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    50/50 Hyndsight

    Nov 12, 2020 3 minutes

    1. Early ‘70: Door knock 8pm. Ron Wade, a $102 custom for brother Rod. I’m off GT Firestones.

    2. Mar 2nd, ‘72 and ’73: All time Newport Point before school. Gifted pal. James Chandler rules.

    3. Winter ‘73: James and seven surf pals bail for killer Mach3 bikes. James at 18, eighty per cent quadriplegic.

    4. Narra ’74: Surfabout. BK arrives. Alley rights are dribble but it’s 12-foot Sunset to a fan. Me.

    5. Year School pal Gary Thompson, ‘Rock Pools’ king, faints, drowns at tiny Mona Vale.

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