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The Advertiser
Adelaide, 1 January 1936, page 20.


Late Burst Of Warm Weather Stimulates
Surf
Revels At Victor Harbour



SHOOTING THE SURF at Chiton Rocks yesterday.
 With the aid of a good comber and a sturdy surf board,
Mrs. Aubrey Kellner sped shorewards in dashine style.







LIT BY a shy sun, the foam-flecked surf at
Chiton Rocks yesterday was irresistible and
the most was made of late opportunities.
The weather developed a joyous holiday mood
and numerous parties responded to the call.
It was a day of real exhilaration.
[detail]

Trove
1936 'Late Burst Of Warm Weather Stimulates Surf Revels At Victor Harbour', The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), 1 January, p. 20. , viewed 03 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36207965





News
Adelaide, 1 January 1936, page 4.


Another very large and happy crowd
enjoyed the surf at Chiton yesterday afternoon.
Brightly colored inflated rubber surf boards made their appearance, and seemed easier and safer to handle than the wooden ones.

Trove
1936 'Typical New Year Gaiety at Victor', News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), 1 January, p. 4. , viewed 03 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133055805


The Queenslander
Brisbane, 2 January 1936, page 46.


Ban on Surf Boards.—
Unless
overtures made by the North Coast branch of the Surf Life Saving Association to the Maroochydore Shire Council are successful, the use of surf boards at Coolum Beach, Maroochydore, Alexandra Headlands, and Mooloolaba will bprohibited.
According to one member of the council the ban has already been imposed, but the life savers say that they have not yet been officially notified, and until further advice has been received from the council the present practice of allowing the use of surf boards in special areas will be continued.

Trove
1936 'State News In Brief', The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), 2 January, p. 46. , viewed 03 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23380027


Northern Star
Lismore,  6 January 1936, page 6.


4000 AT SURF CARNIVAL
Lifesavers' Bright Display
BALLINA TEAM WINS TWO EVENTS

More than 70 qualified lifesavers from four clubs affiliated with the Far North Coast S.L.S.A. provided a spectacular programme of surf and beach events for 4000 spectators at the Evans Head Surf Life Saving Club s annual carnival yesterday.
...
There was an exciting moment prior to the commencement óf the beltmen's races, when two livesavers (sic) went out. to assist several swimmers who had floated out on rubber surf boards.
Spectators crowded to the water's edge, after breaking through the barriers which defined the area for the beach sports, and it was some minutes before the programme was resumed.
...
Surf Board Race.—G. Mills (Yamba) 1, L.. Johnston (Evans Head) 2, L. O'Toole (Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore) 3.

Trove
1936 '4000 AT SURF CARNIVAL', Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954), 6 January, p. 6. , viewed 03 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94502133


The Sun
Sydney, 12 January 1936, page 40.


SOCIAL LENS
...
For a number of years Bondi has been accustomed to an early morning visit
 from Commander Cifford, who rarely foregoes his daily surf .
He was snapped on Tuesday morning at 7.30, complete with surfboard,
when his companio
n was Mrs Miss Barbara Robison, another ardent surfer.







Trove
1936 'SOCIAL LENS', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 12 January, p. 40. , viewed 03 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230087697



The Newcastle Sun
13 January 1936, page 8.

Surf Skis Are The Latest Thriller
Week-end Snaps On The Beaches
NO, ITS NOT a maritime chariot race.
This
unusual picture, taken by a "Newcastle Sun" photographer from a surf boat at Newcastle beach yesterday shows two
surfers on boards, and be
hind them on the same wave another club member in a surf-ski.
At right:
LIKE A SNOWSTORM in
the Antarctic
- These two young surfers, Kevin and Vince Cronin, were photographed just as a shower of spray from a 'dumper' descended on them as they reached shore on a surfoplane.



At left:
THOUSANDS OF
SURFERS who thronged Newcastle district beaches yesterday could not have desired more delightful weather.
[detail]
NEW WATER SPORT comes to Newcastle.— S. Findlay, a member of Newcastle Surf Club, is shown riding a surf ski.
The ski is a small cedar one man canoe, the double-ended paddle of which is attached to the bow with a rope.

