Category: 80s +

80s +

1980s WA Surfboard advertisements

WA surfboard manufacturers started in the metropolitan area in the early 60s and spread to the southwest country region in the 70s. By…

80s +

1980 Surfboard Shapes by Bruce Smith

Bruce Smith and his partner John ‘Gus’ Simpson purchased Odyssey Surfboards from co-founder Phil Usher in the early 80s. Bruce was a successful…

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1973-80s Odyssey Surfboards revisited

Foreword The original version of this blog was posted 5 November 2016. This version has been reformatted and contains additional information and images.…

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1980s Ric Chan media images

In the 1970s & early 80s former NZ surf photographer Ric Chan lived in Scarborough and was a busy man on Perth’s social…