Vintage South West surfing images.
This a collection of late 50s & early 60 South West surfing images from various photographers in the Surfing Down South archives. It…
Origin of skateboarding in WA by John Harbison & Charlie Roper
Background Skateboarding was probably born sometime in the late 1940s, or early 1950s, when surfers in California wanted something to do when the…
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…
1960s Jim ‘Lik’ Mackenzie
James ‘Lik’ Mackenzie was born March 1946. He was one of the youngest of the SW surfing pioneers in the early 60s. These…
