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25.01.2022 In the 60s Colin and Jennie Cordingley from Cordingley Surfboards in Subiaco captured WA surfing footage on their hand held Super 8 movie camera. This 1965-66 footage shows Yallingup Board Club members on a day trip to Augusta in the South West. The lads sampled Southern Ocean left-handers at Sarge Bay next to the Cape Leeuwin light house. To view the footage, click on this link [ 37 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//cordingleys-super-8-movi/
24.01.2022 Surfing Down South has been publishing surf history blogs since 2013. This blog featuring WA surfing/surf industry pioneer Geoff Culmsee was posted 6 February 2016. http://surfingdownsouth.com.au///06/1960-70-geoff-culmsee/ Coming soon more SDS flashbacks
24.01.2022 Ric Syme’s life journey of obsessions Surfing, Karate and Photography. By Errol Considine 1969 Crescent Head NSW, Ric Syme (right) with Steve Cockburn. Kevin Ager pic. Note Ric’s hair, cool beads, Ted Spencer-style late Sixties mellow surf dude attire about to be (tragically!) transformed more on that later read on How does a one-time Trigg grommet become a multi award winning photographer and forge a 40+ year [ 2,672 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//colour-blinded-by-the-li/
24.01.2022 Surf photographer Ric Chan left his homeland NZ in 1965 and travelled the East Coast of OZ, shooting some of the hottest up and coming locals until 1969, when he left for Melbourne, Adelaide, and eventually WA. His East Coast surf adventures took him from Sydney in NSW to Noosa in Queensland and return. Ric had East Coast surf [ 295 more words ] http://surfingdownsouth.com.au//1968-mid-north-coast-nsw-/
24.01.2022 Surfmobile Saturday Murf the Surfs MG-B sports car. https://wordpress.com/block//surfingdownsouth.com.au/16226
24.01.2022 Yallingup Boy car stickers It’s the holiday session and the term Localism has raised its head again! To fully understand the significance of the Yallingup Boy car stickers you must first watch this video clip doing the rounds on Facebook.... The Raglan Surf Report - Heavy Localism This video will teach you how to gain the respect that you’re entitled to as a local https://www.facebook.com/JackLinksNZ/videos/1089239354846074 A number of elderly surfers in the Yallingup region were negative about getting the words Yallingup Boy tattooed on certain parts of their anatomy, or in one case, even getting the postcode 6282 to fit, it was thought a less painful way of identifying a local was to have a Yallingup Boy car sticker made Using a Bruce King panorama of Yallingup Beach as the background, these car stickers entitle the holders to priority, respect and courtesy in the water and car park. Only a limited number have been manufactured and following Covid-19 health advice, will be issued to the elderly and infirmed first. The car stickers were officially launched yesterday with sticker number 1. granted to veteran surfer Ian ‘Prive’ Morris. Mick Marlin, Steve (6282) Carr and Lou Corkill also qualify. The rest will have to apply by way of comment to the blog. It will be an exclusive group with membership by invite only. If you consider yourself entitled to one and have not been issued a car sticker, please register your interest as a comment to this post setting out the grounds on which you think you are eligible. Mike Bibby Founder Yallingup Boy (YB).
23.01.2022 Fonzie, Chiara & Shanti prepare for next chapter
23.01.2022 Scarborough surfer, artist, photographer the late Peter Matulich (1959-2018) spent his weekends and spare time chasing waves and snapping surf photos down south in the 1980s. This is the fifth of a series based on Petes 1980 Lefthanders surfing images. Series #5 features images of Mike Stomper McAuliffe. [ 99 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//1980-lefthanders-surfing/
23.01.2022 In the 60s and early 70s Colin and Jennie Cordingley from Cordingley Surfboards in Hay Street Subiaco captured WA surfing footage on a handheld Super 8 movie camera. This footage by Jennie Cordingley features Yallingup Board Club members surfing Gallows and Castle Bay Dunsborough in the South West. Kevin Ager (former Cordingley shaper). "This footage was taken circa 1967-68 when it was still about riding the nose’.... http://surfingdownsouth.com.au//cordingley-video-1967-68-/
23.01.2022 In the 1960s Fremantle surfer Howard ‘The Ghost’ Kent was an acclaimed big wave rider in the South West. Painted with white zinc cream all over his face he would scream across Margaret River’s biggest waves. The Ghost would knee paddle out to the surf break and sit way beyond the bubble searching for the gnarliest waves. He was used by other surfers as a marker buoy out the [ 448 more words ] http://surfingdownsouth.com.au///09/howard-kent-the-ghost/
23.01.2022 Over the next few months, Tamala Legends project will be making 360 degree VR films about local SURFING pioneers. The films will mix new and old content from the City of Stirling archives, into a 360 degree virtual reality experience. We will have some original content up soon so there's something new for you to see.
