North Shore Hawaii 1977. Filmed by Ross Myers.

[@DayDreams-sailing]

Thanks for teleporting me to a time when I didn’t exist

[@hurricane123ist]

you existed just not in the vessel you are in right now

[@DayDreams-sailing]

@@hurricane123ist true!

[@Deeznutz...]

@@hurricane123ist woah 😳

[@salvitoripopadillo4539]

​@@hurricane123istBrilliant reply! One of the best I've ever read!

[@kc72186]

I was there and it was awesome 😎

[@kruz2727ify]

Painfully joyful to watch. My mom always tasted my clothes for salt to make sure I came straight home after school. No boogy or surfing during high tide. I was young and inexperienced. Never stopped me though. I miss that free childhood sooo much. Now in my mid fifties I live in the mountains of North Norway with my Norsk wife of 27 years. My life's contrast is insane. Thanks for posting the video.

[@alexcarter8807]

Mom tasting your clothes, that's ruthless.

[@geejee1255]

@@alexcarter8807 thats smart

[@angusseletto1511]

kruz2727ify love yore story brother,should have washed them in the toilets or the beach showers,thats what I did and it worked,lived in Sorrento and surfed 3 or 4 times a week during school hours in the late 70s early 80s,even got picked up for work in Wavelength surf shop in Sorrento by a colleague on a Z 750 Kawasaki when I was 15.Just loved it,used to catch a ferry to queens cliff with 10 plus wetsuits to sell to the dude there for his shop,best times ever. I had to sew sea grass flooring back together in the shop as it wore out from the foot traffic,Chris Barton was my boss and I loved him

[@miketybring4700]

sounds like a interesting life

[@kevinvictor911]

what made you move to the icebox?

[@sandhopper599]

Wow! The cars, the fashion, the boards. Only the waves haven't changed.

[@BrasilProduction]

i got goosebumps this is so pure

[@thebucketlistexplorer]

Me too!

[@alveer3321]

☝️🎆😙👏🤩😍👏🌊🌠⛰️🌠 ☝️🌞🕊🦅🙏☝️🌜🌝🌛😙

[@chloeturner7387]

this comment section is full of people sharing their ol surfing days vibes, and i love it.

[@hellopolly2691]

I surfer the North Shore in 73' and 75'. Stayed in a house at Rocky Point that got washed away later in a Hurricane and storm surf. Surfed with Ian Cairns, Banksy, Mark Warren. The Californians lived next door . Sam Hawk and his wild crew. They had all the chicks and partied and surfed hard. RIP Col Smith from Newcastle. Once of the nicest ,most humble, down to earth guys that I ever met. Great days before computers, digitalisation, smartphones, surveillance and the PC culture. Living free . Glad that I lived then. Kids these days have little idea what they missed. Cheers for the memories. Polly , Lennox Head NSW.

[@ramdarook]

Hi, I enjoyed your comments. I have lived on the Gold Coast now for about 6 years but I'm originally a Cronulla local. That's where I met Jim Banks. He talked me into going to Hawaii to take a few movies. It was a fantastic trip. We went to a lot of parties at Bernie Baker's house right on the beach. Bernie was a very well known local photographer & all the big name surfers used to hang there. It was very exciting at the time! All the best, Ross

[@hellopolly2691]

@@ramdarook Hi Ross.thanks for your reply.I remember Bernie Baker he was a mate of Alan Rich a surf movie maker who's house we stayed at a Rocky Point.He was renting the house long term while filming Playgrounds in Paradise. I was originally from Maroubra but moved to the Northern beaches when Maroubra went feral. About 20 years ago I moved to Lennox and bought a house when they were affordable. Love it here . Still surf when it's not crowded. Bob McTavish , Chris Brock and Greenough are senior locals here, surfing great. .Like the Goldie this town is packed with hot surfers.

