Geoff White - pioneer Australian surfer and Vipassana teacher
Contents First love Surfing safari South Africa 1966 Seychelles 1967 More Seychelles London 1970 Timeline References --------------------- 1. "My first love is surfing" Geoff White is a legend - surfing, meditating and working his way through life. Born at Coledale Hospital 1943, he grew up in the adjacent seaside town of Austinmer, located approximately 50 miles south of Sydney, Australia. Living just a short walk from the beach enabled him at an early age to develop a love of the beach and, during his teen years, surfing. On 30 September 2024, at the age of 80, Geoff was recovering from a heart attack as as he sat amidst former brickworks colleagues, lunching on bistro food at the Bellambi Bowlo. Therein he quietly pronounced thoughts of donning a wetsuit and hitting the surf once more: "I need to get back into it!" he said, mindfully, Geoff looks sixty, not eighty. He is healthy and hearty, full of life and wonder, smiling and b