Tag: don bancroft

50s 60s photographs

Dixieland Jazz

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, surfers camping at Yallingup listened to traditional Dixieland jazz under the melaleuca trees. Surfers played jazz…

50s photographs

1950s Balsa Surfboards

Balsa surfboards were introduced to WA in the late 50s to replace the heavy plywood toothpicks surfboards. The boards were light weight but…

50s photographs

1956 Beach Boys Yallingup

1956 SW surf pioneers on the beach at Yallingup. L-R Unknown, Bernie Huddle, Don Bancroft, Cocko Killen, Ralph McNab, Bill Pratley, Dave Williams,…