[@owensweetland342]

Opening song is classic!🤙😎✌️

[@VP80867]

We moved to the north shore summer 1977. My family built a house across from Three Tables. Mark ended up building in front of us - he was an amazing friend to this teen. It’s awesome yet a bit painful to watch this. It was such a special time. Only a handful of us kids. People ask what it was like and , well, you had to be there. Peace. Oh! My friend and I won the Meadow Gold milk carton boat race at the Haleiwa Sea Spree that year. Lost the race but won $150 for the most beautiful boat. Parents used the $ for a party. 😂

[@sweetiepienumber1]

I moved there in 76' to work. A year out of high school from L.A. My buddy and I were in the water within an hour from getting off the plane. The water compared to Southern California was amazing as was the coral. Then I bought a $50 car which I drove for two weeks -- without a radiator (should have looked under the hood) and spent weeks going to the North Shore it was November. Then I started my job on a ship sailing the south pacific with a bunch of my high school friends and eventually my brother. We surfed from California to Australia and the island nations in between. I wish I had a time machine. I spent about 25 years in Hawaii until I became ill with a still undiagnosed disease. My days of paddling are behind me. At least I had my day in the sun.

[@kaimuhi]

Aloha! Was there in 1973 and 74! Went to school in Perth, West Australia and on our summer it was winter in Hawaii! Surf Triggs, Spot, Margaret River, Yallingup, Denmark, Kalbarri and then fly Qantas to Hawaii for winter surf! Joyful days back when a hotel in Waikiki was $30 oceanview! An apartment was $200 a month and a new car was $4000! House on the beach in Newport at 54th St was $250k! Wow! End of an era man! Groovy days and we didn't even know how groovy it was! lol! Now what????

[@victoriabernuth9728]

Right around this time I went to visit my friend, Rex, who lived between Sunset & Pipeline on Ke Nui Rd. She had a house on the beach. Half the house was opened screened windows. I awoke the first night to a moon bow, & an aroma of exotic flowers...such wonderful memories. She still lives there.

[@mjl.9-19]

A girl named Rex fits in with North Shore life I suppose!

[@melshingleton7865]

Surfed every day in the 70's, North shore, V-land, goat island, Sunset, Pipe! Surfed with some of the greats and those were the days! RIP Ronnie Burns..

[@kyako4837]

Holy shet man v land still here everyone bonfires and parties out there crazy shit

[@melshingleton7865]

@@kyako4837 That was one of my favorite spots back in 1978. I had spent Christmas in San Diego and the day before I returned home to Kahuku, I stopped at a board shop called infinity. I picked up a small twin fin, wrapped it and headed home. First time on the board was at V-land. No one had them back then so everyone wanted to try it! The only person I let try it was buttons and Ronnie Burns. Buttons shredded! Don't know what ever happened to him, but I'll never forget him and the 360 he was doing, ony twin fin! Those were the days brah! The good ole days!

[@wsfwsf1497]

@@melshingleton7865 Sadly Buttons passed a couple years ago. He had his battles with "ice". RIP

[@melshingleton7865]

@@wsfwsf1497 Some of my best friends from high school (Kahuku) passed, same cause.

[@suicycomaniac5821]

@@wsfwsf1497 Wow that sucks. We knew his family. Ice and meth had a grip on my life till 6yrs ago(off and on) I'm 57, all cause it was so THERE as a kid, acid too. Buttons was the 1st person I ever saw do a 360 on the lip. R.I.P. Buttons.

[@kc72186]

Not sure why this popped up on my feed but thank you, it was awesome. Notice no leashes, bailing was literally the last option cause we knew it was a swim to shore if we did. I preferred no leash, it felt more free. 🍻

[@JB-sv5pr]

Seeing all the bugs and buses....... old classics what a time !

[@davidfriedman7918]

Interesting to see old footage as I live on Oahu, recognized many places, Turtle Bay condos, Mtn range near Dillingham airfield towards Ka'ena Point, Laniakea Beach (nowadays over run by ppl), beach by Ka'a'awa Valley. Thanks for the upload.

[@wookchang8852]

I was there, North Shore, in 1977, holding shaved ice. I was only 24 then. Thank you for the memory trip!

[@Mike-zb7ts]

What a poignant video to be watching in December of 2020. Thank you.

[@michaelthomas366]

That winter of '77 I lived on Maui and whenever the north shore would close out, a lot of these very same guys would come over to surf Honolua Bay and I'd be out surfing with them. It was less complicated and crowded in those days.

