Steve Abbott with Bob Hitchen’s Keyo pintail, Narrabeen 1971
Steve Abbott made regular weekend ‘excursions’ in the early 1970s from his land locked western suburbs home to hang out with chums at North Narrabeen and surf from dawn till dusk. He and his mate Bob Hitchens resisted moving to the coast until they’d got their trades and careers underway, balancing their weekday grind with regular coastal escapes and extended south coast trips when possible. Steve looks pretty keen on the Keyo here although in a couple of years he’d marry Bob’s sister Donna. This great ‘transitional’ era pintail was probably made around 1969.