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Nat Young

Credits: Alby Falzon, Bob Evans, Greg MacGillivray, Jim Freeman, Dale Davis, Rod Sumpter, David Sumpter, Bruce Brown

Encyclopedia of Surfing

Fantastic Plastic Machine, The
shortboard revolution
World Surfing Championships 1966
Young, Nat (Aust)

History of Surfing

Bismarck with a Tan
Country Soul
Enlightenment at Honolua Bay
Plastic Machine

Interviews

Nat Young (1966)
Nat Young (1974)

Features

"ANIMAL TRACKS: THE 50-YEAR JOURNEY OF ROBERT HAROLD YOUNG," BY DREW KAMPION
"WE'RE TOPS NOW," BY JOHN WITZIG
BOOK EXCERPT: NAT YOUNG REMEMBERS MR. SMOOTH, RUSSELL HUGHES
DOUBLE-BARRELED, WITH NAT YOUNG AND DREW KAMPION
DREW KAMPION: "1969: WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED"

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, 10-1-2017: BOB EVANS, GUINNESS BEER, KIM MEARIG, DRU HARRRISON
SUNDAY JOINT, 6-14-2020: HE IS LARGER THAN LIFE, BUT IS NAT YOUNG THE ONE?

Videos

"Pipe of Peace," Sea of Joy (1971)
"Sea of Joy," Opening Sequence
1963 Makaha International Surfing Championships
1966 Makaha International Surfing Championships
1968 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic (full length)

Contests

1964 SURFER Poll Awards
1965 Peru International Surfing Championships
1965 World Surfing Championships
1966 Makaha International Surfing Championships
1966 SURFER Poll Awards

Surfboards

MAGIC SAM