Author: Jim King

60s 70s photographs

Gas Works Surf Shops

Surf media personality Trevor ‘TB’ Burslem, raconteur Ronald Moss and accountant Reg Gillard established Gas Works Surf Shops in the late 60s. Gasworks…

80s + photographs

1980 King of the Point

In 1980 the King of the Point contest at Trigg Point featured a winner-takes-all prize of $1,000, making it an exciting and memorable…

70s photographs

Surfing in the 70s

In the early 70s my brother Bruce King lived in Scarborough and was a regular ‘Weekend Warrior’ Down South (same as Bill Gibson,…

1900s photographs

Bodysurfing Down South

Keen metro bodysurfers surfed Down South in the 60-80s. They used homemade marine ply hand boards, paddles and body/belly boards to enhance their…