Ardo came across these great photos of Cheyne and his McCoy at Bell's in a friend's deck draw.
They were originally taken for Tracks or SW in '81 and show that the Lazor Zap design really could perform in the juice.
Thombstone wrote to add, that its often over looked but Cheyne came second to Simon at Bells in the big swell year of 81but the finals were held in small waves. Most thought Cheyne would beat Simon in the small waves but it was not to be.
There is a book out this year about 50 yrs of Bells and with the regards to the big day in 81, Doug Warbick of Rip Curl is quoted as saying "Cheyne was the only one who got tubed that day in his heat, he actually got 2 and the judges said he was the one going hardest in the big stuff".
They were originally taken for Tracks or SW in '81 and show that the Lazor Zap design really could perform in the juice.
Thombstone wrote to add, that its often over looked but Cheyne came second to Simon at Bells in the big swell year of 81but the finals were held in small waves. Most thought Cheyne would beat Simon in the small waves but it was not to be.
There is a book out this year about 50 yrs of Bells and with the regards to the big day in 81, Doug Warbick of Rip Curl is quoted as saying "Cheyne was the only one who got tubed that day in his heat, he actually got 2 and the judges said he was the one going hardest in the big stuff".
Its often over looked but Cheyne came second to Simon in the big swell year of 81, the final were held in small waves. Most thought Cheyne would beat simon in the small waves but not to be.
ReplyDeleteThere is a book out this year about 50 yrs of Bells and with the regards to the big day in 81, Warbick is quoted saying Cheyne was the only one who got tubed that day in his heat, he actually got 2 and the judges said he was the one going hardest in the big stuff. Unfortunately the northside mafia didnt mention that in any of there articles and lapped up everything that Simon did.
Cheynes problem he was too flashy for the Mags and the bland every man image Simon put out was easier for them to swallow.
Great shots, great blog.