[@thelastrebelshow1627]

I grew up in Hawaii in the 60s and 70s so these were my days there, lot of memories. First thing you notice is no crowds like today.

[@tommythompsonsurfer]

WHAT HIGH SCHOOL AND WHAT AREA OF OAHU?

[@josephastier7421]

@@tommythompsonsurfer Savage.

[@suicycomaniac5821]

@@tommythompsonsurfer I was supposed to be at Milliani, when I went. Only school with best hoale mix.

[@thelastrebelshow1627]

@@tommythompsonsurfer Radford high. Foster village. You?

[@thelastrebelshow1627]

@@tommythompsonsurfer Sorry it took a year to reply this video just popped up for some reason and I musta missed your reply a year ago.

[@angusseletto1511]

Amazing to see what these guys did on the boards they had in the day.BIG BALLS .........best era of surfing and life

[@VanHellsing12]

And one day 40 years from now some kid is going to watch videos of modern Surfers and say the same thing

[@R3l3ntl3sss]

It’s probably the most RAW surfing the will ever be. Only certain people used to surf and now it’s accessible to so many.

[@gabrielavasquez7395]

@@VanHellsing12 true

[@Tkidddd]

Me and Galen Bueno ,surfed Waimea in the Air Force. 1978,79. He lived in Wahiawa.SO FUN.

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

I see surf videos today and the surfers don't look this spectacular. Is it me?

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

Wow I was in 7th grade at Wheeler Elem, lived in Mililani, Id go back in a heartbeat if I could.

[@woodsmith8439]

Late 60’s, Laniakea in the morning on a weekday, 4 to 6 clean, maybe 1 or 2 other guys. Great memories..

[@PaulDerwin-v1u]

Great video/photos. What a time to be alive. No Social media or crowds.

[@hnttakata713]

The good days in Hawaii; I had the same funky station wagon, picked up hitch hiker surfers on the way down Kawaihae hill to Hapuna Beaach, Big Isle, circa 1980. Auwe. Good times, surf, canoe paddle with Coach Manny, other paddlers like Peter Merrimack, John Cheruba, Bobby Clark, and so many. And sailing.

[@Bonnieham]

Awesome to see these images and movies of surfing in Hawaii at a time when I’d returned to New Zealand. I lived there from 62 to72 and saw a few of the locals from the first two films. From late 66, almost everyone had switched to shorter boards, but many still rode longboards, and the older chargers still rode big guns through the late 60s.

[@howardwimbrowcpa]

This really takes me back. It really nails a time right as I was jumping off into adult life. Just nails it.

[@howardwimbrowcpa]

But no Jerry Lopez? None?

[@srfnma6813]

No smartphone no stupids vlogs no sponsors no internet no nothing....

[@freesoul3371]

@@howardwimbrowcpa hE'S IN THE VIDEO.

[@paddington3028]

The 70s were magical times young teenagers learning to surf thaught that I discovered the holy grail.

[@Ceci_et_Cela]

Awww I moved to Hawaii as a kid in 1976. Love this old footage!

[@scorpio663]

Love it ! Great video . I lived there from 1975-1980. What an awesome time we had at Makapu , Kilua ,Wiamea and BUZZ's Steak house. Those memories will never erase. So sad to see the Island now. To many Hwy and houses now. Hiku gardens will never look the same. Reefs are looking bad. Sad😢 I won't go there again. Maybe Kawaii.

[@honoluluhapa]

Glad to have stumbled upon this awesome video! The seventies was the best era! Even better spent on the North Shore!

[@ozbluesman]

Hi Ross , thanks for these memories ! Our first trip to the Islands. We were so skinny. Best regards, Dave.

[@ramdarook]

Hi, which Dave is this? (Dave Shaw?)

[@ozbluesman]

@@ramdarook YES .

[@ramdarook]

@@ozbluesman Great to hear from you Dave. All the Best!

[@kyliemarie7634]

God Loves you all! God Bless you all and your families and friends and everyone!!