22.01.2022 Cambridge Library Local Studies in Floreat WA has an extensive collection of vintage City Beach images. The Library provided these 1900s to mid-1960s City Beach images to the City Beach Surf Riders Club for use at their 50 Year Reunion held at the City of Perth SLSC in 2011. The Club is acknowledged to be the longest continuously running board riding club in Australia. [ 652 more words ] http://surfingdownsouth.com.au//24/vintage-city-beach-ima/
22.01.2022 In the late 60s and early 70s Cottesloe surfer Kevin Ager was a member of the Yallingup Board Club and shaped for Cordingley Surfboards. Kevin was a talented surfer and represented WA at the Nationals Surfing Titles 1969 (WA) & 1970 (Qld). [ 1,316 more word ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//road-trip-to-coolangatta/
22.01.2022 A big thank you to the Cordingley family for the gifts. It was a pleasure to meet the family and publish Cordingley Surfboards story on Surfing Down South. Regards Jim King.
22.01.2022 Former Queensland surfer Gary Gibbon has lived in the South West since 1975. He is now a retired schoolteacher and lives in Margaret River with his wife Rosa and labradors Milly & Toffee. Gary recently sent me this material based on his photos of Bears and Yallingup surfing identities taken late Spring in 1980. It is interesting SW surf history material, so I will publish Garys collection [ 948 more words ] http://surfingdownsouth.com.au//bears-and-yallingup-ident/
20.01.2022 From circa 1930s to the late 1950s beach users at Yallingup accessed the beach on wooden steps and changed into swim wear in wooden His and Hers changing sheds on the beach. The wooden beach structures fell into disrepair in the early 1960s and were replaced with concrete beach access steps and a retaining wall circa 1968. The concrete steps and retaining wall still exist at Yallingup beach. [ 1,276 more word ] http://surfingdownsouth.com.au//changes-to-the-face-of-ya/
20.01.2022 Brad Sterling is a West Aussie writer for Tracks Magazine. Brad recently interviewed Yallingup surfer Mark Paterson and his son Jake. 2012 Yallingup Small Fries Contest. Mark & Jake Paterson. Loz Smith pic You might be interested in listening to Brad’s podcasts. First episode is Mark Pato and second Jake the Snake. Go to wherever you get your podcasts, search ‘The West Peak sessions’, click subscribe and listen for free! West Peak Sessions logo. Thanks for sharing Brad. ------------------------------------------- https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//podcast-sessions-with-ma/
20.01.2022 Margaret River photographer/visual story teller Martine Perret has been displaying a large aerial photo of Three Bears in the WA Surf Gallery Aravina Estate Yallingup. The framed image will now form part of her Exhibition - Beyond Above Western Australia at the HEART Margaret River 19 Nov to 29 Jan. Open Mon to Friday 10-4pm. See story behind the image below.
18.01.2022 Tom Hoye (age 75) has been manufacturing Precision Equip Surfboards in the Margaret River region for fifty years. The Californian expat was one the first international surfers to relocate to WA’s South West after he saw Margaret River Main Break waves featured in Paul Witzig’s 1969 surf film Evolution. Tom taught himself to shape surfboards with helpful tips obtained while working for [ 1,586 more word ] http://surfingdownsouth.com.au//tom-hoye-story-part-2-dow/
18.01.2022 South West big wave surfer Alex Alfy Cater at the WA Surf Gallery. https://www.facebook.com//a.212685311757/2681654418759080/
18.01.2022 WA pioneer surfer/photographer John "Budgie" Budge was snapping water shots of surfers decades before Go-Pro cameras became popular. In 1957 Budgie put his Kodak Brownie box camera in a sock, then tied it around his neck before paddling out at Yallingup on his homemade balsa Malibu surfboard to capture these wonderful water shots of board riders at Yalls. Budgies photos have been reproduced from Kodak transparencies which are over 60 years old. [ 175 more words ] http://surfingdownsouth.com.au/20//22/budgies-water-shots/
16.01.2022 In March 2018 severe Tropical Cyclone Marcus created waves in the Capes region. This is an image of Smiths Beach waves before the crowds. Jim King. Later this day and the next, surfers were all over it like flies around a rubbish bin. https://www.facebook.com//a.45356598801/2085134381526996/
16.01.2022 Former pro surfer Albany born Jodie Cooper rang the bell at the Rip Curl Surfing Festival held at Bells Beach Victoria in 1987. Jodies 1987 Bells Beach trophy is on display at the WA Surf Gallery, Aravina Estate, Yallingup.
