Tag: surfing down south

60s

1960s State winter surfboard championships

The evolution of State surfboard championships went something like this: 1964 First State surfboard championships were held Down South at Yallingup over March…

2018

Thea surfing and working in the Mentawai’s

Scottish/Australian surf journalist, Thea McDonald-Lee, leaves Dunsborough shores in wintertime to surf the idyllic waves of the Mentawai’s while working at the surf…

1900s

Nick Thomas kneeboarder 1946-97

Nick Thomas started surfing Cottesloe in the early 60s with his mates in the Bombora Surfriders Assoc.  The lads rode kneeboards and Malibu’s…