Trove
1936 'Surf Skis Are The Latest Thrill', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 13 January, p. 8. , viewed 03 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166490760


The West Australian
Perth, 21 January 1936, page 6.


SURF LIFE-SAVING.
Demonstration of Rescues.

An interesting feature of the first State
championship carnival of the Surf Life Saving Association of Australia (West Australian State Centre), which will be held at Cottesloe on Monday, will be a demonstration of various methods of rescue.
The demonstration, which will be under the control of the chief examiner of the association (Mr. G. J. Butler) will comprise five systems.
 A rescue and resuscitation team (Cottesloe) will demonstrate the first system, using a reel and line.
Cottesloe Club won the senior rescue and resuscitation event last season, there by gaining the title of champion club.
The second demonstration will be given by W. Bone (North Cottesloe), champion junior surfer last season, who will 'rescue' without a line. D. Jeffrey (North Cottesloe), who will be the 'patient.'
A surf boat
crew (North Cottesloe) will demonstrate the third form of rescue and in the fourth system A. Riou (Leighton), the rescuer, will deliver his patient to a boat crew(Scarborough) who will bring the patient and rescuer to the shore.
The Scarborough Club last season won the surf boat championship.
Jack Hampshire (Cottesloe), the State champion surfer, will demonstrate the fifth form of rescue, using a surf board.
In addition to this interesting demonstration of surf rescues, the carnival programme for Cottesloe includes nine State championships, a walking race, hurdle race, chariot race, flag race, surf boat relay race and novelty events.
In the
evening there will be a fireworks display.
The second State championship carnival will be held at City Beach on Sunday,February 23.

Trove
1936 'SURF LIFE-SAVING.', The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), 21 January, p. 6. , viewed 03 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32969432


The Australian Women's Weekly
8 February 1936, page 27.

Mr. Drummond, Minister for Education, now keen surf-o-plane enthusiast.
Manages rubber board with skill at Manly.

Trove
1936 'Intimate Jottings', The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), 8 February, p. 27. , viewed 02 Jun 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46463130


Referee
Sydney, 20 February 1936, page 24.


20-YEAR OLYMPIC CAREER
Age Has Stiffened Duke Kahanamoku's Legs
HE IS HONOLULU SHERIFF NOW

AGE has stiffened the legs that drove Duke Kahanamoku to inter
national swimming, glory, and in 1936 the famous Hawaiian star will be absent from the Olympic Gaines for the first time since 1912.
Plainly uncomfortable, in the light shirt that covered his brown shoulders, Duke sat in his Honolulu office and virtually ended his competitive career by announcing he would have no time to train suflicienly for 1936 competition, reports the Sail Francisco 'Examiner.'

HE'S Sheriff Kahanamoku now, unless you talk to him of swimming.
Then
he becomes wistfully, reminiscent.
His youth is gone, his records smashed; leaving only a powerful body and a will that makes him believe he could come back to the front- if he had time to practise diligently.
'A MAN MUST WORK'

'If I could throw everything aside," h
e said, "to train as hard as I did before, I think I could come back.
My
legs are stiff, though; it would take a lot of practice.
I have no time for that.
A man has to work.'

He smiled, and added, 'Even if he is
a bachelor.'
Duke is 45.
His stroke still clips
the water as keenly as- ever, but, time has slowed the legs that brought the 'flutter kick ' to swimming- an innovation that revolutionised the sport.
He has riot competed since the 1932 Los Angeles games when, by persistence, he won a place on the Olympic team for tlhe fifth time- with the water polo aggregation.
Duke still swims and surfs, to keep in condition, and his raw-boned body is as hard as it was when he dominated the world record holders.
That was before his hair began to grey and liis legs to grow old.

THE 'FLUTTER' KICK

Almost overnight the Hawaiian was
catapulted from his surfboard to swimming supremacy.
 With the ''flutter'' kick, which he acquired to gain mometum for catching Waikiki's waves, he shattered records mercilessly.
He
brought that kick to the mainland when everyone else, he says 'was just swimming' with the old, 'scissors kick' which did almost us much to impede progress as to aid it. .

