Whoa, what is happening here, is it something in the salt water?
Back
in the pioneering days of WA surfing in the 50s & 60s and maybe 70s, we had
no vision that surfboard riders would continue surfing into their 70s and 80s.
But today there are large pods on these Septuagenarians surfing all over the WA
coastline. Some of these lads Bob Monkman (Yalls), Graham Walmsley (Mandurah),
Mick Marlin (Yalls) and Tony Harrison (Albany) are still competing in State Longboard
Championships.
Mike Bibby. “The idea for this blog came after a conversation with Jim King and Ian “Prive” Morris in the Yallingup carpark on the joys of old age and how it all seems to be downhill from here. I suggested to Jim and Bruce King it would be an opportune time to record those septuagenarians (and one octogenarian) still surfing at Yallingup, thinking there would be a maximum of 10. When we started to write down the names of the old boys (and girl) we were all surprised how many there are.”
This is a list of Septuagenarians & one octogenarian surfing Yallingup in March 2021:
Septuagenarians (70-79
years)
(In first name alphabetical
order)
Barry Young
Bill Crosbie
Bill Mitchell
Bob Monkman
Bruce King
Charles Campbell
Dave Ellis
Gary Greirson
George Simpson
Ian Morris
Jim King
Jim McFarlane
Keith Smith
Kim Standish
Michael Bibby
Mick Marlin
Mike Chandler
Murray Smith
Nancy Burrow
Nigel Coote
Peter Bothwell
Peter Mac
Ralph Redman
Vance Burrow
Octogenarian (80-89 years)
Kevin Merifield
Apologies if you have been left off or incorrectly added to the list 😊
These images of Yallingup Septuagenarians and Octogenarians were provided by Dunsborough photographer Bruce King.
Septuagenarians #1. Septuagenarians #2. Octogenarians Kevin Merifield, Brian Cole & Jim ‘Lik’ Mackenzie in the beer garden Caves House Yallingup Mar 19 2016 . Bruce King pic.
Bruce King. “Maybe there’s a ‘Fountain of Youth’ in the sacred waters of the Yallingup Lagoon.” 😊
Jim’s reaction sums it up nicely “Crikey, there are more of these surfing oldies than grains of sand on the beach.” 😊
Whoa, what is happening here, is it something in the salt water?
Back in the pioneering days of WA surfing in the 50s & 60s and maybe 70s, we had no vision that surfboard riders would continue surfing into their 70s and 80s. But today there are large pods on these Septuagenarians surfing all over the WA coastline. Some of these lads Bob Monkman (Yalls), Graham Walmsley (Mandurah), Mick Marlin (Yalls) and Tony Harrison (Albany) are still competing in State Longboard Championships.
Mike Bibby. “The idea for this blog came after a conversation with Jim King and Ian “Prive” Morris in the Yallingup carpark on the joys of old age and how it all seems to be downhill from here. I suggested to Jim and Bruce King it would be an opportune time to record those septuagenarians (and one octogenarian) still surfing at Yallingup, thinking there would be a maximum of 10. When we started to write down the names of the old boys (and girl) we were all surprised how many there are.”
This is a list of Septuagenarians & one octogenarian surfing Yallingup in March 2021:
Septuagenarians (70-79 years)
(In first name alphabetical order)
Barry Young
Bill Crosbie
Bill Mitchell
Bob Monkman
Bruce King
Charles Campbell
Dave Ellis
Gary Greirson
George Simpson
Ian Morris
Jim King
Jim McFarlane
Keith Smith
Kim Standish
Michael Bibby
Mick Marlin
Mike Chandler
Murray Smith
Nancy Burrow
Nigel Coote
Peter Bothwell
Peter Mac
Ralph Redman
Vance Burrow
Octogenarian (80-89 years)
Kevin Merifield
Apologies if you have been left off or incorrectly added to the list 😊
These images of Yallingup Septuagenarians and Octogenarians were provided by Dunsborough photographer Bruce King.
Bruce King. “Maybe there’s a ‘Fountain of Youth’ in the sacred waters of the Yallingup Lagoon.” 😊
Jim’s reaction sums it up nicely “Crikey, there are more of these surfing oldies than grains of sand on the beach.” 😊
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