Young, Nat (Aust) (1947 – )
Epoch-defining regularfooter from Sydney, Australia; winner of the 1966 World Surfing Championships; in the vanguard of both the shortboard revolution and the longboard revival; winner of the Longboard World Championships in 1986, 1988, 1989, and 1990. Young was arguably the most influential surfer in the second half of the 20th century. "There have been other great surfers in the hundred years since this sport was raised from the dead," Surfer's Journal said of Young in 1998, "including Duke...
Encyclopedia of Surfing
- Anderson, Simon
- Arena, Eduardo
- Aurness, Rolf
- Australian National Titles
- Australian Surfing Hall of Fame
- Barland, Michel
- Brennan, Kevin
- Brewer, Dick
- Brown, Bobby
- Brown, Bruce
- Byron Bay
- Cairns, Ian
- Coke Classic; Coca-Cola Surfabout
- Conneeley, Robert
- Dillon, Scott
- displacement hull surfboard
- Downing, George
- Doyle, Mike
- Eden, Jack
- Edwards, Phil
- Endless Summer II
- Endless Summer, The
- Entwistle, Stuart
- environmentalism and surfing
- Evolution
- Fantastic Plastic Machine, The
- Farrelly, Midget
- Flecky, Dan
- Greenough, George
- Grissim, John
- Holmes, Paul
- Honolua Bay
- Hughes, Russell
- Huntington Beach Surfing Walk of Fame
- Larson, Merv
- Lynch, Wayne
- McTavish, Bob
- Morning of the Earth
- noseriding
- Nuuhiwa, David
- Paull, Keith
- Peterson, Michael
- politics and surfing
- power surfing
- shortboard revolution
- Smirnoff Pro-Am
- surf rage
- Surfer Poll Awards
- Tudor, Joel
- violence and surfing
- Witzig, John
- World Longboard Tour, World Longboard Championships
- World Surfing Championships 1965
- World Surfing Championships 1966
- Young, Beau
History of Surfing
Interviews
Blog
- WATCH AND READ: “7 WORLD SHATTERING DAYS,” SURFING MAG COVERS 1966 TITLES
- “WE’RE TOPS NOW,” BY JOHN WITZIG
- DOUBLE-BARRELED, WITH NAT YOUNG AND DREW KAMPION
- NAT YOUNG REMEMBERS BOB EVANS
- I SEE YOUR POWER LIST AND RAISE TWO MORE! 15 GREAT POWER SURFERS
- MARGARET RIVER 1969: WHEN RAW MEANT RAW
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAT YOUNG!
- THE 1968 WORLD SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS: AN ORAL HISTORY COMPILED BY BEN MARCUS
- FAILURE TO LAUNCH: SHORTBOARDS BEFORE THE SHORTBOARD REVOLUTION
- BOOK EXCERPT: NAT YOUNG REMEMBERS MR. SMOOTH, RUSSELL HUGHES
- FILL IN THE BLANKS: MUNOZ, YOUNG, DOYLE TALK ABOUT JOEY CABELL
- WATCH: LONG-LOST 1966 MADE-FOR-TV MAKAHA CONTEST
- “ANIMAL TRACKS: THE 50-YEAR JOURNEY OF ROBERT HAROLD YOUNG,” BY DREW KAMPION
- ORAL HISTORY: THE QUIET, BRILLIANT, TRAGIC BOBBY BROWN
- WATCH: THE ILLUSTRATED REVOLUTION
- GREAT SURFERS AGAINST SURF CONTESTS: A GARDEN OF CONTRADICTION
- THE 1970 WORLD SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS, BY GEOFF LUTON
Sunday Joint
Videos
- "Evolution," Opening Sequence
- "Pipe of Peace," Sea of Joy (1971)
- 1966 Made-For-TV Makaha Event
- 1966 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- Alby Falzon Talks About "Morning of the Earth"
- Honolua Bay 1967
- Nat Young
- Nat Young 1970
- Nat Young in "Fantastic Plastic Machine" (1969)
- Nat Young rides Magic Sam (1966)
- Nat Young, 1968
- Nat Young, Backside
- Nat Young, Teenaged Animal
- World Surfing Championships 1970
- World Surfing Championships, 1966