GALLERY: Mark Richards surfs the Rocks Bowl

He grew up on the beach, but it’s very rare that you will see the ‘Gull’ in the water these days.

His work keeps him busy and you can normally find him shaping surfboards in his garage.

The natural-footer has recently just added two new boards to his range and took one his new Bushrangers for a spin in the one-metre right-hand waves off Merewether yesterday,

Many of the ‘‘grommets’’ on school holidays took time out from surfing to watch one of Newcastle’s sporting greats in action.

Despite conditions being less-than ideal, MR made it look all too easy and his iconic bottom turns were a delight to watch.