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The Red Funnel
27 Rattay Street, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Volume V, Number 1, August 1907.
Review

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Phil Harris :Surf-Bathing in NSW.
National Geographic Magazine
April 1908 Vol. XIX No. 4. 

See History: Surfing Images : 1890 to 1910.
Gr. Noetzel:  "Winter Sport in Hawaii."
Advertisement for Bureau of Information, 
Hawaii Promotion Committee, 
Honolulu, Hawaii, page 309.
The Red Funnel.
27 Rattay Street, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Volume VI, Number 3, April 1908.
Review
Contains an article by C.D.P., Sun-Baking, Surf-Bathing, and Camp Life in New South Wales (pages 268 to 271),with four photograhs detailing early 20th century Australian beach culture.
The author, although only identified by initials, is possibly Charles D. Paterson, a meber of the Manly Surf Bathers Club and said to have imported a surfboard from Hawaii circa 1908-1912.

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C.D.P. : Sun-Baking, Surf-Bathing, and Camp Life in NSW.
The Red Funnel, 
27 Rattay Street, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Volume VI, Number 5, June 1908
Review
Contains an article by Alexander Hume Ford, Australia Through American Eyes (pages 466 to 470), with two photograhs detailing early 20th century Australian beach culture in Sydney.
Alexander Hume Ford was an enthusiastic promoter of surfriding and is best known as the instigator of the Outrigger Canoe Club at Waikiki in 1908, probably on his return from Australia.
The object of the club was to revive the canoe and board surfriding as practised in ancient Hawaii. 
He wrote more than half a dozen articles on surfriding between 1908 and 1926, mostly published in Hawaiian, but some mainland US, magazines.

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Alexander Hume Ford :  Beach Culture in Sydney, Australia.
The Mid-Pacific Magazine.
Alexander Hume Ford, Honolulu, T. H.
Printed by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Volume XII, Number 2, August 1916.
Review
Contains an article on Hawaiian surfriding, "The Sport of Princes" by L. W. de Vis-Norton, pages 146 to 152.
Accompanied by three black and white illustrations (two surfriding, one outrigger canoe) and three black and white photographs.
One photograph is of the relocated grass huts at the Outrigger Canoe Club, Waikiki, circa 1911, which had been replaced by 1916.
One of the surfriding photographs, page 151, shows tandem riders.
Australian Country Life.
Volume 7, Number 6
Sydney, N.S.W., December 15, 1911.
Marvellous Manly : The Alluring Village of the Pacific Ocean.
Review
An extensive overview Manly promoting it as both seaside resort and residential suburb of Sydney.
The growth and attractiveness of surfbathing takes precedent:
" the one thing above all else that has won fame and glory for Manly ... its unequalled natural facilities for surf-bathing." - page 7.
Appart from the Manly Swimming Club, located on the harbour side, note that in 1911 four separate organisations were competing for official recognition as surf lifesaving clubs over a stretch of ocean beach hardly more than 1000 metres.

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Australian Country Life : Marvellous Manly.
The Mentor: Hawaii
E.M. Newman: Hawaiian Islands
Department of Travel
The Mentor Association
222 Fourth Avenue, New York City.
Volume 5 Number 14
Serial No. 138, 1 September 1917.
Review
One Waikiki beach panorama and one surfriding photograph, page 1.
Surfriding at Waikiki text, page 5.

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1919 E.M. Newman: Surfriding at Waikiki.
National Geographic Magazine
August 1919 Volume XXXVI Number Two.
Review
The Geography of Games
Surfriding photograph at Waikiki by A. R. Gurrey, page 98.
Caption:
"RIDING THE SURF AT HONOLULU, HAWAII
Walking a tightrope stretched on top a speeding express train might afford some exhilaration of Hawaii's distinctive sport.
Here, again, geography molded the national pastime; for the conformation of the ocean bed along the island coast creates the swells that make this sport popular.
The picture illustrates only one position of the native rider, who lies prone, sits, and even stands on his head on his super-canoe."
The Journal of Polynesian Society
Volume XXX Number 1. 
No. 117, March 1921.
New Plymouth, New Zealand.
Printed for the Society by Thomas Avery.
Review
Notes and Queries, page 50.
Note 305. The use of the Surf Board in New Zealand.
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S. Percy Smith: Surfriding in New Zealand.

