Bill Cosson and his partner Miriam from Duncraig recently visited Yallingup in their new 4WD campervan. They are friends with Jill Redfern at Yallingup through a 4WD Car Club and Bill has a surfing background.
Bill – In 1958 I used my carpentry skills to build himself a 16ft plywood Toothpick surfboard on my parent’s front verandah. The board had a painted white & varnish finish. I based the board on a scale model replica in a Motor Book.
1958 Bill and friend with his homemade 16ft plywood Toothpick board. 1965 Bill with girlfriend on homemade toothpick board at Miami.
From 1961-66 I lived in my parent’s shack at Falcon (near Mandurah) and I surfed nearby at Geary’s Shack. In 1966 my parents sold the Falcon shack and the family moved to North Beach.
In 1962
I purchased a new custom fibreglass Malibu surfboard from King & Cole
surfboard factory on the corner of Salvado and Station roads in Wembley. Brian
Cole measured me up for my first custom board. I subsequently snapped the board
in the surf and Brian repaired it for me.
1965 Bill with his King & Cole board & Mini Minor at Dawesville. 1965 Bill with his King & Cole board & Mini Minor at Dawesville.
In the
next photo I am holding a Len Dibben Malibu I purchased from Len. Regrettably, I
have since sold both the Len Dibben & Cordingley malibu boards.
2015 Bill with his Len Dibben and Cordingley Malibu surfboards at Duncraig.
Bill Cosson and his partner Miriam from Duncraig recently visited Yallingup in their new 4WD campervan. They are friends with Jill Redfern at Yallingup through a 4WD Car Club and Bill has a surfing background.
Bill – In 1958 I used my carpentry skills to build himself a 16ft plywood Toothpick surfboard on my parent’s front verandah. The board had a painted white & varnish finish. I based the board on a scale model replica in a Motor Book.
From 1961-66 I lived in my parent’s shack at Falcon (near Mandurah) and I surfed nearby at Geary’s Shack. In 1966 my parents sold the Falcon shack and the family moved to North Beach.
In 1962 I purchased a new custom fibreglass Malibu surfboard from King & Cole surfboard factory on the corner of Salvado and Station roads in Wembley. Brian Cole measured me up for my first custom board. I subsequently snapped the board in the surf and Brian repaired it for me.
In the next photo I am holding a Len Dibben Malibu I purchased from Len. Regrettably, I have since sold both the Len Dibben & Cordingley malibu boards.
Thanks Bill, for sharing your surfing memories.
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