Lennox National Surfing Reserve book

The Lennox National Surfing Reserve commemorative booklet is a 'must-have' for anyone who has surfed in the area.

It tells the stories of some of the first people to surf in the area from Flat Rock to Lennox Main Beach.

Ballina resident Barry Regan, now aged 78 and still surfing, tells how he and his friend Peter Bannister stumbled across eight-foot surf at the Point way back in 1958. Back then, most surfers still rode the old 'match-stick' wooden boards.

Bob Smallcombe tells of growing up in Lennox Head in the early 1960s and how he and pioneer women's surfer Judy Gibbon owned the only two boards in the village, and how all the Lennox kids took their turns riding them.

Well-known Byron Bay surfing identity Max Pendergast tells of surfing the region in the early 1960s, while Chris Brock, who featured in the classic surfing movie, Morning of the Earth, tells how surfing Lennox Point led to radical design changes in surfboards in the late 1960s.

There's also chapters focusing on Ballina identities Phil Calnan and Phil Myers, and they speak about the early days surfing in uncrowded conditions.

The book also has photographs from those early years, right through to the current era.

By buying the book, you're also supporting plans to establish a Lennox National Surfing Reserve Trust. All money raised by book sales will be donated to the trust and used to improve facilities at the beaches in the reserve area.

Follow the links on this page to order your copy today.