The Makaha International had been viewed as surfing's unofficial world championships since the late 1950s. By the early '60s, however, complaints were growing louder that the Makaha format was outdated and that the judging panel was in the tank for Hawaiians. Creating a new and successful World Surfing Championships event in Australia, as Bob Evans and a lot of other people saw it, could help bring an end to Makaha’s domination. Evans’ efforts may have been fueled by a bit of vindictiveness. ...
Chapter 4:
Ten-Year Boom
- Gidget the All-Powerful /
- The Rebel Next Door /
- Hobie vs Velzy vs the IRS /
- Better Surfing Through Chemistry /
- Summer on the Inside /
- Surf Fashion, Lightly Salted /
- Surfing the Newsstand /
- Process of Elimination /
- Oil City Showdown /
- The Jazz Stylings of Phil Edwards /
- Technicolor Surf Boom /
- Heroes and Villains /
- Blackball Blues /
- Dick Dale, Destroyer of Amps /
- Surfing in Five-Part Harmony /
- Tokyo to Tel Aviv /
- Flight of the Larrikin /
- Bob Evans Means Business /
- Midget Wins It All /
- But Will it Play in New York? /
- Houses of the Holy /
- We Own the Sidewalks /
- Beautiful from any Angle /
- Duke's Big Contest /
- Can You Handle the Penetrator? /
- Girls, Don't Panic! /
- David Nuuhiwa Walks on Water /
- An Invincible Summer /
Midget Wins It All
Farrelly picked up the last wave of the event, hung five, then grimaced his way through an exaggerated arms-up cutback, really playing to the back rows. The standing ovation began halfway through the ride and continued as Farrelly walked up the beach, the corners of his mouth pulling up into a tight little smile.