Peter ‘Doc’ Docherty surfing innovator
Peter ‘Doc’ Docherty (age 13) started riding plywood ‘Toothpick’ surfboards at City Beach in 1958. Doc surfed metro, Lancelin & Southwest beaches and…
The late Brian Felton’s 1938 Singer Bantam Roadster
The late Brian Felton and his mates surfed Metropolitan and Southwest beaches using hand boards, belly boards, kneeboards and wave skis from the…
Surfing pioneer Barry ‘Joe’ King
Southwest surfing pioneer Barry ‘Joe’ King was multi-skilled. His mates asked if he was ‘jo-king’ and the nickname stuck😊 in the fifties Joe…
WA’s first board Club
In 1953 Ray Geary (age 16) from Wembley started the City Beach Board Club with Graham Killen, Johnny Budge, Brian Cole and some…
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