16.01.2022 In the 1960s Fremantle surfer Howard The Ghost Kent was an acclaimed big wave rider in the South West. Painted with white zinc cream all over his face he would scream across Margaret Rivers biggest waves. The Ghost would knee paddle out to the surf break and sit way beyond the bubble searching for the gnarliest waves. He was used by other surfers as a marker buoy out the [ 448 more words ] http://surfingdownsouth.com.au///09/howard-kent-the-ghost/
16.01.2022 Jim McFarlane (retired) lives at Yallingup with his wife Margaret. They live in the house they built on the hill 1973-75. Jim is a veteran South West surfer and a regular at Yallingup. 2017 Jim surfing at Yallingup. Bruce King pic. 1975 Jim & Margaret McFarlane's residence Yallingup Hill. Jim McFarlane pic These are Jim’s recollections of a surf rescue at Yallingup in a huge swell on... http://surfingdownsouth.com.au//1977-big-boxing-day-surf-/
16.01.2022 Surfing Down South has been publishing surf history blogs since 2013. This blog featuring Vintage Surf Mobiles - 1934 Studebaker Straight 8 and 1938 Chevy 6-cyclinder sedans was posted 5 May 2018. Coming soon more SDS flashbacks. ... https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//vintage-surf-mobiles-193/
16.01.2022 Dunsborough surfer Rachael Dawe has been working as a Mid-Wife, Nurse & Medic travelling between Dunsborough, Exmouth and Indonesia. She is now working as a nurse for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Broome WA. Rachael is an accomplished surfer and some of her surf memorabilia is on display at the WA Surf Gallery, Aravina Estate, Yallingup. [ 297 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//rachael-dawes-broome-adv/
15.01.2022 One of WA’s original pioneering surfers Bruce (Moonshine) Hill recently passed-away age 89 in NSW. Moonshine only resided in WA during the 1950’s but had many surfing friends in WA who continued to catch with him over the years. Kevin Merifield - Moonshine together with Bill Pratley and Bernie Huddle are credited as being the very first to surf Yalls [ 756 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//vale-bruce-moonshine-hill/
15.01.2022 Former City Beach surfer Bruce King (my brother) spent a lot of his youth chasing waves & women in the South West. Bruce - On returning from an Africa/Europe trip in 1973 I worked at Cordingley Surfboards in Jersey Street Jolimont where Bill Oddy was the Owner/ Manager. That is where Bill gave me permission to use his trail bike. [ 236 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au///1973-bike-ride-to-bears/
15.01.2022 In the late 60's and early 70's WA surf photographer and writer Greg Woodward chased waves and captured surfing images in the South West capes region. 1970s Greg with his vintage Austin A40 sedan and Len Dibben Malibu surfboard. Greg. "I was impressed with the big powerful waves at South Point on Cowaramup Bay at Gracetown and wrote an article about my experiences for Australia’s new [ 408 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//1960s-south-point-a-plac/
15.01.2022 In the 70s and 80s surfers and their dogs were inseparable on South West surf trips. Lots of South West surf breaks are in National Parks where dogs are prohibited. Surfers used their guile to smuggle their hounds into the surf breaks. On surf trips to Bears surf break, Yallingup ‘sparkie’ Steve ‘Horny’ Campbell sat his dog on the front [ 375 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au/2020/10/14/1970s-surf-dogs/
14.01.2022 In 1977 WAs Arty Sherburn won the Senior Mens division of the Australian Surfing Titles in NSW. Arty was the first WA surfer to win an Australian Surfing Title. https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//1977-arty-sherburn-first/
14.01.2022 Murray dArcy was a foundation member of the North End Board Club at Scarborough in the early 1960s. January 1963 Murray dArcy (surfer/photographer/cook) cooking brekkie at Lancelin. Murray was a keen photographer and snapped these Yallingup Beach photos on surf trips Down South with his mates in 1963. [ 91 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//1963-yallingup-beach-ima/
