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2022

Vale Allen Robins 1933-2022

Hi my name is Alana and I’m Allen Robins’ daughter.Dad was one of the original surfers in the late 1950-70’s winning quite a…

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1970s Ric Chan media images

In the 1970s former NZ surf photographer Ric Chan lived in Scarborough and was a busy man on Perth’s social scene. When he…

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1970s SW surf pioneers slideshow

A decade ago, I prepared 1950s-80s SW surf pioneers slideshows for use at Surfing Down South book promotions and to share with friends.…

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The Trainer family Scarborough revisited

Foreword Surfing Down South posted a story on the Trainer family 9 January 2015. This version has been reformatted and contains additional images……enjoy…