "The Original Search Engine". You can see highlights on Yewwtube here. Evocative. Stunning. Below, Kathy Kohner, the real Gidget, with her own original search engine - a 1946 Ford V8 "Woody". The Search continues.