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The Newcastle Sun
2 January 1946, page 7.
HOLIDAYS IN RETROSPECT
Daphne Mellon and
Jean Eason discuss the thrill of surf board riding
against an appropriate background at
Newcastle beach.
Trove
1946 'HOLIDAYS IN RETROSPECT', The Newcastle Sun (NSW
: 1918 - 1954), 2 January, p. 7. , viewed 14 Jul
2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158271795
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Smith's
Weekly
Sydney, 19 January 1946, page 24.
"Smith's"
Surfers' Service.
HAVE you been
dumped at Manly or bitten the sand at Bondi?
"Smith's" artists have ignored their sunburn this week
and collaborated to show
you how to make the most of the first line of
breakers.
Follow their
advice at your own risk.
Remember, if
the wave swirls, it swirls for you!"
(A) MORE picturesque designs for locker and cabin
medals.
(B) SURF-
BOARDS
could be registered and fitted with safety devices.
(C) A SELECTION committee to see who will be
allowed on the beach in French swim-suits.
(D) SURF-O-PLANES could be filled with hydrogen ..
. avoid the big shoots.
(E) EXTEND the Water Police' Service and make
surfing easier.
(F) "DAILY TELEGRAPH" should run a Beach- Boy
Competition.
(G) THE welfare of others should be considered.
(H) HAIRDRESSERS for hairy-chested and
hairy-backed blokes.
(I) A BARBECUE spit would be an innovation for
getting an even sun-tan.
Trove
1946 '"Smith's" Surfers' Service', Smith's Weekly
(Sydney, NSW : 1919 - 1950), 19 January, p. 24. ,
viewed 08 Mar 2019,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240007427
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SURF-BOARDS could be
registered and fitted with safety devices.
SURF-O-PLANES
could be filled with hydrogen ...
avoid the big shoots.
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The Sun
Sydney, 24 January 1946, page 16.
PERFECT BALANCE NEEDED
HERE:
Manly entrants get some late afternoon
practice for the Manly Victory Surf Carnival
on Saturday.
Sixty-two
entries have been received for the surf board race.
Left to right: H. Windshuttle (on surf ski), P. Moore,
F. Notting, R. Duck and R. Leighton.
The Sydney
Morning Herald
Monday 28 January 1946, page 1.
HORSEMEN OF THE SEA RIDE THE WAVES AT BONDI
Sydney's beaches rival the famous Waikiki for the
thrilling spectacle of surf-board riding.
These experts made a striking camera slndy and provided
entertainment for crowds on the beach al Bondi yesterday.
Trove
1946 'HORSEMEN OF
THE SEA RIDE THE WAVES AT BONDI.', The Sydney Morning Herald
(NSW : 1842 - 1954), 28 January, p. 1, viewed 16 June, 2013,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17968518
The Daily Telegraph
Sydney, 28 March 1946, page 15.
SHARKS DON'T
SCARE SURFBOARD WOMEN
By
HARRY GORDON
WHEN a number of surfboard enthusiasts met at Bondi last year
to form the Bondi Surf-board Club, three women attended the
meeting.
Today nine young women are active members of the club,
and the sport is fast catching on with the girls of Bondi
Beach.
The nine girls are among the keenest in the club.
You'll see them practising in the early mornings,
late afternoons, at weekends.
Most of them are in the learning stages, but that doesn't
stop them from spending their leisure hours happily splashing
about the shallows at Bondi.
Active girl members of the club are: —
Pat Trass: Aged 18.
Was first woman member of club.
Used to have own board, but sold it.
Now uses borrowed board.
Mrs. Ruth Turnbull: A young Frenchwoman from Noumea, who
"doubles-up" with her husband on his board.
Yal Mack: Aged 18.
Regarded as best of board-riders.
Has own board.
Betty Lovegreen: Joined club recently, is learning
fundamentals of the sport.
Elsie Redgrave: Expects to be married shortly, but will
probably remain in club.
Has own board.
Dot Duffy: A tall, slender. 18-year-old.
Has own board.
Joan Staples: Youngest member of club, at 13.
Practises arduously before and after school and at week
ends.
Joan Stevens and Glen Kerr: Both recently joined, and
have had only "passenger" rides.
It's hard to say what attracts young, attractive beach girls
to this manly, even hazardous, sport.
Most of the girls have to conquer a natural fear of deep
water, big seas, and sharks.
But they revel in the sport.
Thrill of shooting breakers, and the necessary
improvement in poise and balance are features of
surfboard-riding which attract them.
First Bondi girl to take on the sport was
18-year-old Pat Trass.
She was taken out on a trip, liked it, bought a board.
Other girls were taken for passenger rides by boy
friends, but few had "soloed" before the formation of the
club.
To be a member of the Bond! Surfboard Club, a girl (or
boy) needs two qualifications — a keenness for
surfboard-riding, and the ability to swim.
