60s – Page 70 – Surfing Down South

1958-2011 Peter Docherty’s Autoboardography

Peter ‘Doc’ Docherty (age 13) started riding plywood ‘Toothpick’ surfboards at City Beach in 1958. Doc surfed metro, Lancelin & South West beaches…

Southern Surfriders Club was formed in the mid 1960s.It was a strong competitive club with talented surfers Ian Cairns, Arty Sherburn and champion…

Updated 20 Oct 2017 to include images of Trevor’s 1970 surf column in Sunday Times and his 2006 Memoriam. In the late 60s…

Part 2. 1968 Whisky a Go-Go surf trip. City Beach Surf Riders club members Phil Henderson, Bruce ‘Lumpy’ King and Kevin ‘Mumbles’ Rumble…

Part 1. Surfboards, Motorbikes & Raptors. American born Brian ‘Browneyes’ Mawby-Brown was a popular member of the City Beach Surf Riders Club (CBSR)…