A full report from the 1984 Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia, Surfing Championship. Mens and Women's events are both covered. Recorded from Channel 28 before the station became known as SBS Australia Television Network. This event was known as the surf contest sponsored by a rock band! Australian Crawl was a popular Australian rock band during the 1980's. They also sponsored the 1985 surf contest as well. This 1984 event was famous not only for the rock band sponsorship but the Men's champ, surfer Cheyne Horan, rocked up to Bells Beach that year with a surfboard that looked like a teardrop. The board featured a fin designed by Ben Lexcen that copied the shape of the winged keel from Australia II that had won the America’s Cup yacht race the previous year.
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