[@simchabaruch3109]

It was '77, Graduated high school, got in my red VW van with my girlfriend, drove from eastcoast, shipped the van to oahu (I bet it is still running) worked at papa Veto's pizza, had some great days in the surf, Hanapepe point,surfed 3's with Bertlman and Buttons, like paddling into surfer magazine, makaha.... ....abandoned the van ran for my life, people were ripping us off every 15min. Aloha

[@KainoaBlackeagle]

I moved to the north shore in '76 I had totally forgotten how the the Haleiwa post office looked like back then. Great pix, footage and jamz thank you so much!

[@JAnotherday]

Beautiful memories thank you very much

[@vickiecanupp7815]

So glad that you posted this, I lived at Barber's Point Naval station in 74 and 75 and this brings back all kinds of Great memories.....Thanks

[@bluetickfreddy101]

Thanks lived in Kailua during that period of time

[@larkatmic]

Why oh why, is youth so fleeting. Damn if I’d only known.

[@kyle6920]

You can still go

[@alexmurray116]

@@kyle6920 thanks KYLE

[@kyle6920]

@@alexmurray116 No problem bromigo

[@chasanthony8760]

Amazing memories of a time when surf was up on the North Shore and you could drive there without any traffic. Man, those were the days!

[@KatzenjammerKid61]

I was 16 and living on Schofield Barracks - so many indelible memories, thanks for posting this. A year later I delivered for the Wahiawa Pizza Hut - I recall many of the full time staff and waitresses shared houses on the North Shore and surfed all day before work.

[@golfcart_9797]

This video is incredible,

[@anthonybarrow1142]

Back in 77 I was in Guam surfing the southern part of the island no crowd's and perfact left's and rights. I had a 7' food lighting bolt. One of the best days of my life.

[@sharktooth2888]

I met Ross filming at Backdoor/ Pipe after I graduated in 77, we had a brief chat about Bertleman and how skaters were copying his laybacks. I was a complete stranger on the beach but he took time to say hi. His footage is iconic to say the least.

[@johnelicker3967]

what a blast from the past those names of surfers were our heroes back then thanks for sharing sure brought back good memories

[@suicycomaniac5821]

It was really cool when we hit the movies and would see the guys on film. Hooting and cheering for ppl we would see all the time. It was great to see fame come their way.

[@younoahguy]

These were simpler times and this looks peaceful

[@phoarey]

Amazing all these decades later and the North Shore is not over developed.

[@squirewinter7186]

Back in the time of feelin free and easy and time to cut loose 🌊🌊🌊🌠💫👌 talk about how times have changed 🌈

[@suicycomaniac5821]

It was the wild wild west. No accountability. we waved at truant officers from the shorebreaks. They aint coming out. Lol

[@salvitoripopadillo4539]

Being born in 77 I think if there was one decade I could live (surfing) in my early 20's/ late teens, it would be the 70's. RIP Pat Curren! One of my top 5 favorite surfers of all time!

[@gerardguitarist]

And the waves are still coming in as we speak... day after day, year after year... how great is our God...

[@jonnyp2432]

Ace

[@DoubleTripleOGfromtheset]

What's Sky Daddy have to do with the surf? Poseidon controls the ocean.

[@pattic5046]

Hi just found your video. Great memories..lived there 1970 - 80 then Windward side till 88. Worked at the Falls 1971 until they closed for renovations. Mostly lived across Sunset at Henry's then at Hakman's A frame. So mahalo again.😊

[@gregwebberXXX]

Magic stuff! And how ingrained in your mind are some surfers styles that you might not have seen for 30 years on film. Recognising Kanga and then mark Liddell then Dane and Hackman, within a tenth of a second makes me realise how absorbed i was back then. Now I have a beer gut and hardly surf. Ok I’m going design myself a board right now and start surfing again. Great pics of the Aussie boys too.

[@ucviet1]

Greg Webber and a bit later Kong @ Sunset.... Another bloke from Maroubra Red Johnstone placed in the Trials

[@paulc6498]

Get after it. The belly will disappear. There are still little gem nooks and shelves right next to main break that nobody surfs!

[@paddington3028]

Have you sorted it Greg....you know that you must....only a surfer knows the feeling.

[@gregwebberworld]

@@paddington3028 made a chunky 63 twin at 21.5 and 3 and a bit but too short and felt like a toy. Although had some fun Noosa that got me excited again

[@gregwebberworld]

@@paulc6498 main break where ?

