On the question of politics in the 80s era… those were heady times, for sure. So much was happening. Surfing was in an unusual position, existing in a netherworld not yet quite mainstream, anti-establishment but not anti-establishment… from the Gunston 500 crowds to that thief-in-the-night Micky Dora, who bloody sued me! (Dora forged a card saying he belonged to the Rothschild Foundation, and then went to the Stellenbosch Hydro for the week. He left without paying. I followed the trail. Had
