Shooting the
Breakers, Manly. Hall & Co. Body surfing at
Manly Beach circa 1905
Hall &
Co. Postcard, Postmarked February 1908.
First surf
carnival at Manly, 25th January 1908. Margan
and Finney pages 54 -55
Belly
board, surf skis, hollow board and others, Manly Beach circa 1951. Photograph probably
Ray Leighton
Longhurst,
page 79.
Note that these photographs
are often captioned to infer that they were taken during the Final.
They were taken
in an earlier preliminary round, Midget wore shirt #2 in the final.
Right : Ross
Perrott, from Farrelly :
This
Surfing Life, page 12
Left :Jack
Eden, First printed in
Surfabout
Magazine, 1964
The multi stringered
foam board was strongly influenced by Phil Edwards'designs.
Fairy Bower(geographical)
pre - 1956 Unknown,
but certainly ridden before as many photographs of hollow boards
show.
Round 3? 1974 Coke
Contest Nat gets barrelled. Reference : On Any Morning
Palm Beach Surf
Life Saving Boat : Cabbage Tree 1, Captain : John
Windshuttle Fairy Bower,
27th March, 1966. Brawley,
page 148.
The boat was destroyed
two waves later,
and an inquiry was
held by the club into the actions of the crew.
Queenscliff
Bombora
(geographical)
circa 1940 Freshwater
Boat crew,
circa 1945 Claude
West - from the Manly Surf boat,
1963 Dave
Jackman. Reference : Pollard
FORMAT Break
Named by/geographical
Date
First Surfers
Notable Days
