In 1969 Tom Blaxell Surfboards ran a WA surfboard competition in conjunction with Sunday Times surf journalist the late Doug White.
The contest had a flexible format and weekly winners were selected from different surf breaks over the month of April and announced in Doug’s weekly surf column.
At the end of the contest period the official winner of the entire competition was State Open Champion Peter Bothwell.
Peter won a new custom surfboard from Tom Blaxell Surfboards in Scarborough Beach Road, Osborne Park.
Image: Doug White’s On the Wave Length column Sunday Times 20 April 1969
Image: Doug White’s On the Wave Length column Sunday Times 4 May 1969
Image: 1971 Blaxell Surfboards advertisement featuring Tom in West Country Surf Magazine.
Image: 1971 Blaxell Surfboards advertisement featuring shapers Tom Hoye & Tony Hardy (inset) and team surfer Peter Bevan in West Country Surf Magazine.
Image: circa 1970 Blaxell Surfboards advertisement featuring Blaxell team rider Peter Bevan surfing South Point.
Image: 1972 Blaxell Surfboards advertisement featuring City Beach surfer Phil Henderson.
Image:1977 Blaxell Surfboards advertisement in Sunday Independent Newspaper.
In 1969 Tom Blaxell Surfboards ran a WA surfboard competition in conjunction with Sunday Times surf journalist the late Doug White.
The contest had a flexible format and weekly winners were selected from different surf breaks over the month of April and announced in Doug’s weekly surf column.
At the end of the contest period the official winner of the entire competition was State Open Champion Peter Bothwell.
Peter won a new custom surfboard from Tom Blaxell Surfboards in Scarborough Beach Road, Osborne Park.
Image: Doug White’s On the Wave Length column Sunday Times 20 April 1969
Image: Doug White’s On the Wave Length column Sunday Times 4 May 1969
Image: 1971 Blaxell Surfboards advertisement featuring Tom in West Country Surf Magazine.
Image: 1971 Blaxell Surfboards advertisement featuring shapers Tom Hoye & Tony Hardy (inset) and team surfer Peter Bevan in West Country Surf Magazine.
Image: circa 1970 Blaxell Surfboards advertisement featuring Blaxell team rider Peter Bevan surfing South Point.
Image: 1972 Blaxell Surfboards advertisement featuring City Beach surfer Phil Henderson.
Image:1977 Blaxell Surfboards advertisement in Sunday Independent Newspaper.
Happy care-free days….
Coming soon 1980s WA Surfboard advertisements
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