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The Age
Melbourne, 1 January 1937, page 4.
SUPPLEMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
SURF BOARDS FOR THE BEACH

SURF riding Is an exciting summer pastime, and one that all holiday makers can indulge in, for it is an easy matter to make yourself a surf board.
The simplest kind of surf board, which we described a few weeks ago, is just a plank shaped at one end to a blunt nose.
An improvement on this form Is shown at A in the sketch.
Although it Is considered best to use a single piece of timber, the method of construction shown allows you to use ordinary six-inch wide timber.
The measurements shown need not be followed strictly.
The length shown will be found suitable for most people.
Slit it can be increased up to six feet if desired.

As you see from the sketch, two pieces of timber, about 2 inches by 1 inch, are fixed beneath the board.
They should be screwed to the board, using brass screws, not iron, an will serve as a strong support if you should use several planks instead of a single piece of timber.
The slots cut in the sides form a handy grip for the hands, and should be rounded where they ore gripped by the fingers.
Sandpaper the whole board smooth before using it.

The second type of board, shown at B, is intended for towing.
If you are lucky enough to know someone with a motor boat, you will able to hitch on and go for a ride on this board.
You and your chums can have lots of fun, however, by taking it in turns to tow each other through shallow water.
This board, as you can see, is a little larger, and is provided with towing rope and reins.
The loop of the tow rope should be made on the loose side, so as to slide along when the board is being drawn round a curve.
The rope for the reins should be adjusted so that a firm pull can be got when either standing or kneeling on the board.
The holes through which the ropes are passed should be filed quite smooth, and the edges of each hole should be rounded and sandpapered smooth.
Also knot the ropes securely, that they may not be Inadvertently drawn out when strained.
Here are illustrated two types of surf board — (A) for breasting the surf, and (B) for towing.
Both are easily made.
Trove
1937 'SURF BOARDS FOR THE BEACH', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 1 January, p. 4. (SUPPLEMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE), viewed 04 Jul 2016,
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The Sydney Morning Herald
2 January 1937, page 14.

The morning's sunshine drew thousands to the beaches.
A heavy surf at Bondi tested the skill of these expert surf-board riders.

Trove
1937 'LADS AND LASSIES USHER IN NEW YEAR WITH SCOTCH GAIETY — SYDNEY ON HOLIDAY — THIRD TEST MATCH.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 2 January, p. 14. , viewed 04 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17306740
Sydney Mail
 6 January 1937, page 31.

Holiday Sport Along the Beaches
During the holidays the beaches
 have attracted their tens of thousands
of surfers, surf-board riders,canoers, and
sun-bakers, and if the weather at times has
been broken there has been plenty of time
for fun both in the Water and on the sand.
     
...






Trove
1937 'Holiday Sport Along the Beaches', Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), 6 January, p. 31. , viewed 04 Jul 2016,
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The Age
Melbourne, 29 December 1937, page 3.



AT LORNE FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

Mrs. R. Coutts carrying her surf board to
the beach.
Trove
1937 'No title', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 29 December, p. 3. , viewed 05 Jul 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205558464

Palos Verdes Peninsula News
Number 11, 31 December 1937, page 1.
LOCAL SURFBOARD FLOAT
ENTERED IN PASADENA TOURNAMENT OF ROSES
P.V. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS SPONSOR V.
CALIFORNIA’S LITTLE WAIKIKI FEATURED

A float which is distinctively a community effort will be entered by Palos Verdes Estates in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses tomorrow under the auspices of the Palos Verdes Chamber of Commerce.
The idea of having a float and its entire development was conceived and executed entirely by unpaid participants.
Excepting for architects, artists and other voluntary talent of an expert nature the work is being done by the men and women who enjoy surfboarding at Palos Verdes Cove which activity the float will exemplify.
The theme of the parade this year is “Playland Fantasies,” therefore the Palos Verdes theme, “California’s Little Waikiki” is appropriate.
From 75 surf riders who make use of the Palos Verdes Cove, Mary Ann Hawkins, 18 years old, has been selected as the girl surfboard rider and will appear to be riding a surfboard on a breaker coming into shore where a hula dance performs to Hawaiian melodies played by bronzed Palos Verdians.
All participants will be expert surfboard riders.
Eleanor Roach who formerly lived in Hawaii will be the hula dancer.
There will be six bronzed outwalkers wearing gold trunks.
The escorts were selected for their physique built up by the clean and thrilling sport of surfboard riding.
Flowers From Palos Verdes

