2008 New Zealand - 2008newzealand

Matt cruisin in the passenger seat...
...while Marg drives a stick-shift on right side of the car on the left side of the road!

The "Back Packer"
aka. home for 14 days

Marg & the "Back Packer"
aka. small school bus

Pluggin in the Back Packer for the night
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Cooking in the Back Packer
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Eating in the Back Packer
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View from Manu Bay, Raglan
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Raglan campground
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Raglan's posh campground
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Manu Bay, Raglan
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Matt on his 5'10 Synchronizer
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Walking back up the point for another long left!
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Matt's bottom turn on the Synchro
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Bings back in NZ after 50 years
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Hangin by a creek
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Marg @ Manu Bay, Raglan
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Pando, Matt & Levi checking Mount Maunganui
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Spring time in NZ
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Rotorua, NZ
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Rotorua, NZ
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Spring time in NZ
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Spring time in NZ
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Sulfurous geyser in Roturua
smells like rotten eggs!

Rotorua, NZ
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Natural geyser in Roturua
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M&M
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Natural geyser in Roturua
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Maori cultural show
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Maori cultural show
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Maori cultural show
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Matt getting tip time in Raglan
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Drop knee cutback on a 9'6 Bing Pintail
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Stretch five
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Drop knee cutback on a 9'6 Bing Pintail
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More tip time
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Matt getting ten @ Manu Bay
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Marg getting some tip time too!
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Marg on a 9'4 Lovebird
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Local shaper Mickey T giving the Bing a go!
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Surfing down under?
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Local shaper Mickey T enjoying the Bing
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Marg late session on the Lovebird
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New german friend Jensen & Matt
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Pando & Ange showing off their Bings
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Marg & Sunny
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Sunset @ Manu Bay, Raglan
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Entertaining guests in the Back Packer!
Ange & Pando

Pando...a Bing fan
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New NZ friends
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Pando on his 9'4 Bing Silver Spoon
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Ange on her 9'6 Ashley Lloyd Model
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Last day in NZ
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Malibu Reunion at Piha (11-28-2008)
Event Poster

Piha Surf Life Saving Club
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Piha Beach, New Zealand
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Bing & Rick's Velzy Surfboards
1st modern surfboards in New Zealand

Piha Surf Life Saving Club members
Rodger Curtice, Peter Beyers, Murray

Soulcal Surfboards
Levi, Alex, & Matt

Piha legends
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Life saving boat
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Life saving boat
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The board Bing left in NZ in 1958
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The board Bing left in NZ in 1958
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The board Bing left in NZ in 1958
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PLSC members
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Bing, Matt & Soulcal Surfboards
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Bing Copeland
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Having a drink at the club
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Bing & Conlee Copeland
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Piha sunset
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Pando + his Bing Lotus
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PLSC club photo circa 1959
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Bing Surfboards
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Soulcal Surfboards display
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www.soulcalsurfboards.com
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Bing & Buddy Cox
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David Ritchie
Owned 1 of the 4 boards built by Bing & Rick in NZ in 1958

Peter Beyers
Learned to build surfboards from Bing & Rick and carried on the tradition in NZ

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Matt @ Malibu Reunion lunch
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Surf Rescue Helicopter
Bing, Conlee & Margaret get a ride on the chopper

View from the Rescue Helicopter
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Boarding the helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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Conlee Copeland
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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John - Piha Rescue Helicopter pilot
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Lion Rock, Piha Beach
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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Bing in the front seat
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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View from the Rescue Helicopter
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Rescue Helicopter
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Rescue Helicopter
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Bing getting off the Rescue Helicopter
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Bing & Rick finishing a paddle race in New Plymouth
Bing wins by a hair

Pando & Ange getting a Bing book
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Matt signing books
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Pando, Chris & Matt
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Malibu Reunion Dinner
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Malibu Reunion Dinner
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Malibu Reunion Dinner
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Bing & Rick's Velzy Surfboards
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Bing signing books
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Malibu Reunion Dinner
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Levi & Matt
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Malibu Reunion Dinner
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Bing & Conlee - Honorary Guests
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Rodger Curtice - event coordinator
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Malibu Reunion Dinner
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Legends from the Piha Surf Life Saving Club
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Malibu Reunion Dinner
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Honoring Bing
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Malibu Reunion Dinner
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Bing & Conlee
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Introducing Matt Calvani
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Present-day Bing enthusiasts!
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Rodger presenting to Bing
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Presentation by the mayor of Waitakare
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Bing accepting his awards
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Presentation by the mayor of Waitakare
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Presentation by the mayor of Waitakare
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Speech by Bing
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Speech by Bing
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Conlee looking on
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Presentation by Brian Webber
Bing was presented with a very rare Mowri artifact

Presentation by Brian Webber
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Matt & Bing
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Matt & Bing
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Martin, Alex, Matt & Bing
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PSLSC members & Bing
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Matt, Margaret, Bing & Conlee
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M & M
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Bing & Rick, Piha Beach, 1959
A moment of silence was taken in memory of Rick Stoner.