Headstands were popular with longboarding enthusiasts in the 1950s & 60s. It was a high scoring contest manoeuvre similar to today’s aerials 😊.
Interest in headstands waned with the demise of longboarding in the late 60s and hasn’t really recovered with the revival of longboarding in the 80s.
Interestingly, SW surf/sail/waterman David Sheen won a mid-80s Yal Mal Classic event performing a headstand in the final, it is rare to see the headstand used in general surfing these days.
Headstand images
1955 Ray Geary headstand at City Beach. Photo Ray Geary.1960 Mark Paterson headstand at Cottesloe. Photo Steve Mailey.1965 Ron Moss headstand at City Beach. Photo the late Trevor Burslem.1966 Multiple headstands at Stewart St Mandurah. Image ex CBSR Super 8 movie footage. Â 2017 Danny Paterson competing Yallingup Board Club Single Fin Theory event. Photo the late Loz Smith.2018 Nathan Moody head stand at Yallingup. Photo courtesy of Spread the Froth.
Headstands were popular with longboarding enthusiasts in the 1950s & 60s. It was a high scoring contest manoeuvre similar to today’s aerials 😊.
Interest in headstands waned with the demise of longboarding in the late 60s and hasn’t really recovered with the revival of longboarding in the 80s.
Interestingly, SW surf/sail/waterman David Sheen won a mid-80s Yal Mal Classic event performing a headstand in the final, it is rare to see the headstand used in general surfing these days.
Headstand images
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