Rare Footage of Michael Peterson Winning the 1977 Stubbies at Burleigh 

This just proves that good surfing is good surfing. These guys are shredding!

I love this era of surfing. So much flow⚡️

Hello from Cloud 9. Watching this i miss the old Gold Coast. I loved living there and growing up there was amazing. Bongs in the back of the shagon wagin and goin to the old thetre for more bongs. Thanks for showing this...i was there then....dont remember any of it but i know i would of loved it. Thanks again for showing this....

The final was held in late afternoon 2-3' slop. Michael Paterson made ever wave look like 2 meters of gold.

Lol. Check out the skyline in the background. Lived in Palm Beach in '75. Make no mistake. They were the great days.👍

So sick, I was one yrs old. Just insane guys killing it, hot chicks mental waves. Looks fun!!!!

I was shooting photos from the water. Front row seat for great surfing.

What a awsome era.

Happy to re-live it as I was grom then but so sad it's now a distant memory.

Loved MP and was a original rebel , soul surfer, who took on the worlds best.... and had a long winning streak! Rest in paradise! Aloha from Hawaii!

MRs board looks cool. Interesting to see these guys doing so much more on the shorter boards (post long board era) and the progression would continue with the Thruster coming out just just a few years later.

Timeless surfing from an interesting fella🤙

WOW so KOOL

All the footage was shot by our eldest brother John. And I’m pretty sure he edited it as well. I lovely record of the first man on man event.

There is a very good book out on this guy.. Good read. And he was probably tripping this session.

4 world Champs on solid surf, with boards they trust. Richards '79-'82 Townsend '76 Thompson '77 Rabbit....'78

State of the ART ❤'77

Michael was the best surfer of all times! I love Kelly, but Mike was very special and the original! This video was well recorded and well edited! Thank you so much for sharing such a golden material!

Watching these guys surfing manoeuvres shows how stiff and boxy the designs back then held the surfers back so much . I would like to see them ride the boards of today . They would be ripping

great post!

They didn’t show me. Ah well. Such is life!

A reminder of just how drastically high performance surfing has changed since those days.

Rabbit was getting vertical. 🎉

Forgot how short the shorts were!

MP👍❤️

What about the Surfers skyline in the background 🤦😵‍💫 ..half a dozen high rises compared to todays shitshow !?!?!?

Mike looking like he's in a different universe.

I was there.

👌😎

MP was way ahead of his time..

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The perfect time to surf no mega crowds

Rabbit and MP ripping

Who sings the soundtrack please 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Life is a funny thing. All those beautiful young girls sunning themselves on the beach are someone's grandmother now.

Wasn't Simon Anderson who popularized the three-fin boards ?

i was 5 years old. 🏄

Can i ask, has anyone before until now surfed upside down in the tube.... Yeah ME !!!! Winkipop circa 1996. As Mohamod Ali would say "I am the greatest" I am beyond just doing the same as everyone else, only a little bit better.... I have walked on the moon baby !!!!

Someone can't spell Burleigh. Peterson was an epic surfer.

On joue les amis polynésiens. Quelles sont les conditions de surf attendues pour les JO. Amitié universelle depuis la Gironde.

Who wrote the song please 🙏🙏🙏

Doubt it Bugs came 3rd didn't he?

Where was Nat Young?

Well done 'chine'!

Great to know that, although I am still a kook even today, my surfing has actually progressed well beyond the big names of my youth.

Rabbit 🐰 won

MP at Pipe was insane back in the day

Bronzed Aussies

wouldn't make it out of an amateur 60 and over heat today. Pioneers, but those boards sucked.

Lets be honest , Crap surfing,crap styles,crap boards,end of story.

Sad what happened to MP towards the end of his life.

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