50s Video

Kevin Merifield talks Surfing in the 50s video

In early 2014 Margaret River Press conducted video interviews with some WA surfing pioneers to help promote the upcoming ‘Surfing Down South’ book by Sue-Lyn Aldrian-Moyle. The videos were produced by Margaret River videographer Sophie Mathewson.

In video #1 Long-time Yallingup and Margaret River surfer, Kevin Merifield, talks about surfing in the days before wetsuits and 4-wheel drives.

Click on this link to view the video. Run time 2.54 min

2021 Kevin Merifield at Yallingup. Photographer Alex Cater.

Kevin Merifield is slowly recovering from a recent heart operation. Get well soon Kev.

The Surfing Down South book was released 9th February 2014 at Vasse Felix Winery in the southwest. The promotion videos worked and the initial print run and subsequent re-print sold out quickly. Since then, the publisher Margaret River Press has wound-up and the book is now only available in Public Libraries and second hand bookshops.

Videos coming soon

Ric Chan in the Flesh

Jim King talks about ‘Surfing Down South’

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