1958 Barry ‘Joe’ King’s homemade surfboard at Yallingup
In the late 1950s SW surf pioneer Barry ‘Joe’ King rode a homemade 9ft triple stringer polystyrene (Coolite) surfboard glassed with epoxy resin.…
1958 Surfari to Avalon Point Mandurah
This 1958 image shows City Beach Board Club members on surfari to Avalon Point at Mandurah. The boys were seeking better shaped waves…
1958 Yallingup camp site with Joe King’s Morris Minor ute
1958 Yallingup camp site with Barry ‘Joe’ King’s Morris Minor ute and the boys under melaleuca trees. Photo courtesy Brian Cole.
1957 Surfing homemade surfboard at City Beach
1957 Brian Cole (18) surfing City Beach groyne (northside) on his homemade 10ft hollow plywood Malibu surfboard. In 1961 Brian and his…
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