2000s

WA Surfing Identities – Then & Now images #12

This is a collection of Old and New images of WA surfing identities from various photographers.

Series #12 contains images of the following surfers: –

  1. Dave Macaulay
  2. Ken Mackenzie
  3. Jessica Porcaro
  4. Geoff Culmsee
  5. Chris Trantham
  6. Steve Carr

 

Dave Macaulay – Pro Surfing coach / surfboard shaper / 2018 World Masters Champion Gracetown

Left: 1984 Murray Smith with assistant shaper Dave Macaulay at Murray Smith Surfboards Churchlands. Image courtesy of WA Newspapers.

Right: 2018 Dave watching his Pro Surfer daughter Bronte signing celebrity surfboard at WA Surf Gallery Aravina Estate Yallingup. Sandra Newland pic.

 

Ken MacKenzie – Energy Surfboards Margaret River

Left: 1976-77 Ken glassing a surfboard at Energy Surfboards Colray Ave Osborne Park. Ken MacKenzie pic..

Right: 2018 Ken with Energy Surfboard big wave board at Margaret River. Jim King pic. (This board is on display at WA Surf Gallery Aravina Estate Yallingup).

 

Jessica Porcaro (nee Emory) – Personal Trainer Dunsborough

Left: 2000 Sofie Harrison, Sarah Beardmore, Katherine Batemen and Jessica Porcaro at State surfing round held at Trigg Beach. Jessica pic.

Right: 2015 Jessica surfing in Timor. Jessica pic.

 

Geoff Culmsee – Surfing retiree South West and North West

Left: 1969 Geoff surfing Noiseys near Gracetown. Jim Breadsell pic

Right: 2012 Geoff surfing in the North West. Vance Burrow pic.

 

 

Chris ‘Chubby’ Trantham – Handyman Dunsborough

Left: 1973 Chubby surfing Hungry Hollow in Bunbury on a Tony Hardy custom surfboard. Chubby pic

Right: 2018 Chubby surfing Point Picquet mid-winter. Therese Sayer pic.

 

Steve Carr – Surfing / travelling retiree Yallingup

Left: 1974 Steve with party girls in Sydney NSW. Steve Carr pic.

Right: 2014 Steve saddling up to the bar in Canada. Kaye Carr pic.

Many thanks to the contributors for sharing their photos.

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