By Rennie Ellis, late 60s. This is the same crew that stars in the blog title photo above.
Summer at the Splash, Jersey 70s.
and lastly if this was your memory of summer you had a good one
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Alasdair - those shots by Rennie Ellis are intriguing, what's the story behind them?
ReplyDeletehi Neil, I think he did them for a piece in Surfing World. The shot above is called Lindy Hobbs, Surfing World ,Lorne 1968.
ReplyDeleteSo they're Australian surfers ; not sure why one has a union jack on their board - but it looked great for my title photo