The flowers will also come from the Palos Verdes area.
The surf will be formed of deep blue Delphinium and Stevia.
The sand will be made up of Dusty Miller and Pampas Grass.
The surfboard will be composed of the golden flowers of native Iceplant.
The background will be of greenery such as Acacia Florlbundia, Ivy and others natural to Palos Verdes Estates.
Miss Hawkins to Ride

Miss Hawkins, the surfboard rider, won the swimming Junior National’s in Pasadena in 1933 breaking the one-half mile record. She holds over 25 cup and trophies won in swimming and diving contests.
She is the Southern California's Paddle Board Champion and probably the outstanding girl surfboard rider in California.
Among the outwalkers will be past swimming champions who are now young dentists, lawyers and business men.
The Palos Verdes committee assisting the surfboard riders in making the float possible are Reg F. Dupuy, chairman and Leo B. Murphy, secretary of the Palos Verdes Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. Beulah Hawkins is chairman
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of the Surfboard Committee and in charge of decorations.
Deserving Recognition

M. W. McCarrell, who has been ranching on the Palos Verdes Hills since 1910, loaned a new Ford truck to form the body of the float.
The design of the float, originally suggested by Mrs. Beulah Hawkins, has been worked out in detail through the cooperation of the Earl C. Eckelberry Studio in 1 n; Beach and Miller and Gibbs, architects.
Mr. Eckelberry designed the entry from Long Beach that took second to Pasadena’s entry in the Tournament of Lights at Balboa last summer.
Roy Benner, the leading florist of Long Beach, has been most helpful to the committee with his suggestions on flower arrangement.
Mr. Benner designed the Long Beach entry that won the theme prize in last year’s Tournament of Roses Parade.
Other assistance has been offered by Robert Turner, Graywood Construction Co. and Wade D. Willey, builders, specializing in Palos Verdes building.
They donated services of their carpenters to build superstructures for the flowers on the truck.
Lloyd Herron has offered his garage as a place to build the float and six batteries for the public address system being used to amplify the music.
The West Coast-Manchester Mills, Inc., manufacturers of Hollywood Swim Suits have given the silk bathing suits and trunks to be used by those on the float.
Pacific Systems Homes, Inc., manufacturers of the “Waikiki” balsa wood surf board, have given a surfboard for use on the float. Mr. Brooks Snelgrove, manager of the Palos Verdes Homes Association and Mr. Frank Siefert, superintendent of the Palos Verdes Parks, have arranged for the cutting of flowers and greenery in Palos Verdes Estates.
The actual placing of flowers and greenery on the float will be supervised by Mrs. Beulah Hawkins who suggested the theme being used.
This is a most difficult job and full credit should go to her as well as to Roy Benner, Earl C. Eckleberry and Miller and Gibbs for their assistance.
The Palos Verdes committee In charge of all the activities consists of: Reg F. Dupuy, chairman, Leo B. Murphy, secretary, Hammona Sadler. Philip Norton, I. Lossman and Lloyd U. Herron.
However, Reg F. Dupuy, deserves by far the greatest recognition for his untiring efforts in organizing practically all of the activities, and attending to most of the detail work.
Something About Surfboarding

All surfers have to be good divers and swimmers for when a board purls and the surfboard is thrown up 10 feet in the air and then comes down point first, the only safe place for the rider is at the bottom of the ocean.
If he loses the board in the wave, he may have to swim a half mile after it.
The boards are 10 feet or more in length, 4 inches thick and 23% inches wide.
They are made of Balsa wood and weight about 35 pounds.
Other boards are made of redwood, mahogany, etc., and may weigh as much as 100 pounds.
The cost is usually $30 up for each board.

California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.
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Palos Verdes Peninsula News, Number 11, 31 December 1937


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