70s photographs

Vale David ‘Dappa’ Plaisted

Sad to see the passing of David ‘Dappa’ Plaisted from Sunrise Surfboards in the 70s.  

Obituary notice ex The West. Courtesy  of Julie-Ann Jackman Poynton

In the 70s former Cottesloe surfer David ‘Dappa’ Plaisted moved to Yallingup and started manufacturing Sunrise Surfboards. The surfboards were made in an old limestone coach house located on a rural property on Caves Road. The site had been previously used by surfboard maker Tom Hoye (Precision Equip Surfboards). Later it was used by Ken McKenzie (Energy Surfboards) before becoming part of Cape Naturaliste Vineyard owned by Craig Brent-White.

1975 Sunrise Surfboards Smiths Valley Yalllingup. Ronny Ratshit, Dappa, Gary Gibbon & unknown. Photo Andy Jones

Rest in Peace Dappa.

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