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Nat Young in "Fantastic Plastic Machine"

Credits: Eric Blum

Encyclopedia of Surfing

Fantastic Plastic Machine, The
shortboard revolution
Young, Nat (Aust)

History of Surfing

Bismarck with a Tan
Enlightenment at Honolua Bay
Getting Slippery with Bob McTavish
Revolution is not a Dinner Party

Interviews

Nat Young (1966)
Nat Young (1974)

Features

"ANIMAL TRACKS: THE 50-YEAR JOURNEY OF ROBERT HAROLD YOUNG," BY DREW KAMPION
"ROUGH CUT: SURFING ON FILM," by MATT WARSHAW (1998)
BOOK EXCERPT: NAT YOUNG REMEMBERS MR. SMOOTH, RUSSELL HUGHES
DOUBLE-BARRELED, WITH NAT YOUNG AND DREW KAMPION
MARGARET RIVER 1969: WHEN RAW MEANT RAW

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 1-7-2018: NAT YOUNG, THE '66 WORLD TITLES, AND JOHN WITZIG'S DESTRUCTION OF THE "HIGH PERFORMERS"
SUNDAY JOINT, 6-14-2020: HE IS LARGER THAN LIFE, BUT IS NAT YOUNG THE ONE?

Videos

1967: First Look at the Short Surfboard
American Surfers in "Fantastic Plastic Machine"
Australian Surfers in "Fantastic Plastic Machine"
George Greenough's Tube Shots from "Fantastic Plastic Machine"
Nat Young

Contests

1967 Australian National Titles (see: 1967 Bells Beach Open Surfing Championships)
1967 Bells Beach Open Surfing Championships (Australian National Titles)
1967 International Surfing Hall of Fame Awards
1967 Makaha International Surfing Championships
1967 SURFER Poll Awards

Surfboards

MAGIC SAM