Author: Jim King

50s 60s photographs

Headstands

Headstands were popular with longboarding enthusiasts in the 1950s & 60s. It was a high scoring contest manoeuvre similar to today’s aerials 😊.…

60s photographs

WASRA First Decade 1964-1974

In 1962 a group of passionate WA surfers formed The West Australian Surf Riders Association (WASRA) in reaction to the threat by suburban…

60s

1960s Fun Times at Mandurah

Foreword Jim King. “Like a lot of metro surfers my brother Bruce & I spent part of our youth surfing and socialising in…