1950s Beach Girl
WA surf pioneer John ‘Budgie’ Budge has kindly shared his vintage surfing memories and photos with Surfing Down South. Among his collection is…
Kevin Merifield talks Surfing in the 50s video
In early 2014 Margaret River Press conducted video interviews with some WA surfing pioneers to help promote the upcoming ‘Surfing Down South’ book…
1960s Jim ‘Lik’ Mackenzie revisited
Foreword This SDS blog was originally posted 1 June 2016. It contains a large slice of OZ surf history and is well worth…
1956 Introduction of Malibu surfboards to Australia
In 1956 the US and Hawaiians lifeguard teams brought their finned “Malibu” surfboards to Torquay Vic and Sydney NSW and started a revolution.…