Duke Kahanamoku
and  his surf board.
He learned his speed on a surfboard, and coaches quickly gave their men snub-nosed boards for practice.
The great swimmer, whose reign was one of the longest in sports history, has had few pupils.
Plans being discussed may result in his appointment as Honolulu city greeter and swimming instructor to promising youngsters, so that the knowledge he gained in hundreds of races will not be lost.

AUSTRALIAN lNVITATION

Until those plans materialise - if they do - Duke will stick closely to his deskin the sheriff's oflice; so closely that he was unable lo accept an invitationfrom Australia to appear in Melbourne.:
Duke, said he entered politics only because lie needed a job.
He was elected Democratic sheriff - over a veteran opponent simply by identifying himself during the campaign-
Hls success, he said, has given him no political ambitions
Instead; he would like to tour the mainland again, appearing in exhibitions.
His zest for the water was undiminished by his long competitive career - which started and ended on a surfboard.

Trove
1936 '20-YEAR OLYMPIC CAREER', Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939), 20 February, p. 24. , viewed 03 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135650505

The Telegraph
Brisbane,  28 February 1936, page 15.



WITH SURF BOARD COMPLETE

Mr. R. Hamilton, of Melbourne, who arrived with surf board and golf clubs to reside in Brisbane.









Trove

1936 'WITH SURF BOARD COMPLETE', The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), 28 February, p. 15. (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS), viewed 03 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184013785



The Newcastle Sun
20 March 1936, page 10.




A BOARD MEETING.
— An attractive surfer framed between two surf-boards.

Also
A BOARD MEETING.
Miss Joan Egerton. framed between two surf-boards
of the North Bondi S.L.S. Club at Bondi Beach, Sydney.


Trove
1936 'Tall Bride And Her Maids— "Back To School" At Adamstown', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 20 March, p. 10. , viewed 03 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166578481



The Catholic Press
Sydney, 12 March 1936, page 2.

Surf Life-savers.
Countryman (Orange):
...
(4) The rub
ber floats to which you refer are known as 'surf-o-planes,' and have only been seen on the beaches during the last few seasons. Surfboards have been in use for many years.
The 'undersized canoes'
which you mention are known as 'surf skis.'

Trove
1936 'Queries? Answers', The Catholic Press (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1942), 12 March, p. 2. , viewed 02 Jun 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104498444


The Sydney Morning Herald
30 March 1936, page 14.


ENDURANCE SWIM.
Nearly Mile in Open Water.
BROTHERS FIGHT OUT FINISH.

Melbourne and Adelaide each has its an
nual endurance swim, watched by thousands of people and attracting hundreds of competitors, but Sydney has no race so spectacular as the swim In either the Yarra or the Torrens.
For endurance, however, the annual long-distance event of the Balmoral Beach
Club equals the southern events.
The race is swum between buoys moored off Balmoral
Beach, and the heavy swell coming through the Heads directly across the course makes conditions more severe than In any river swim.
The club decided Its event yesterday. The race resulted In a stirring finish between two brothers, Lou and Clem Morath.
Lou,
receiving five seconds start from his brother, beat him by three seconds in the wade-In and sprint up the beach to the finishing-line.
The race comprised ten laps between buoys moored 150 yards apart.
There were 20 starters, and 13 of them finished the long
course, including several .lunlors.
With so many swimmers in the water, some heading
in one direction and the others in the opposite direction, a fine spectacle was provided,
and the event could be easily made into one that would attract hundreds of onlookers.
One competitor, Pursell, swam backstroke throughout.
A 15-yeav-old boy. Jack Bremner, who eventually finished fifth, led for
about eight laps.
The Morath brothers were fairly close together during the race.
Clem
was responsible for a fine effort in the seventh lap, during which he paced the back-markers up to the limit men and he and his brother had a great race down the last lap.
Lou swim
mining the distance in 26 minutes and Clem a second or two faster.
The first five places
were filled by:-
L. Morath (55s), 1; C. Morath (50s). 2; J. Dempsey (1m 05s). 3; D.
Murphy (40s). 4; J. Bremner (1m 15s), 5.
A fine performance for his age was that of little Warwick Williams, 14 years of age, who finished the distance, in I2th place.
The Morath family has long been associated with Balmoral swimming. Mr. Morath, senior, a vice-president of the club, which has been in existence for nearly a quarter of a century, taught his boys to swim off this beach when they were toddlers and Balmoral was not the residential suburb it is to-day, but was bushland and a site for week-end camps.

