surfing down south – Page 9 – Surfing Down South

Cape Naturaliste

In 1801, the French navigator Nicolas Baudin stopped at Cape Naturaliste on 30 May during his exploration of Australia. The French were mapping…

Scarborough surfer Colleen Burke surfed Metro and Down South beaches in the 1960s and luckily took snaps of her adventures. These 1967 holiday…

70s

WA surfboard manufacturers started in the metropolitan area in the late 50s and spread to the southwest country region in the 70s. By…

Back in the 60s the front men for popular Perth bands ‘The Banned’ and ‘The Young Blaydes’ were surfer/singers Peter Dyson and Dave…

The 2013 Foam Lust Festival was a significant event on the Southwest surfing calendar and is worth revisiting. This story was originally run…