CreatorJohn WitzigTitleNat Young, bottom turn, Honolua Bay – 1967Date1967MediumC-type printDimensionsH. 509mm x W. 617mmArtist StatementAt Honolua Bay in late 1967, Nat and Bob McTavish ‘turned easily and repeatedly from trough to crest in a high-performance style that set a precedent for virtually all surfing that followed’. (Matt Warshaw – The Encyclopedia of Surfing) This was the beginnings of the shortboard revolution … the seeds of which had been sown the year before when Nat won the World Championship in San Diego.
I got lucky and was the only stills photographer at Honolua Bay in December 1967 when the Australians (and an expatriate American mat-rider named George Greenough) announced to the world that things were happening Down Under. [Additional statement found at https://www.theinertia.com/surf/titans-of-a-generation/?pid=13618] Accession NumberG2024.1.21Credit LineDonation by artist - John WitzigAccess AdviceFor research purposes only. No reproduction without permission of Yarrila Arts and Museum.
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Black and white photograph of Nat Young surfing at Honolua Bay, Hawaii, in 1967.
