This is a collection of Old and New images of WA surfing identities from various photographers.
Series #18 contains images of the following surfers: –
Kevin Bestall
Michael ‘Midge’ Semple
Chris Green
Joanna ‘Joey’ Schlueter
Greg Woodward
Jim King
Kevin Bestall – Kevin is the father of well-known surfers Tom & Jack Bestall and makes the annual trek north to Gnaraloo every year. (Thanks to Tom Blaxell for the pics).
Left: Kevin with his Coolite leaning on the family’s Holden FC station wagon in the 60’s. ( Kev’s dad was a signwriter ).
Right: (Top) Kevin beach combing outside his Broome beach shack in the 70’s. (Bottom) 2019 Kevin happy and contented lakeside resident at Happs Winery Yallingup.
Michael ‘Midge’ SempleRetiree Northern Queensland (formerly WA)
Left: 1967 Midge (standing) with City Beach Surf Riders crew at Mandurah beach car park. Trevor Burslem pic.
Right: 2011 Midge with Stewart Bettenay at Yallingup Beach. Bruce King pic.
Chris Green – Surfing brickie Yallingup.
Left: 1970s Peter Mac and Chris at Mac’s place Yallingup. Peter Mac pic
Right: 2019 Chris with Crystal Wallace Yallingup. Jim King pic
Joanna ‘Joey’ Schlueter – Surfing registered nurse Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Cottesloe (formerly Yallingup).
Left: 1993 Joey (age 2) with her brother David in Yalls lagoon. Joey pic.
Right: 2018 Joey with her fiancée Kieran Rogers and Bruce King at Yalls. Jim King pic.
Greg Woodward – Retired surf photographer / photographer WA Art Galley
Right: 2017 Greg at his ‘The Dazzling Young Riders’ photo exhibition Nyisztor Studio Melville. (Greg is viewing an inverted surfing image of WA surf industry legend the late Greg Laurenson. The image was inverted for artistic harmony purposes at the exhibition).
Jim King – Surfing retiree Dunsborough
Left: 1971 Jim with Rodney Ridgeback sunbaking Geographe Bay. Kath King pic.
Right: 2018 Jim (far right) with surf historian Mick Marlin and author Wayne Murphy at Ian Cairns ‘Bio’ book #1 launch held at WA Surf Gallery. Ric Chan pic.
Many thanks to the contributors for sharing their photos.
This is a collection of Old and New images of WA surfing identities from various photographers.
Series #18 contains images of the following surfers: –
Kevin Bestall – Kevin is the father of well-known surfers Tom & Jack Bestall and makes the annual trek north to Gnaraloo every year. (Thanks to Tom Blaxell for the pics).
Left: Kevin with his Coolite leaning on the family’s Holden FC station wagon in the 60’s. ( Kev’s dad was a signwriter ).
Right: (Top) Kevin beach combing outside his Broome beach shack in the 70’s. (Bottom) 2019 Kevin happy and contented lakeside resident at Happs Winery Yallingup.
Michael ‘Midge’ Semple Retiree Northern Queensland (formerly WA)
Left: 1967 Midge (standing) with City Beach Surf Riders crew at Mandurah beach car park. Trevor Burslem pic.
Right: 2011 Midge with Stewart Bettenay at Yallingup Beach. Bruce King pic.
Chris Green – Surfing brickie Yallingup.
Left: 1970s Peter Mac and Chris at Mac’s place Yallingup. Peter Mac pic
Right: 2019 Chris with Crystal Wallace Yallingup. Jim King pic
Joanna ‘Joey’ Schlueter – Surfing registered nurse Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Cottesloe (formerly Yallingup).
Left: 1993 Joey (age 2) with her brother David in Yalls lagoon. Joey pic.
Right: 2018 Joey with her fiancée Kieran Rogers and Bruce King at Yalls. Jim King pic.
Greg Woodward – Retired surf photographer / photographer WA Art Galley
Left: 1970 Greg surf photographer Bells Beach Vic.
Right: 2017 Greg at his ‘The Dazzling Young Riders’ photo exhibition Nyisztor Studio Melville. (Greg is viewing an inverted surfing image of WA surf industry legend the late Greg Laurenson. The image was inverted for artistic harmony purposes at the exhibition).
Jim King – Surfing retiree Dunsborough
Left: 1971 Jim with Rodney Ridgeback sunbaking Geographe Bay. Kath King pic.
Right: 2018 Jim (far right) with surf historian Mick Marlin and author Wayne Murphy at Ian Cairns ‘Bio’ book #1 launch held at WA Surf Gallery. Ric Chan pic.
Many thanks to the contributors for sharing their photos.
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