Bondi Stories, vol.1.

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A Panache Surfing World 1975 Bruce Channon t last year’s Newcastle contest, in the Junior and Senior finals, Panache filled seven of the 12 places. They won first place in the A-Grade, B-Grade and Junior at the New South Wales State Titles. During these titles, Peter Townend told Ron Ford, that; in his opinion, the junior strength of Panache represented a future threat to the recent Queensland dominance of Australian events. In this interview, SW seeks to find out how this group of surfers have become so hot, so fast. Surfing World: What is Panache? Victor Ford: It’s an idea that started between Bruce Raymond, Brad Johnson and myself. We were in North Narrabeen (club) at the time, but weren’t competing in the contests regularly enough and because of that, we didn’t feel like proper members. We wouldn’t join East Coast (the club in Bondi), because of personality reasons. So, we thought, let’s start our own club, … because they won’t let you go in the Sydney Titles, etc. unless you’re in a club. SW: What about the word “Panache”? Victor: It came out of a book I was reading at the time. I had to look it up in Chambers Dictionary, which is the 300,000 word one. It gives a good explanation. I can’t recall it exactly, but it basically means “an air of excellence” and “to perform with theatrical grace”. It’s a really groovy name (much heckling and laughing throughout the room). Brad Mayes: Don’t put that bit in the interview (more laughs). SW: How many guys did you have to begin with? Victor: It started off with 12 kids. But, we had to have 15 to
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