Nobody seems to have gone harder or travelled lighter than Bob. As a raw youth, armed with nothing more than a board, a grotty T-shirt and a case of Texan knacker rash, he hitched and scammed and sweet- talked his way across oceans, consumed by an unrivalled passion for walking on water. Tim Winton
Legendary surfer and surfboard designer Bob McTavish follows up the success of his earlier books with this homage to the era of Australian counterculture. Bob lived the dream, catching pristine waves up and down the coast, stealing petrol to keep his van running, shaping the odd board to earn a crust, stowing away on a ship to Hawaii to save the fare and rejecting the straight, suburban life, insisting, 'Any smart person would simply go surfing.
When the obligatory dose of spiritual enlightenment kicked in, Bob turned his lifestyle into a career, becoming a designer of the revolutionary short boards and later his own iconic Bluebird shapes. Bob's boards paved the way for many a pro surfer.
In this lavishly illustrated book - featuring many never-before-seen photographs - Bob captures the wild ride that was Australia's surfing scene in the 1960s and 70s.