14.01.2022 It started with a walk past a soccer game in Subiaco. A coffee van parked at the boundary had a more captive audience than the footy game, and as Mark and Shelley Balinski passed by, they felt they’d landed on a business idea they could take with them to their new home in the southwest. That encounter was 15 years ago and in the interim two complete novices in the coffee world have created a Yallingup institution the iconic red coffee van at Slippery Rocks carpark, Pronto Cino.... https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//pronto-cino-red-coffee-v/
14.01.2022 Impromptu interview with surf historian Mick Marlin by surf journo Thea McDonald-Lee. Both are talented members of the work team at the WA Surf Gallery Aravina Estate Yallingup WA. They have stories to tell. https://www.facebook.com/101059778312300/videos/258937431838282
13.01.2022 Time lapse comparisons of Metro northern beaches by Paul Hardie. Yanchep surfer/photographer Paul Hardie is the editor of Metts for Sets Facebook site. Paul grew up surfing Mettams, started taking photos in the mid-70s, then moved onto Trigg Point and further South once he got his drivers license in 77, surfing and taking shots along the way. Thanks for sharing your photos Paul.... https://www.facebook.com/MettsForSets/posts/2494130317478902
12.01.2022 1985 Female surfers front page news.
12.01.2022 Former West Oz surfer Phil Taylor is now retired and lives in Narrabeen NSW with his wife Barbara. Back in the 70s Phil was part of the rat pack of talented surfers at the Cottesloe Board Club with Ian Mitchell, Peter Rinso Wise etc. Phil had a long and distinguished contest career in WA before moving over East in 1983. [ 409 more words ] http://surfingdownsouth.com.au//07/15/phil-taylor-ex-west/
12.01.2022 Ric Syme’s life journey of obsessions Surfing, Karate and Photography. By Errol Considine 1969 Crescent Head NSW, Ric Syme (right) with Steve Cockburn. Kevin Ager pic. Note Ric’s hair, cool beads, Ted Spencer-style late Sixties mellow surf dude attire about to be (tragically!) transformed more on that later read on How does a one-time Trigg grommet become a multi award winning photographer and forge a 40+ year [ 2,672 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//colour-blinded-by-the-li/
10.01.2022 In mid 1960s and early 1970s City Beach Surf Riders Club had a Super 8 movie camera. Members had access to the movie camera and recorded slabs of WA & OZ surf history. This video features Tony Hardy & others surfing Rocky Point WA in 1970. Spectators include Bill Oddy, the late Greg Laurenson, Rick Lobe, Graeme 'Guru' Leslie and Rodney dog. Run time 52 sec. Music by Vance Burrow Yallingup WA. Click on this link to view footage 1970 Surf Trip to Rocky Point WA ----------------------------------- http://surfingdownsouth.com.au//city-beach-surf-riders-cl/
10.01.2022 This previously unpublished image of WA surfing pioneer the late Dave Williams was found in the SDS photo archives. It an early 60s photo of Dave with a fibreglass Malibu surfboard at an unidentified location. The photo was taken by the late John Dan Daragan Robertson. The board may be a Dibben & Cole (North Freo) or an East Coast import. [ 176 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//1960s-images-of-wa-surfi/
09.01.2022 This Photo Gallery of Greg Laurenson images by Ric Syme is courtesy of retired journo Errol Considine. It is based on an extract from Greg Laurenson Master Shaper by Errol Considine published 2 Aug 2017. Errol - Richard Ric Syme has had an acclaimed career as a photographer in Perth [ Back in the late 60s he was a member of Scarborough Board Club and a close mate of Greg Laurensons, and they made many trips down south together. [ 395 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//photo-gallery-of-greg-la/
09.01.2022 Kalbarris first resident surfer Craig Howe worked & surfed in the Mid-West region from 1971 to 2009. During this time, the goofy-footer surfed Jacques Point at Kalbarri, the Abrolhos Islands and discovered Gnaraloo in 1975. This is a collection of Craigs 1970s Kalbarri surf images. 1972 Sheltering from the sun between Glyn Lances VW & Craigs Land Rover at Jacques Point Kalbarri. [ 300 more words ] http://surfingdownsouth.com.au//1970s-kalbarri-surf-image/