As soon as members cease to be keen about the sport they
are dropped from the club.
Most of the girls who join are beginners.
They are taught in four stages:
Beginners practise by paddling on a board
in shallow waters.
When they are able to handle a board they are taken into
the deep water and shown how to catch waves.
Then comes the thrill of a first "solo."
The pupil goes out about 100 or 150 yards
on her own.
After, that it's just a matter of practice
before proficiency comes.
According to club secretary F. D. Hoinville, learning to
ride a surfboard is like learning to ride a bicycle, but a
little harder.
"I've known some pupils who learned enough to stand up on
a board in an horn's tuition," he said.
"Others take six months to reach that
stage."
Mr. Hoinville believes that women are the keenest
surfboard-riders of all, but will never become as proficient
as men.
Most of the women are more susceptible to bruising, won't
take the same risks as men, he says.
The girls can't stand up to heavy seas as well as the
men, and haven't the muscles to paddle long
distances.
It isn't a sport for cissies.
Male riders have often suffered knock out blows, broken
teeth, broken jaws and other injuries from surfboard upsets.
But these facts don't deter the
girls.
Only times they don't go out are
when the seas are heavy.
Since the club's inception, the girls have had to
put up with a lot of antagonism from
younger boy riders.
Main reason is that the boys resent the fact that
the girls are able to do their he-man
act.
As well, nearly all the girl beginners get in the
way of the "veterans" at different
times.
For those reasons, the girls have had to rely on
the older boys of the club to teach
them the sport.
When a surfboard-rider isn't standing, he either
kneels or lies done to paddle the
board.
Fears about the shapeliness of their legs cause
the girls to prefer lying down to
kneeling.
Kneeling for long periods causes an ugly swelling
of the knees — a kind of housemaid's
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Four of
Bondi's girl surfboard-riders own their boards.
Remainder use borrowed boards, which are worth
between £11 and £15.
Thirteen-year-old Joan Staples, of Bondi, sold her
bicycle to buy a board.
Joan is the keenest member in the club.
Older members often have to restrain her from taking her
board out in rough seas.
The sport is becoming popular on other beaches.
From Palm Beach to Cronulla girls are coaxing their
boy-friends to take them for surf board rides.
It's not hard to visualise a national women's surfboard
championship taking place on Bondi Beach within
the next few years.
Trove
1946 'Women's Angle on Sport', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW
: 1931 - 1954), 28 March, p. 15. , viewed 08 Mar 2019,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248489125
The Sydney Morning Herald
Wednesday 3 April 1946, page 8.
HAWAIIAN SURFERS MAY PAY VISIT
The Surf
Life-saving Association will investigate the possibility of a
visit by Hawaiian surf-board riders and swimmers next season.
A return visit
by an Australian team in June, 1947, is also to be
investigated.
A letter is to
be sent to world swimming celebrity Duke Kahanamoku to
institute inquiries in Honolulu.
Trove
1946 'HAWAIIAN
SURFERS MAY PAY VISIT.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 -
1954), 3 April, p. 8, viewed 8 April, 2013,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27918392
Smith's
Weekly
Sydney, 31 August 1946, page 15.
Village
Behind The Pines'
...
In 1908 the North Steyne Lifesaving club— the first in
Australia— was formed.
About 1910 a local beachcomber known as "Looney" Walker,
who had been to Honolulu, brought a surf board to Manly and
introduced Australia to the art of surf-board riding.
History does not relate whether he received his nickname
before or after this discovery.
...
Trove
1946 'Village Behind [?] The Pines', Smith's Weekly (Sydney,
NSW : 1919 - 1950), 31 August, p. 15. , viewed 08 Mar 2019,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240009456
Sunday Mail
Brisbane, Sunday 29 September 1946, page 6.
Rita
Hayworth was appointed the surf board girl of 1946 by the
Waikiki Surf Board Club, of Honolulu.
Trove
1946 'Marlene Not
So Charming.', Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Qld. : 1926 - 1954), 29
September, p. 6, viewed 16 June, 2013,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98382318
The
Sun
Sydney, 22 October 1946, page 13.
"Two Ton" Maroubra surfer
Frank Adler is keeping surf-board-riders quiet this
year.
Elected captain, he
straight away brought out a book of rules.
Although members objected,
none was game to tackle Frank's bulk.
Adler made members build
their own shed from an Army hut.
Among the rigid rules he
brought in were: —
All names to be on surf boards.
All boards to have tails
attached, so they can be easily handled in the case of
emergency.
Fines for owners of boards that are not kept
clean, and suspension from using the boards for two weeks.
Trove
1946 'Surf NEWSRELL', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954),
22 October, p. 13. (LATE FINAL EXTRA), viewed 14 Jul 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229543143
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