Dunsborough surfer and W.A. Surf Gallery curator Mick Marlin is off to Sydney shortly for a very special occasion.
North Narrabeen Boardriders club is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
Mick grew up at Narrabeen and learned to surf there in the early sixties.
The local surfers formed a board riding club in 1964 to give them a voice on the beach as there was a lot of opposition against surfboards from the surf lifesaving club and the local council.
The council was going to ban surfboards from all of Sydney’s northern beaches because of the danger of loose surfboards floating into the flagged swimming areas.
The club, led by its first president Doctor Robert ‘Doc’ Spence, one of Australia’s leading surgeons, took on the local council and won, having the law rescinded.
Mick was an inaugural committee member and the club’s first junior champion.
The club went on to become the most successful club in the world, winning multiple club events and the Surf League many times.
Club members included world champion Damien Hardman, Terry Fitzgerald, Mark Warren, Col Smith, Nathan Hedge, thruster designer Simon Anderson and big wave charger Laura Enever.
Surfing WA judge and Surf Beach surfing instructor Doug Kitchingman, a former club president will also be attending the celebrations.
Mick’s NN pics
1959 Mick’s first wave on a surfboard age 10. On Owen Pilon’s hollow plywood Okanui. Photo Jim Geddes with a Kodak Box camera.1959 Mick with first surfboard 7 foot balsa, cost 15 pounds ($30) and carried all the way home from Dee Why, about 10km.1962 Mick surfing NN. note woolly vest. Photo Allan McIver.1962 Early South Pacific Surfriders Association contest at NN. Photo Ron Perrot from Surfer magazine.2014 Not a lot has changed at NN. Photo Mick Marlin.1963 Mick surfing NN age 14. Photo Bob Weeks.1963 Mick surfing NN age 14. Photo Bob Weeks.1963 Mick featured in First Surfing World magazine. Volume 1, number 1.1964 Mick nose riding NN. Photo by Jack Eden.1964 Mick surfing NN. Photo Jack Eden.1964 NN surfers and board transport. Photo Bob Evans. L-R. John Martin, Dennis Kennard, Rick Taber, unknown, Mick Marlin, Frank Hetherington & John Courtney.2014 Mick at NN’s 50th Anniversary. pointing at his 1964 pic by Jack Eden. Photo taken using Mick’s camera.
Thanks Mick for sharing your NN memories and photos.
Dunsborough surfer and W.A. Surf Gallery curator Mick Marlin is off to Sydney shortly for a very special occasion.
North Narrabeen Boardriders club is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
Mick grew up at Narrabeen and learned to surf there in the early sixties.
The local surfers formed a board riding club in 1964 to give them a voice on the beach as there was a lot of opposition against surfboards from the surf lifesaving club and the local council.
The council was going to ban surfboards from all of Sydney’s northern beaches because of the danger of loose surfboards floating into the flagged swimming areas.
The club, led by its first president Doctor Robert ‘Doc’ Spence, one of Australia’s leading surgeons, took on the local council and won, having the law rescinded.
Mick was an inaugural committee member and the club’s first junior champion.
The club went on to become the most successful club in the world, winning multiple club events and the Surf League many times.
Club members included world champion Damien Hardman, Terry Fitzgerald, Mark Warren, Col Smith, Nathan Hedge, thruster designer Simon Anderson and big wave charger Laura Enever.
Surfing WA judge and Surf Beach surfing instructor Doug Kitchingman, a former club president will also be attending the celebrations.
Mick’s NN pics
L-R. John Martin, Dennis Kennard, Rick Taber, unknown, Mick Marlin, Frank Hetherington & John Courtney.
Thanks Mick for sharing your NN memories and photos.
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