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Muizenberg Surf Story

February 15 2010. On Friday 19 March 2010 ballies from around the world converged on Muizenberg for a special reunion. This is the reason why.

Henk Schagen burns some serious wake on his barge at Long Bearch.

Everyone owned a Beetle! Amping for the surf. Pic courtesy David Collier

The revolutionary youth hanging on the beach reading, wait for it, Mad Magazine, the only periodical not banned back then.

Frolicking in the surf in front of the Muizenberg Pavilion. Pic courtesy David Collier.

Surfer dudes playing soccer on the beach at Muizenberg Corner in the early 1960s.

Surfing Long Beach. Classic stance. Pic courtesy David Collier.

The Corner. If those walls at Beach Court Mansions could talk!

Aerial view. Look at where the car park used to be. Check how many beach boxes there were. Pic David Collier

A certain unnamed surf shop owner called Peter Wright at the peak of his virile youth.

Three is a crowd in those days. Long Beach, early 60s. Frank Murphy Bokhorst in the middle.

Donald Paarman takes a break between sessions at Surfers Corner.

Reunion organizer Nicky Hough surfing Long Beach a few moons ago.

Charlie Marshall styling at Long Beach.

These guys were doing it without leashes and wetsuits in the freezing Atlantic.

Athene Bray shows off her stick on the beach at Muizenberg back in the day.

Bruce Brown arrives at CT airport on his Endless Summer trip. Here he poses with Mike Hynsons surfboard. Photo courtesy Robert Price