Category: 30s

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.…

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1934 The birth of board riding in WA

In 1963 Daily News surf journalist Alan McIntosh traced the birth of board riding in WA back to 1934 at Cottesloe pre-war. Sadly…

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Birth of board riding in WA

In 1963 Daily News surf journalist Alan McIntosh (now deceased) published an article on the ‘birth of board riding in WA’. The article…