In the good old days, you could surf on your Malibu board in a pair of sluggo’s in summer and don a footy jumper in winter, if there was a chill.
During surfing’s formative years in the early-mid 60s there were no wetties, leg ropes, surf cams, online surf reports & crowds. Just a sprinkling of Gidget surf movies, weekly surf reports in weekend newspapers. Imported surf magazines from East Coast Oz and USA were feeding the growing interest in WA surfing.
City Beach goofy footer Ron Moss lived through the sixties and beyond.
1964 Ron with Malibu boards at intra-club contest Scarborough. Carol McDonald pic1965 Ron head stand north side City Beach groyne. Trevor Burslem pic.1966 Surf rescue at City Beach. L-R Rob Halliday, Paul Galbraith & Ron Moss. Daily News article.1966 Ron surfing a left hander past the No Surfboard sign at Leighton Beach in his red sluggo’s. Trevor Burslem pic.
The above photo by the late Trevor Burslem was published in the Daily News Perth WA. Trevor held administrative positions in the City Beach Surf Riders Club and WASRA. He used his Gasworks Surf Shop business and media skills to promote surfing in WA. Sadly, in December 2006 Trevor passed away in Walpole after an illness. In 2007 Trevor was posthumously awarded Surfing WA’sLen Dibben Award for his surfing Media & Promotion services in WA.
1966 Kathy Ward of Mt Hawthorn & Ron Moss of Floreat at the 2nd Surfers Ball. Photo courtesy of Brian Clever.1967 Ron working as a postal worker at Scarborough. Photo courtesy of Ron Moss.1967 Ron with his dog, Vauxhall sedan and Malibu boards at family home Floreat. Moss family pic
In 1968 Ron was conscripted into National Service and his surfing life was put on hold. Ron served two terms in Vietnam.
1968 Private Ron in Nui-Dat Vietnam. Ron Moss pic.1969 Private Ron in his army uniform. Ron Moss pic.
In 2000 Ron was made a Life Member of the City Beach Surf Riders Club.
2000 Ron Moss Life Membership City Beach Surf Riders Club Inc.
In the good old days, you could surf on your Malibu board in a pair of sluggo’s in summer and don a footy jumper in winter, if there was a chill.
During surfing’s formative years in the early-mid 60s there were no wetties, leg ropes, surf cams, online surf reports & crowds. Just a sprinkling of Gidget surf movies, weekly surf reports in weekend newspapers. Imported surf magazines from East Coast Oz and USA were feeding the growing interest in WA surfing.
City Beach goofy footer Ron Moss lived through the sixties and beyond.
The above photo by the late Trevor Burslem was published in the Daily News Perth WA. Trevor held administrative positions in the City Beach Surf Riders Club and WASRA. He used his Gasworks Surf Shop business and media skills to promote surfing in WA. Sadly, in December 2006 Trevor passed away in Walpole after an illness. In 2007 Trevor was posthumously awarded Surfing WA’s Len Dibben Award for his surfing Media & Promotion services in WA.
In 1968 Ron was conscripted into National Service and his surfing life was put on hold. Ron served two terms in Vietnam.
In 2000 Ron was made a Life Member of the City Beach Surf Riders Club.
Ron is now retired and lives in Kalbarri WA.
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