..... always surfing in a big aluminumium cage that he pinched from a shark dive boat at Port Lincoln.
Not many people know that Port Lincoln (then called Lincoln, because it was just a beach and a kabab shop) has been home to CCi and the Endeavour, which was originally named the "Strive-Very-Hard" until 2 of the crew were taken by Great Whites as they frolicked naked on the Lincoln foreshore, so CCI renamed it so that the stigma of having crew eaten would not stick, and frighten the tourists away.
WA is still learning that lesson today, known in scientific circles as the "Jaws Conundrum".
As a result of Kelly C's great example, the Geraldton Industrial Park filled with aluminumium fabricators and the WA Premier, (another Cook from a branch of the family arising from Jimmy's time as a young, but obviously fertile, cabin boy having fun with the ladies from the Batavia), little Roger Cook, said that this boost for Geraldton would soon overtake the rock lobster industry (which Labor & the Greens espouse should not be eaten, as they are nice little crustaceans that actually have nicer personalities than they taste), and would .......
Below is a recent photo of Kelly C taking a right at Margaret River.