09.01.2022 In the 70s and 80s surfers and their dogs were inseparable on South West surf trips. Blackie the dog owned by Bob Monkman and Ian ‘Prive’ Morris specialised in chasing and retrieving bricks from trees at Yallingup. Around the same time, Steve ‘Sheepdog’ Cockburn had a Labrador that liked to chase & retrieve house bricks. If you showed any inattention when he was returning the brick, he would drop the brick on your foot ... https://surfingdownsouth.com.au/2020/12/23/1980s-surf-dogs/
08.01.2022 Helen Backshell (nee Cordingley) is the sister of the late Rex and Colin Cordingley of Cordingley Surfboards fame. June 2003 Colin, Helen and Rex Cordingley in Darwin. Cordingley family pic. Helen Backshell - My brothers made plywood boards in our parents backyard at Mosman Park before starting Cordingley Surfboards in Hay Street Subiaco in 1962. Bill Oddy used to manage a mens suits and clothing shop in Bon Marche [ 402 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au/2020/08/29/mr-clean/
08.01.2022 Cordingley Surfboards are the longest running surfboard manufacturers in WA. They can be traced back to the Cordingley Bros Rex and Colin Cordingley building boards in their parents back yard in Mosman Park in the mid-50s to 1960. The Bros opened Cordingleys Surf Shop in Subiaco in 1962 and the business has progressed from there. Cordingley Surfboards has had several owners since the mid-70s and the shop has been in [ 2,950 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//cordingley-surfboards-th/
07.01.2022 In the 60s Colin and Jennie Cordingley from Cordingley Surfboards in Subiaco captured SW surfing footage on their hand held Super 8 movie camera. This 1964 movie footage by Jennie Cordingley shows Yallingup Board Club members have a field day on the lefts at Rocky Point in Eagle Bay WA. Back then there was a lot of wave sharing and no wetsuits & leg ropes . [ 64 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//colin-cordingleys-super-/
07.01.2022 1985 Surfing BP Beach Bunbury. Photo by South Western Times photographer Steve Smith.
07.01.2022 Memories of Cape Naturaliste. Cape Naturaliste dreaming #1 Cape Naturaliste dreaming #2 Cape Naturaliste dreaming #3 1984 The Yallingup chain. The Yallingup Chain Well its that time of year again grossmass an new year cetra . Big dollar boys in over drive to push US critters much harder twards the end of year $ $ corall yippee kie yo. Stress anxiety negativety not nuf muny... https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//the-yallingup-chain-by-w/
07.01.2022 This is a tale about The Capel Kid and his South West surfing mate Bill Webb. THE CAPEL KID Back in 1970 Ian ‘The Capel Kid’ Reid was a dairy farmer on a farm at Elgin (halfway between Boyanup & Capel) and a keen SW surfer. Ian milked the cows every day at the farm before driving to Busselton and picking up his mate Bill Webb to go surfing. [ 1,633 more word ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//1970s-the-capel-kid-and-/
07.01.2022 In 1970/71 Country Surf / West Country Surf burst onto the scene as WAs first home grown and fully fledged surfing magazine. But it was to be a shooting star briefly flaring brightly, then flickering out just as quickly and vanishing from the WA surfing story. Country Surf, edition 2 (left) with Ian Cairns on the cover at the 1971 State titles on an Innovator chisel back flyer twin fin. [ 3,820 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//was-first-surf-magazine-/
06.01.2022 Murray d’Arcy was a foundation member of the North End Board Club at Scarborough in the early 1960s. January 1963 Murray d’Arcy (surfer/photographer/cook) cooking brekkie at Lancelin. Murray was a keen photographer and snapped these Gallows surf break photos on surf trips Down South with his mates in 1963. [ 70 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//1963-gallows-surf-break-/
06.01.2022 In the mid-50s Wembley surfer Ray Geary (19) owned a circa 1930 Essex Super 6 four door sedan. Ray and his surfing mates loaded their plywood boards on the roof of the vintage sedan and toured Metro and Mandurah beaches looking for waves. [ 254 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//surfmobile-saturday-circ/
06.01.2022 In 2017 Peter Donaldson produced this short documentary for the Rottnest Island Authority. It explores the history of surfing on Rottnest Island, focusing on the popular surfing location Strickland Bay.
