50s – Page 17 – Surfing Down South

1959 Dave Williams fixing balsa surfboard Yallingup

1959 Dave Williams fixing his balsa surfboard under the melaleuca trees at Yallingup. With Dave are L-R Keith Kino, unknown & Colin Taylor.…

1956 John ‘Budgie’ Budges’ Morris Minor loaded with plywood Toothpick & Malibu surfboards. The Morrie is parked in the dirt car park near…

1956 SW surf pioneers on the beach at Yallingup. L-R Unknown, Bernie Huddle, Don Bancroft, Cocko Killen, Ralph McNab, Bill Pratley, Dave Williams,…

Early SW surf pioneers were keen on jazz music. This 1956 photo taken at Yallingup Beach shows unidentified & John Budge listening to…

In 1953 Bruce ‘Moonshine’ Hill was one of the first to ride Yallingup waves on a surfboard – refer Surfing Down South book…