...
As a surf
board
artist, Eric Ellison was unbeatable on the day,
and gave quite a classy display.
Trove
1929 'SURFING.', Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954),
6 January, p. 7. , viewed 07 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169317492
Evening
News
Sydney, 9 January 1929, page 5.
SURFERS at Manly who indulge in shoots on surf boards
are to be prohibited from using them in the
areas set aside
for general bathing.
The local council came to that
decision last night on the motion of Ald.
Gourby, and also resolved that offenders
should be
prosecuted.
A number ol
Palm Beach surfers cannot use their boards
now, even if they wanted to.
A motorist
whose car became "bogged" in the sand facing the
beach there, is alledged to have taken five boards from the
surf club rooms, and placed them under the wheels of
his car.
He got his
motor onto firm ground, but the surf boards were
damaged almost beyond repair.
Police proceedings, it is stated, will be
instituted.
Trove
1929 'TWO TALES OF SURF BOARDS', Evening News (Sydney,
NSW : 1869 - 1931), 9 January, p. 5. , viewed 07 Apr
2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115695957
The
Telegraph
Brisbane, 15 January 1929, page 15.
Portsea
...
In the last few
weeks the young folk of Portsea and Sorrento have
discovered another diversion ,and this is the
wonderful surfing
beach at Mount Levy, on the back beach.
Every morning and afternoon a procession of cars,
filled with boys and girls in bathing dress, leaves
Portsea and Sorrento.
A few minutes run brings them to this beautiful spot
on the back beach, and there they fling themselves
into the surf,
shooting back on the crests of the waves on their surfing boards until they
lie, exhausted, breathless and tingling on the bench.
Trove
1929 'Portsea', The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 -
1947), 15 January, p. 15. , viewed 07 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179690177
The
Evening News
Rockhampton, 12 March 1929, page
11.
SURF BOARDS in
fine weather; are "warned off" bathing areas, but the
experts who shoot with them
can be thanked for becoming so proficient.
When seas at Manly on Sunday were so
rough that the surf
boats could not ride them, surf boards
were brought into action, and, cleverly handled,
saved several bathers from drowning.
The board
is difficult to capsize, it will weather any
breaker, providing, of course, it is handled by an
expert.
Trove
1929 'AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SAYS IT IS
FINANCIALLY ON THE ROCKS.', The Evening News
(Rockhampton, Qld. : 1924 - 1941), 12 March, p. 11.
, viewed 07 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201243516
The Sun
Sydney, 21 April 1929, page 3.
"I
Have Never -- "
...
"There are only two things that I would not do," said
Mr. John F. Mant, solicitor.
"One is to wear tan shoes with a dinner jacket.
I have never done it, and I sincerely hope I never
shall.
The other is to stand on a surfboard which has been
ducoed.
I bought one from another man, and the other day I
contrived to stand on it for about half a second.
That was all.
Now I am busy scraping the duco off.
Apart from
those two things, I fancy I am pretty
broad-minded."
Trove
1929 '"I Have Never -- "', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910
- 1954), 21 April, p. 3. , viewed 07 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222696421
Western
Mail
Perth, 22 August 1929, page 25.
A Motor Surf-board.
A novel type of aquaplane or surfboard
has been patented by Charles O. Johnson, of
Brittatorp, Sweden
It is entirely
of metal, hollow, with a flat deck on which the
swimmer lies.
The bottom
tapers upward at the forward end.
A V-shaped open space in the bottom toward the
stern accommodates a propeller and its shaft.
Connected to
the rear end of the deck is a rod bent upward at
right angles, and terminating in a large knob.
This rod is
straddled by the swimmer, who is protected from
contact with the propeller by a guard.
Inside the
hollow body of" the craft is a small electric or gasoline
motor, which
drives the shaft of the propeller.
At the bow cud, on top, are the starter
and other
controls for the motor.