05.01.2022 WA pioneer surfer/photographer John "Budgie" Budge was snapping water shots of surfers' decades before Go-Pro cameras became popular. In 1957 Budgie put his Kodak Brownie box camera in a sock, then tied it around his neck before paddling out at Yallingup on his homemade balsa Malibu surfboard to capture these wonderful water shots of board riders at Yalls. Budgie's photos have been reproduced from Kodak transparencies which are over 60 years old. [ 175 more words ] http://surfingdownsouth.com.au/20//22/budgies-water-shots/
05.01.2022 In the 1950s the only vehicle access to waves in Injidup Bay was via a rough old fishermen’s track which ran off Wyadup Road, Yallingup. Following tip-offs from local fishermen Injidup Bay with its car park peaks and long left-hand Point breaks were among the first surf spots to make their way into the new discoveries surfing map circa 1957. [ 462 more words ] http://surfingdownsouth.com.au//11/07/track-to-injidup-bay/
05.01.2022 In 1975 WA owned Pipelines Legrope Co. was formed by Helen & David Hattrick and John Molloy to manufacture and sell legropes. A team of surfer’s hand made the legropes in a shearing shed on a property at Wyadup Valley near Yallingup. The legropes were sold locally and nationally through John Malloy’s Bali-Hai surf shop at Yallingup Beach. Sunrise Beachware... http://surfingdownsouth.com.au//1975-1980-pipelines-legro/
05.01.2022 These photographs were donated to Cambridge Library Local Studies by City Beach Surf Riders members. They were collected for the Clubs 50th anniversary held at City of Perth SLSC in 2011.
04.01.2022 1981 Margies, Cowaramup and Yallingup images by Paul Hardie Yanchep surfer/photographer Paul Hardie is the editor of Metts for Sets Facebook site. Paul grew up surfing Mettams, started taking photos in the mid-70s, then moved onto Trigg Point and further South once he got his drivers license in 77, surfing and taking shots along the way. Thanks for sharing your photos Paul.... . https://www.facebook.com/MettsForSets/posts/2148545082037429 See more
04.01.2022 1976 Surf check at Three Bears. I snapped this pic of surfing mates Steele George, Joe Fimmano & Graham Waddell checking the waves at Mamas. We travelled from Yallingup to Bears on the old track along the cliffs in Joes 4WD ute. The old track is now part of the Cape to Cape walk trail. Three Bears was discovered in August 1971 by Mick Pearce, George Simpson and Mark Rudenberg and was named MGM after the founders. The name was later changed to Three Bears by Perth guys.
03.01.2022 Bill Cosson and his partner Miriam from Duncraig recently visited Yallingup in their new 4WD campervan. They are friends with Jill Redfern at Yallingup through a 4WD Car Club and Bill has a surfing background. Bill - In 1958 I used my carpentry skills to build himself a 16ft plywood Toothpick surfboard on my parent's front verandah. The board had a painted white & varnish finish. [ 192 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//bill-cossons-surfing-mem/
03.01.2022 Your Margaret River Region magazine is published quarterly and available free from South West visitor centres. Author Tom De Souza had two surfing stories published in the Autumn 2020 edition. Shape shifter: Surfing Legend Tom Hoye. pages 78-81... Women on top of the waves. pages 106-109 Go to the specified pages and zoom to view the stories on this online version of the mag. https://issuu.com//your_margaret_river_region_magazine_aut
03.01.2022 South West big wave surfer Alex 'Alfy' Cater at the WA Surf Gallery. https://www.facebook.com//a.212685311757/2681654418759080/
01.01.2022 In 2008 the original Cordingley Surfboard team from the 60s got together in the South West and made three Cordingley Bros Malibu surfboards for family members. Rex Cordingley from Jurien Bay (Shaper), Colin Cordingley from Darwin (Glasser), Charles Campbell from Hammersley (Glasser) and Dave Ellis from Busselton (Glasser & finisher) made the last Cordingley Bros Malibu surfboards in The Factory... https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//2008-last-three-surfboar/
01.01.2022 Tom Hoye (age 75) is the manufacturer of Precision Equip Surfboards in Margaret River. The Californian expat was one the first international surfers to relocate to WAs South West after he saw Margaret River Main Break waves featured in Paul Witzigs 1969 surf film Evolution. Tom taught himself to shape surfboards with helpful tips obtained while working for US surf industry legend the late Jack ONeill in the 1960s. [ 2,181 more words ] https://surfingdownsouth.com.au//tom-hoye-story-2-yalling/
