McTavish, Bob
Cheerful Australian surfer and surfboard designer; inventor of the vee-bottom surfboard, and a key figure in the 1967-launched shortboard revolution. McTavish was born (1944) in Mackay, Queensland, the son of an accountant, and began surfing on a 16-foot plywood paddleboard at age 12, not long after moving with his family to the south Queensland city of Brisbane. At 15 he dropped out of high schoo...
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Bob McTavish, Design Rap '67Subscribe to view
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Bob McTavish, the Ranch, 1966. Photo: George GreenoughSubscribe to view
Bob McTavish. Photo: John WitzigSubscribe to view
Bob McTavish, 1975. Photo: Peter GreenSubscribe to view
Bob McTavish, Honolua Bay, 1967. Photo: John WitzigSubscribe to view
Bob McTavish, Design Rap '67
Bob McTavish
Bob McTavish, the Ranch, 1966. Photo: George Greenough
Bob McTavish. Photo: John Witzig
Bob McTavish, 1975. Photo: Peter Green
Bob McTavish, Honolua Bay, 1967. Photo: John Witzig