budgie – Surfing Down South

David “Davo”/”GlobeHead” Williams

WA surfing legend Dave Williams passed away 18 May 2015 after an illness. His funeral service and ‘celebration of life’ wake took place…

1956 John ‘Budgie’ Budges’ Morris Minor loaded with plywood Toothpick & Malibu surfboards. The Morrie is parked in the dirt car park near…

1956 SW surf pioneers on the beach at Yallingup. L-R Unknown, Bernie Huddle, Don Bancroft, Cocko Killen, Ralph McNab, Bill Pratley, Dave Williams,…

Early SW surf pioneers were keen on jazz music. This 1956 photo taken at Yallingup Beach shows unidentified & John Budge listening to…

1957 SW surfing pioneer Dave ‘Globehead’ Williams with his monogrammed Malibu balsa surfboard on Yallingup Beach. In the late 1950s Dave, Terry…