Manly Surf Legends: Ken Gray talks with Dave Keogh The Drum »
Posted By OurManly 5 months, 2 weeks ago in SportsIt was a different world back in 1964. That was the year The Beatles visited Australia for the famous group’s only tour Down Under. It was the same year Harry Vanda met George Young and Stevie Wright at a Villawood migrant hostel and formed Australia’s answer to The Beatles, The Easybeats. Manly’s own Robert Askin was the ‘less than honourable’ Premier of NSW.
At the same time, surf culture was taking a firm grip on Australian youth. The First World Surfboard Riders Championship was held in Manly Sydney that year and was won by local legend, Midget Farrelly to the soundtrack of 'surf' instrumentals played by bands like Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, The Denvermen and The Atlantics.
And in 1964, 16 year old Ken Gray was learning to surf on the NSW far north coast. Up that way, you either joined the Woolgoolga Surf Club or nearby rival Yamba… Ken chose the former. So who is Ken Gray and why am I writing about him in The Drum?
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