Tony Harrison (Hawke Surfboards glasser from 1967 to 1974-75). “My time at Hawke Surfboards from 1967 went through changes from longboards (Malibu’s) to real short boards in the early 1970’s, which by then I think Murray Smith had gone his own way. Greg Laurenson was across the road from us. Tom Blaxell was just down the road on the left-hand side in a small shed on Scarborough Beach Road. I seem to remember a parachute hanging from his roof.
As Hawke’s were up Scarborough end of the coast, they were the most dominant boards at that end of coast. If you were down at Cottesloe, Mosman Park and a small number in the Freo area, you would be riding Cordingley’ s surfboards, which started in Mosman Park and later moved to Hay St Subiaco.
As I was working at Hawke’s and a member of the Surfers Incorp Board Riders Club which hung out around the Cottesloe area, I was promoting Hawke’s and I did ok in the club comps.
Murray, Doug Lacklison & I were in the Hawke Surf Team.”
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Hawke Surfboards the early days by Tony Harrison published 6 Jan 2021.
Coming Event
There will be a tribute to WA surf industry pioneers Len Hawke and Len Dibben at the 2024 Vintage Surf Boards Swap Meet, Perry Lakes Reserve Floreat, Sunday 13 October as part of Surfing WA’s 60th Year Celebrations.
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