Bob McTavish missed the 1966 World Championships, as the US Department of State had red-flagged McTavish, a known stowaway, as a deportee and wouldn’t issue him a visa. He also (mostly) steered clear of the contest’s blustering Aussie vs America postscript. In February 1967, McTavish moved from Queensland back to Sydney. He got a job shaping for Keyo Surfboards in Brookvale, and took a room with surf moviemaker Paul Witzig—John’s older brother—in the quiet shorefront suburb of Palm Beach. Fou...
Chapter 5:
Barefoot Revolution
- Revolution is not a Dinner Party /
- The Tao of George /
- Getting Slippery with Bob McTavish /
- Bismarck with a Tan /
- Plastic Machine /
- Enlightenment at Honolua Bay /
- Panic on the Showroom Floor /
- Style Takes a Dive /
- Everybody Must Get Stoned /
- Surfer Goes Electrical Bananas /
- No Contest /
- There Will be Slaps /
- Kook Straps, Cadillacs, and Sex Wax /
- Blame it on the Boogie /
- Country Soul /
- Higher and Brighter with Alby Falzon /
- Fresh Blood on the Newsstand /
- Long Road to Bells Beach /
- Speed Freaks /
- Gods of Thunder /
- The Rubberman Cometh /
- The Impossible Wave /
- Into the Vortex /
- Gerry Lopez, Pipeline Firewalker /