Inlet and exhaust pipe, one within the
other, are
supported above the aquaplane at the bow.
The swimmer
lies on the deck, his legs extending backward into the water.
He starts the motor and the surfboard
is propelled by
the screw.
Trove
1929 'A Motor Surf-board.', Western
Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), 22 August, p. 25. ,
viewed 07 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37674653
Nambour
Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser
Queensland, 13 September 1929, page 2.
CAUSEWAY AND BRIDGE.
Nature's
Glorious Treasure.
If there is one thing that Queensland can boast,
it is the beauties of her magnificent coastline.
Stately
headlands, picturesque masses of rock, cosy
inlets, expansive bays, vast stretches of
beautiful beach on which the broad pacific rolls
in white, roaring breakers.
We
Queenslanders take all these advantages very casually
indeed, as a matter of fact we agree to the
boosting of strange lands, and even adopt their
foreign names, for our favourite spots when these
same foreigners would only be too glad if they had
half of the beauties of coastline that old
Queensland can boast.
Much is made
of the surfers of the Pacific by
various writers who picture the natives riding
home on their surf boards
on the great white sea horses, inferring that
those particular places possess the only ideal surfing
grounds.
NORTH
COAST BEACHES ARE UNEQUALLED.
I venture to say that there are no beaches
in the world that excel those on the Queensland
coast, and I make another venture and say that
that particular part extending from Bribie to
Double Island Point is unequalled in the world
for its surfing beaches and
other picturesque and varied qualities.
About
the northern end of this
particular stretch there is par-excellence
the making of the champion ideal
watering place of the world.
Here stretches
an unbroken beach for 12 to 14 miles, to
the north of which are Paradise Caves,
Hell's Gate, Devil's Kitchen, Boiling
Pot, and numerous other points of
interest and beauty.
Trove
1929 'CAUSEWAY AND BRIDGE.', Nambour Chronicle and
North Coast Advertiser (Qld. : 1922 - 1954), 13
September, p. 2. , viewed 07 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76867307
The Sun
Sydney, 16 October 1929, page 9.
Surf boards
and canoes are rapidly gaining popularity, especially
at North Bondi.
Here Jack Stroud, Geoff Laidlaw, Freddy Boorman, Ken
Weekes, G. Walton, and H. Barker maybe seen giving
good displays on their boards
whenever the waves are favorable.
More skill is required to use a board on the quickly
breaking waves of our beaches than on the lazy rollers
of Waikiki, the home of the board, and there
should be a certain amount of pride in being an adept
on Sydney beaches.
Trove
1929 'ON THE WAVES', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 -
1954), 16 October, p. 9. , viewed 07 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223499701
Murray
Pioneer and Australian River Record
Renmark, SA, 18 October 1929, page 7.
.
SURF BOARDS IN ENGLAND.—Surfers
enjoying the thrill of surf
riding al Newquay.
Trove
1929 'MEN AND HAPPENINGS OF AUSTRALIAN INTEREST', Murray
Pioneer and Australian River Record (Renmark, SA : 1913
- 1942), 18 October, p. 7. , viewed 07 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109386537
Sydney
Mail
25 December 1929, page 45.
SURF
BOARD SHOOTING AT COLLAROY.
Fascination
of the Surf And the Progress of the Clubs
'Shooting the Breakers ' is the ambition of
almost all surfers — particularly the young
people
To ride io the shore on
asurf-board is regarded as one of the most
thrilling of surf sports.
The expert board '
shooter ' often travels several hundreds of yards on
a board, the secret of success being ability to
balance one's body exactly.
With the human form in a graceful
poise, the experience of surf board 'shooting ' is
exhilarating, and some of the more experienced
'shooters' are able to take, a long breaker head
downward on the surf-board.
Trove
1929 'Fascination of the Surf', Sydney Mail (NSW :
1912 - 1938), 25 December, p. 45. , viewed 07 Apr
2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160393845
