Surfing Rotto in the 50s
Surfing at Rottnest Island has been a popular pastime since the mid-50s. Cottesloe surfers made the maiden voyage to Rotto by surfboard. Mark…
1950s Vintage Yallingup Beach – Can you identify the people on the beach?
Pioneer surfer/photographer John ‘Budgie’ Budge captured this image of surfers chatting on Yallingup Beach in the 50’s. Bernie Huddle is the tall fellow…
1960s & 70s Ron Moss – another day at the office
Ron ‘Pixie’ Moss of Floreat started riding surf boards at City Beach in the early 60s. Ron was a talented body surfer and…
1970s South West surfing identities – Kevin & Alan
In the 1970s WA surfers Kevin Merifield and Alan Cough were successful business men. Whilst living in the city, the two mates spent…
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