King & Cole Surfboard Innovators
WA surfing/surf industry pioneers the late Barry ‘Joe’ King and Brian ‘Coley’ Cole were multi-skilled craftsman with wood and foam. Barry’s surfing mates…
Surfing pioneer Barry ‘Joe’ King
Southwest surfing pioneer Barry ‘Joe’ King was multi-skilled. His mates asked if he was ‘jo-king’ and the nickname stuck😊 in the fifties Joe…
1963 Brian Cole’s Overseas Surf Trip
WA surf pioneers Brian Cole & Barry ‘Joe’ King started making King & Cole surfboards with Bennett blanks in 1962. Their surfboard factory…
1960-70s Coolite surfboards
**Updated 6 March 2016** by Ashley Jones. Ashley Jones – In my original draft on Coolites, I stated that Chris Dermer and I…
