When Kevin, Midget and Nat set off to Hawaii to participate in the 1963 Makaha International Surf Championship, Platts would have been in their suitcases.

Australian-made boardshorts were being worn on international beaches for the first time. Platts, Midget, and Australian surfing were all making their global debut. Kevin, Midget and Nat would make the most of their time overseas, ‘riding all the famous beaches’ – oblivious to the fame they were about to bring back to Australian shore. Kevin and Nat held their own in Hawaii, offering up fierce competition, but it was the quiet focus of Midget Farelly that would go on to make true history by taking the place of the first-ever Australian to win a world title. Platts board shorts were the unspoken necessity for these future legends in the making.

The trio and a handful of other close-knit crew would spend the following years travelling the east coast of Australia, finding all the sweet and secluded breaks, experimenting in everything from surf movie making, music and another, contributing to the evolution of the shortboard—Kevin and Platts – all central figures.