Author: Jim King

2023 photographs

Vale Ricky Gath

Margaret River surfer and surf industry innovator Ricky Gath passed away on Tues 12 December 2023 after a long battle with illness. Ric…

2000s

Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Nunn

Dunsborough surfer Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Nunn was only 19 when she became the National Women’s Director for Surfing Australia. Among the long list of…

30s 40s photographs

SUPS since the 1930s

Stand up paddle boards (SUPs) has been around since the 1930s. Early models had a light timber frame covered with plywood or canvas.…