Tag: Bruce ‘Moonshine’ Hill

50s

Vale Bruce ‘Moonshine’ Hill

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…

50s photographs

1950s Balsa Surfboards

Balsa surfboards were introduced to WA in the late 50s to replace the heavy plywood toothpicks surfboards. The boards were light weight but…

70s photographs

How big does it get?

This article was published in WASRA’s State Surfing Titles Program in 1976. It includes recollections from SW surf pioneers on big wave days…

50s photographs

1958 Flaking out at Yalls

Surf Pioneer Brian Cole captured this image of Moonshine & the boys flaked out near their camp site at Yallingup Beach in 1958.…