Out the back at Bennetts Surfboards, Brookvale. Photo Michael Power
Greg and Barry Bennett dust off Dave Jackman’s 12 foot gun, built in 1961 by Barry Bennett for tackling monster waves like the one shown here in June 1961, when Dave Jackman made national headlines and brownie points with fellow surfers after cracking the fearsome Queenscliff bombora.
Teenage Weekly Supplement (page 5) in Australian Womens Weekly 20 September 1961, image sourced online via Trove