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Nat Young rides Magic Sam (1966)

Credits: Bob Evans, Greg MacGillivray, Jim Freeman, Dale Davis

Encyclopedia of Surfing

San Diego, San Diego County
shortboard revolution
World Surfing Championships 1966
Young, Nat (Aust)

History of Surfing

Bismarck with a Tan

Interviews

Nat Young (1966)
Nat Young (1974)

Features

"ANIMAL TRACKS: THE 50-YEAR JOURNEY OF ROBERT HAROLD YOUNG," BY DREW KAMPION
"THE HIGH PERFORMERS ANSWER AUSTRALIA" (1967)
"WE'RE TOPS NOW," BY JOHN WITZIG
DOUBLE-BARRELED, WITH NAT YOUNG AND DREW KAMPION
NAT YOUNG AND THE '74 SURFABOUT. IT'S COMPLICATED

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 1-7-2018: NAT YOUNG, THE '66 WORLD TITLES, AND JOHN WITZIG'S DESTRUCTION OF THE "HIGH PERFORMERS"
SUNDAY JOINT, 6-14-2020: HE IS LARGER THAN LIFE, BUT IS NAT YOUNG THE ONE?

Videos

Nat Young
Nat Young 1970
Nat Young in "Fantastic Plastic Machine"
Nat Young, 1968
Nat Young, Teenaged Animal

Contests

1966 Bells Beach Open Surfing Championships
1966 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championships
1966 International Surfing Hall of Fame Awards
1966 Makaha International Surfing Championships
1966 SURFER Poll Awards

Surfboards

MAGIC SAM