Category: 50s

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Hawke Surfboards Est. 1962

WA surf industry legends Len and Peter Hawke commenced making wooden boards in 1954 before moving onto fiberglass boards in 1956. In 1962…

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1956 Homemade four-man surf ski

In 1956 Wembley lads Ray Geary (19), Neil Campbell (17), Colin Taylor (17) and Bob Wakefield (18) spent five weeks and £45 making…

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Track to Injidup Bay

In the 1950s the only vehicle access to waves in Injidup Bay was via a rough old fishermen’s track which ran off Wyadup…

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Vale Bruce ‘Moonshine’ Hill

One of WA’s original pioneering surfers Bruce (Moonshine) Hill recently passed-away age 89 in NSW. Moonshine only resided in WA during the 1950’s…