[@victorhalada5800]

Much Needed flashback Singles... MRs Twin Fins, Thomson, Burns, Foo will always be legends.... StationWagons being carbonated and Gas Guzzling....No Pagers or Cell/Smartphones. Internet.. People were Simpler fo sho.. Could even compete without a SPONSOR & WIN an event that would put ya on the map.... Yup those were the days....... Thankx fo Sharing!!!!

[@user-tt7up5pv1m]

This popped up in my recommended I do not regret

[@brookingsbeachcomber]

the good old days... boy things have changed.

[@kevinfitzgerald3031]

RIP Mark Foo ... LEGEND !!!

[@kchungry821]

70s surfing and 80s music,2 greatest era's!!! How's all the untouched land and old cars!!! #BESTOFTIMES!!!

[@bodhisavage]

Thanks for the Vid...I was there as a teen and it was a great place to be...Memories👍

[@mickrose9633]

Back then could ride da bus from Kahaluu to north shore for 10 cents. Ditch school with lunch tray hit pounders. Those were the days!

[@BEACHLIFE78]

Such a cool video thanks for sharing 🙂👍🌊

[@jpcquadnet]

Those were the days my friend!

[@AtortAerials]

I love hearing stories from my surf photographer friends living NS back in 70’s still living there to this day. This was awesome would love to see more video of just cruising the island though so beautiful to see! 🙏🏾

[@TRUMP2four]

Great songs....Michael Hutchins and INXS is great music God rest his soul.

[@viper3269]

Found out somewhat recently INXS is from my old highschool haha, had no clue at all

[@corbierelaurent4230]

old good but goodies !! Mahalo Misters

[@bonefishboards]

Fantastic. A lot of these guys are still getting after it. Buzzy, Michael Ho...

[@st0n3ywelifted76]

Buttons passed away a few years ago tho

[@jayvto5992]

I was 10 years old at that time. Family always went to sunset beach in the summer back then picked tiny puka shells to make necklaces to sell at the flee market in Pearl City to the tourists. Back then sunset beach was like a desert, hardly anyone at the beach, just us kids and the parents. I miss home. Thank you for sharing.

[@jasoness]

I'm so happy to run across this. Thank you for sharing this.

[@underscore2824]

Great to see the old guys. Col Smith. Couple of INXS songs

[@lousurfs]

Oahu is such a magical and sacred place if you are a surfer!.....You must experience the power and the the feeling of being in the water there in your surfing career!

[@mjtch]

This is beautiful. Wish I lived during this time period

[@esc4ever676]

Nice flashback, true Pipe chargers back in the day. No leashes or jet skis, consequences were real. Imagine losing your board on outer reef days. Yikes!

[@sburton223]

Man I would have given anything to live on the North Shore in 77 I was 17 and wanted to surf there BAD. Brings back alot of memories

[@leroybrown9873]

This was a great year. I was born this year and have loved Hawaii my entire life.

[@Shorepoundsound]

My favorite era!

[@kenheim4877]

Awesome upload. Those guys helped inspire me to make the move to Oahu in 1990. Hard to believe that video/film footage was 13 years prior to my arrival. Since I’ve been here I’ve met Rabbit Kekai (RIP), Buffalo and and Rusty Keaulana, Rell Sun (RIP), Dave Parmenter, Mike, Derek (RIP), Mason, Coco Ho, Mark Foo (RIP) Fred Hemmings, Andy Irons (RIP), Sunny Garcia, and many more all out surfing at various spots island wide. I am honored to be here and it is a privilege to be acquainted with all of them. I have been truly blessed. God is great!!! A hui hou. 🤙🤙🤙

[@death_knell]

2 words ✨pure aesthetic ✨

[@twiginindo3041]

Nice to be reminded how well those guys surfed on those boards, their styles are still so easy to pick, etched into my memory from grommethood , great clip , thank you !

[@leesenger3094]

I grew up in Haleiwa in the early 70s. It's where I learned to surf when I was three or four years old. Man that under tow would hold you down forevs!

[@suicycomaniac5821]

I liked that little bowl over by the wall. Nice barrels.

