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SUPS since the 1930s

Stand up paddle boards (SUPs) has been around since the 1930s. Early models had a light timber frame covered with plywood or canvas.

Surfers stood on the surf skis and used a double paddle attached to a rope to catch and ride waves. Today SUP riders use a single paddle attached to the board by SUP leash.

The early surf skis were precursors to today’s stand-up paddle boards (SUPs).

Photo Gallery 1930s-2000s

1930s Stand up paddle board riders at Scarborough. Photographer unknown.

1946 Ski paddling (SUPs) at City Beach. Image courtesy City of Perth History Centre.

1948 Surfing canvas covered paddle boards (and Toothpick board centre) at Cable Station reef. Water photo by Don Bancroft.
2011 Mike Bibby surfing fibreglass SUP Geo Bay. Bruce King pic
2013 Bill Crosby tandem SUPing with his dog Missy Geo Bay. Christine Crosbie pic.
2014 Richard Wain SUPing lagoon Yalls. Jim King pic
2018 Peter Bevan SUPing in front of Tom Blaxell’s place North Beach. Peter Bevan pic
2019 Steve Koehne nose riding SUP Mandurah WA. Ric Chan pic.
2019 Longboarder Claire Edwards slipping under Prive’s SUP at Yallingup. Bruce King pic

In 1963 Daily News surf journalist Alan McIntosh (now deceased) published an article on the ‘Birth of board riding in WA’. Click on link below.

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Birth of board riding in WA posted 2 June 2018

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