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Surfoplane mid 1930s

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Sam Hood’s c1930s Bondi Beach photo sourced from State Library of New South Wales catalogue

Peter Bowes glimpses latent larrikin potential in Sydney’s 1930s surfo riders… So here was the very early breeding pool of the first generation of modern surfers, not unlike the dozens of snowy haired kids who infest our beaches today; all playing out there in seas that make fools of the weather forecasters, bewilder the sports columnists and frighten their parents. [Read the full article at Kurungabaa]

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July 6th, 2010 at 3:21 am

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