Mayes, Jack "Bluey"
Strutting red-haired Australian regularfooter from Sydney's Bondi Beach; regarded as the country's best surfer from the early 1940s to the mid-'50s. "He was one big flavorsome bastard," Aussie writer Jimmy O'Keefe noted. "A flavor you might want to spit out, but a unique flavor all the same." Mayes was born (1922) in Sydney, raised in Bondi, and began surfing at age six, after stripping the cloth...
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Jack "Bluey" MayesSubscribe to view
Bluey Mayes. Photo: Jack EdenSubscribe to view
Bluey Mayes, second from left, Bondi, late '50sSubscribe to view
Bluey Mayes, earlyr 1960sSubscribe to view
Bluey Mayes, left, Hawaii, 1963Subscribe to view
Bluey Mayes (right) and Bob Evans, around 1957Subscribe to view
Jack "Bluey" Mayes
Bluey Mayes. Photo: Jack Eden
Bluey Mayes, second from left, Bondi, late '50s
Bluey Mayes, earlyr 1960s
Bluey Mayes, left, Hawaii, 1963
Bluey Mayes (right) and Bob Evans, around 1957