1950s Toothpicks, Okanuis and Malibus
In the early 50s WA surfers used hollow plywood 16ft Toothpick and 10ft Okanui surfboards to surf metro waves. Surfboard designs changed in…
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…
