Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] Pete is THE Big Scary Bald Guy

jeffm at jeack.com.au jeffm at jeack.com.au
Thu Apr 29 20:34:00 MDT 2004


thanks for putting the group straight and saving me the typing... :)

cheers...

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>In a message dated 4/28/2004 7:10:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
>screaminblue88 at hotmail.com writes:
>Pete shaved off his long blond locks cause his hair got in the way when he

>was surfing, and he is actually 6'7".
>>>From Rolling Stone magazine, June 28th, 1990 (which has a large feature
on
>the Oils):  
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>"At some point, Garrett also shaved his head.  He was working part time
with 
>one
>of his brothers, taking action photos of surfers, 'being out in the big 
>swells and 
>getting as close as you can to the nose of the surfboard before it rips
the 
>top of
>your head off.  Flick, and you've got the shot.'  But when his photos came

>back
>from the developers, there was usually all this wet blond hair over the
lens. 
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>he got a haircut, decided he looked like 'someone who works in a bank' and

>had 
>it all lopped off.  'That's the real story,' he insists.  'And I got to
like 
>it a lot.  One
>less thing to worry about.'"
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