50s – Page 19 – Surfing Down South

1956-57 Yallingup Beach camp kitchen

This 1956-57 photo shows South West surf pioneers Keith Kino, John ‘Red’ Abbott and Bernie Huddle enjoying the view from their camp kitchen…

1958 Bob Keenan of Subiaco tuning up on pogo stick while shaping a homemade surfboard from a balsa blank purchased from Boans Department…

City of Perth Surf Club member John Harbison (age 15) younger brother of South-West legend Tony Harbison, trialled his first surfboard in the…

This 1958 image shows City Beach Board Club members on surfari to Avalon Point at Mandurah. The boys were seeking better shaped waves…

2012 photo of SW surfing pioneer James ‘Lik’ McKenzie in Dunsborough with a 1958 marine ply hollow surfboard. Photo courtesy of James McKenzie.…