For surfers a vehicle is a vital tool to help find that perfect wave and the Malfunction Surf Festival in Kingscliff is out to celebrate the vehicles of all shapes and sizes.
Nowadays there is an assortment of vehicles that surfers use to get to the beach, everything from top of the line 4 x 4s, to camper vans, to zippy little inner city traffic runners. It wasn’t always like that.
Back in the late ’50s and early ’60s, surf transport had one thing in common, the vehicle had to be able to carry a lot of people and even more boards. It didn’t matter whether it was a big old Yank tank or something from mother England, if you could fit a crew into it and boards on top you were looking cool enough to turn both female and male heads when you rolled up to any surf spot.
Towards the end of the ’60s and throughout the ’70s surf vehicles took on their own particular image, an image that remains with us today. That is the VW and in particular the Kombi. To have a VW or a Kombi became nearly as important as having a board. The iconic Kombi represented freedom and surfing during this time and every hardcore surfer had one.
To celebrate the traditional “surf car” as part of the celebrations at the Malfunction Surf Festival there is the Resto Shed Surf Vehicle Rally/Display. Owners of what can be loosely described as a classic surf vehicle will be able to go for a leisurely rally around the Tweed Coast before displaying their rides for other car fanatics and surfers to check out and appreciate.
So whether it’s a classic 1938 Woody, a 66 Kombi or mum’s taxi, put your boards into it and come to the Malfunction Surf Festival at Kingscliff
The Resto Shed Surf Vehicle Rally
Assemble Faulks Park, Marine Parade, Kingscliff at 9.30am on Saturday March 26.
Vehicles on display in the Lions Park Kingscliff 11am – 2pm. Trophies for best three Surf Vehicles.
Further information and entries www.malfunction.com.au or ph 0414569208
To be held from March 23 – 27 at Kingscliff on the
Tweed Coast, the Malfunction now in its 28th year draws world-class surfers from around the world to come together for a
truly unique international surf festival. This five day long celebration is a tribute to longboard surfing and to those that enjoy surf culture.
