50s photographs

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. This photo shows Barry and his surfboard at Yallingup in 1958. In 1961 Barry went partners with Brian Cole in WA’s first fiberglass surfboard business King & Cole Surfboards in Roydhouse Street Wembley.  Image courtesy of John Budge.

1958 Yalls Barry (Joe) King partner with Brian Cole in  King & Cole Surfboards in 1961 - John Budge pic img591A

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