[@daveadair6983]

Loved it, Hawaii is the best place on earth, perfect climate an in the 70s no crowds awesome.

[@Pipelyon]

First trip to Hawaii was 1975. First wave I caught was at small Sunset. Came from Aspen, we knew the guy, Doctor Dog , who lived in last house on the right side of Sunset Beach. Love Hawaii. I've been published in Surfer Mag. Shot many great world class surfers. Shot & talked to Buttons in his prime.

[@ThePokersurfer]

Wow that blew my mind almost going back in time again!

[@Mugicha808]

Back when there was no traffic by Laniakea Beach. Fantastic video!

[@EdKemperFan]

Life was a lot more wild and free back then. Imagine the monster bush these dudes munched. Gnarly!

[@srfy287]

Yeah. I still love Bush to this day. Wish chicks would grow the bush today like they did back in the 70's

[@davidp2707]

@@srfy287 nasty

[@martythomas4782]

EPIC Footage what dreams are made of.

[@floridaspringhoppers.7354]

This footage is gold. Thank you for uploading this.

[@COSMICRHYTHMS]

WOW, very cool to see the classic pics and the vehicles. also banksy and gary hughes , who shared my era surfing cronulla point late 60,s and early 70,s . the narrow single fins. love the music INXS , brings joy and nice memories of that golden time line.Am stuck in bali now, Banksy is here, elksy as well. I,m not sure where hughesey is. big shout out from nick. yeew

[@c.a.saunders2819]

@COSMICRHYTHMS Just came across your post here. Near about the time you wrote this I had seen some recent footage of Gary Hughes just charging giant Puerto Escondido on YT. (three years ago) I had commented to him, and we had an exchange. He was locking in deep in some absolute beasts. Hopefully you guys have hooked up since then. I grew up on Oahu, and surfed with many from this video, many times around the island. It was a magical time. Peace, and God bless, C A

[@Marta-xk4wr]

Wow, thank you for sharing!

[@edwasterlain6215]

Remember it well, I lived in Makiki surfed sunset almost everyday. I remember Larry B and Michael Ho from 1969

[@sushimamba4281]

1977 was the year I started surfing in Australia. 10 years later I made it to Hawaii. It wasn't too different to what we see in this film. thanks for bringing back great memories.

[@slk8331]

Was just there in November with my son and five of his friends, all ages 19-22. I was 17 in ‘77. I just stood there onshore wishing I could time travel.

[@cy0573]

WOW, Blast from the past!!!

[@LawrenceRoy]

This is gold👍 Thanks for sharing.

[@koishooter]

This reminds me of going to the La Paloma in Encinitas to watch "surf films" around 78, 79, 80. Just one wave after another, with little to no story or narration. Everyone in the packed audience would scream, "whooooo!" as he dropped in. It was like watching movies of another planet. Had an hour to surf pipeline in 85 (long story, should have stayed). Got a little barrel, fulfilled a dream.

[@laughteraddict1003]

La Paloma. Lights would go out place would go nuts, joints would be lit. I remember my friends dad taking me and my friends when we were groms. Good times

[@marcphillips4593]

Those were the days ! No leash ! I surfed Makaha a few years earlier and locals were actually friendly.

[@clarkewi]

Over 40 years ago and damned great surfing.

[@AlanAttack]

Just amazing skills here, those days looked beautiful and free....lucky sausages.

[@jonstangerjazz9188]

Thanks for making this! Great flashback to a simple time - I can remember bodysurfing big Waimea like it was yesterday... when da Country was still da Country!

[@robnalu6436]

Wow! just wow.

[@yodheyvavhey9525]

Very nostalgic for me as I too was 'around' the North Shore at this exact time as Hawaii was our first stopover 'on our way around the world'. Unfortunately, as coming from Connecticut 'few' of us have any surfing experience but it sure was exciting to watch and fun Body surfing in the tiny 3 meter waves! Next Life time!

[@gregoryallenn]

Idk why i love it so much. Sick vibes!

[@angusseletto1511]

Even won a twin fin swallow tail Big M promo board with a Red M on the deck in the very early 80s at Rosebud front beach,jus the best times