Surfing Down South

Surfing Down South: Discovering Yallingup and Margaret River

Surfing Down South book has sold out and is now only available in Public Libraries and second hand book sales. Read more about…

Former WA journalist and Scarborough surfer, the late Charles ‘Chucky’ Stewart, became an Ocean Paddling enthusiast on the East Coast in the 1990s.…

The 40th Annual Yallingup Malibu Classic is being run in reasonable conditions at Yallingup 30 Nov-1st Dec 2024. Surf photographer Mick Marlin is…

70s news

Surf journo Gavin McCaughey previewed the 1971 State Surfing Championships in his weekly surf column. Gavin is a colorful chap. In addition to…

There were regular social events and activities catering for WA surfers in the 60s. On 28 April 1966 a Surfers Inc. Cabaret was…

During the early 1950s, surfers in WA rode wooden Toothpick boards on metropolitan and southwest surf beaches. These finless boards, ranging from 14…