Trove
1936 'ENDURANCE SWIM.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 30 March, p. 14. , viewed 22 Aug 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17320654


The Telegraph
Brisbane, 21 September 1936, page 10.


SURFING BEACHES

Coolangatta has seven safe surfing beaches. Rainbow Bay, Greenmount, Kirra, Bilinga, Tugun, Currumbin, and Palm Beach, all regularly and; efficiently patrolled by skilled . life-savers, many of', whom
have won distinction in the , Australian Championships.
During the surfing season tens , of thousands of surfers enjoy the safe surfing at these beaches, and the added security of efficient life-saving clubs ensures the comfort and contentment of surfers.
Shooting the breakers on surf
boards, surf-skis, surf-o-planes. and other novelties provide a real thrill on the big surf on Coolangatta's beaches.
Surfing is enjoyed here all the year round, the climate is perfect in the winter and mild in the summer.
Modern
dressing rooms and beach conveniences are provided on all beaches, and at Kirra beach the new surf pavilion costing £7,500 provides the most modern facilities on any beach in the Commonwealth.
At Greenmount, Bilinga, Tugun, Currumbim, and Palm Beach modem surf pavilions, and conveniences have recently been erected, and the conveniences provided add to the comfort of the tourist.
Spacious parking areas are available, adjacent to all beaches; in fact, you step out of your car on to the beach.
Coolangatta is built right on the ocean front, and the tourist never tires of the glorious setting.

Trove
1936 'WHERE EVERY MONTH IS SPRINGTIME', The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), 21 September, p. 10. (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS), viewed 02 Jun 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197271444


The Telegraph
Brisbane, 1 February 1936, page 8.



Misses P. Clarke and N. Callanan, with their surf-o-planes,
ready for a swim at Southport.









Trove
1937 'No title', The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), 1 February, p. 8. (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS LAST RACE), viewed 02 Jun 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181327638


Truth
Sydney,  27 March 1936, page 33


STAGE AND SCREEN

SCORES of happy surfers sport with
the breakers at Bronte Beach, Sydney, on surf-o-planes to provide a special feature for the local edition of Fox Movietone News at Hoyts Regent, Plaza, Century, and at the Embassy Theatre this week.

Trove
1938 'STAGE AND SCREEN', Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), 27 March, p. 33. , viewed 02 Jun 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169096169

The Telegraph
Brisbane,  2 October 1936, page 35.




MISS ADA JARROW prefers the surf ski to the surf board while at Burleigh.
 Miss Jarrow Was one of the fitst surfers to take-up the ski.








Trove
1936 'No title', The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), 2 October, p. 35. (SECOND EDITION), viewed 03 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182418612



The Age
Melbourne,
20 November 1936, page 5.

SUPPLEMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Holiday Makers' Guide.
A SIMPLE SURF BOARD.

We are passing on for the benefit of other intending holiday makers information about making a surf board, asked for by J. S. Hoskins, Ballarat.
The simplest kind of surf board is a flat piece of timber, about 5 feet 6 inches long, 2 feet wide and an inch in thickness.
One end of the board is rounded off to a blunt point, as shown in the sketch.
This type of board is best made in one piece, as any screwed or glued joints are liable to scratch the surfer, or may come apart with the rough treatment the board gets.
 Any light wood is suitable for the board.

Trove
1936 'Holiday Makers' Guide.', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 20 November, p. 5. (SUPPLEMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE), viewed 03 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205945121






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