60s – Page 41 – Surfing Down South

Cottesloe Board Club in the early 1960s

In the early 60s Cottesloe Beach was dominated by three buildings, The Cottesloe Hotel and Manly Hostel on the corners of John Street…

The Banzai Pipeline, or simply “Pipeline” or “Pipe,” is a surf reef break located in Hawaii, off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea on…

Norm ‘Dot’ Kitson was a member of the City Beach Surf Riders Club (CBSR) in the mid 60s to early 1970’s. Norm got…

Scarborough surfer Rod Slater and his surfing mates David ‘Buttsy’ Purcell and Choko shifted down south in 1967 to go surfing. Rod took…

In 1969 the south side of Rottnest was like the dark side of the moon …everybody knew it was there but it was…