 
Sea, Land and Air.
The Australian National Monthly of Topical Interest.
Official Journal of the Australian Aero Club.
The Wireless Institutes of Australia and New Zealand.
The Mercantile Marine War Service Association of Australasia.
Edited by S. E.Tatham.
The Wireless Press, 97 Clarence Street, Sydney, September 1,1921.
Review
Includes article:
Hill, E. J.:"Freedom of the Seas".
The Story of Surfing and Mixed Bathing.
Some Historical Facts.
pages 412 to 415 

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E. J. Hill: The Story of Surfing and Mixed Bathing.
National Geographic Magazine
February 1924 Volume XLV Number Two 
Review
The Hawiian Islands
Surf-Riding photographs at Waikiki ..
Page 155 : Commonly reproduced  image of three riders, one headstanding.
The image is uncredited - highly unusual for this publication.
Colour Plate X : Three riders, two wearing Outrigger Canoe Club  swimming costumes. 
Note that the photograph have been colourised and these may be added to give the image contrast.
Credited as From a photograph by R. K. Bonine.
Also note 
Page 12 (?) : Board Portrait photograph illustrating an advertisment for the Hawaiian Tourist Bureau.
For extracts click cover or Source Documents
National Geographic : Hawaii, 1924.
Sydney Bridge Celebrations
Art in Australia Limited,1932.
(Arthur McQuitty, McQuitty House, Regent Street, Sydney, 
for Art in Australia Ltd., 24 Bond Street, Sydney.) 
Review
Includes
Paterson, C. D.: Our Glorious Surf Beaches, pages 42 to 47.

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C. D. Paterson : Sydney Surf Beaches.
Popular Mechanics Magazine
July 1934 Vol 62 No,1
Review
Uncredited : Making Money at the Beach
pages 115 - 117
Three pages of text, photographs and illustrations,
Black and white photograph and plan of solidwood bellyboard page 115.
Text commentary page 116
For extracts click cover or Source Documents
Solid wood Bellyboard.
Note early scooter/skateboard page 112.
National Geographic Magazine
May 1935 Volume 47 Number 5 
Review
Waves and Thrills at Waikiki
Photographs by Thomas Edward Blake
pages 597 - 604
Seven duo-tone photographs that are also reproduced in Tom Blake's The Hawaiian Surfboard, 1935 , but these have a blue tint especially selected by Blake for this printing.
The introductory photograph is a self protrait of Tom Blake and his current quiver, circa 1932
- the first quiver portrait
- not included in The Hawaiian Surfboard, 1935
- not the commonly reproduced version. Tom Blake is standing to the left, not centre.
Popular Science Magazine
August 1935 Vol 127 No,2
Hi Sibley : Better Ways to Build Surfboards
pages 56 - 57 and 91
Black and white photographs and plans of three solidwood and one chambered surfboard. 
Text implies the boards are superior to current Hawaiian designs, due to lighter weight, and notes that they are "used at Newport Harbour (Calf.) High School, where the constrction of surfboards is a speciality".
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Redwood - Balsa Laminate Surfboard 11 ft
Redwood - Pine Chambered Surfboard 10 ft
Redwood - Pine Mitred and Laminated Prone board 5 ft 7 inches
Redwood or Pine Juvenile Board 46 inches
Walkabout - Australia and the South Seas Magazine
November 1, 1935 
Australian National Travel Association
Flinders Street Railway Building, Melbourne
Black and white cover photograph of North Steyne surf boat only.
Photograph by W. Kimbel
Popular Mechanics Magazine 
July 1937 Volume 68 Number 1 
Tom Blake : Riding the Breakers on this Hollow Hawaiian Surfboard
pages 114 - 117
Black and white photographs and plans 
For extracts click cover or Source Documents
Tom Blake Hollow Paddle Board .
The Queenslander Annual
Courier Mail, Brisbane, November 1937.
Cover image by "McBain".

Howell, R. and Howell, M.: A History of Australian Sport.
Shakespeare Head Press, Sydney, 1987, page 105.
Popular Mechanics Magazine 
September 1938 Volume 70 Number 3 
Uncredited : Thrills of the Ironing Board Sport 
pages 388 - 389 
Text discusses Freeboarding, Aquaplanning and Surfing (mentions Tom Blake) 
Black and white photographs of Aquaplanning only. 
Walkabout - Australia and the South Seas Magazine
March 1, 1939 
Australian National Travel Association
Flinders Street Railway Building, Melbourne
Black and white cover photograph of surfski only.
Photograph credited as Surf-Canoeing at Sorrento, Victoria.
Popular Science Magazine 
June 1939 Volume 134 Number 4 
Tom Blake : Improved Hollow Surfboard for All Round Sport 
pages 174 - 176 
Text, black and white photographs (riding, rescue and sail) and plans.
Note colour illustration of paddlers, page 141.
Popular Mechanics Magazine 
February 1942 Volume 75 Number 2 
Uncredited : Hitchhiking on the Big Waves
pages 72 - 75 and 166. 
How to surf article 
Black and white photographs include Tom Blake, hollow and solid wood boards.
.Most by Doc Ball and later printed in National Geographic September 1944, see below
Note :
1. text describes angling, and implies this is a new development
2. photograph of damaged hollow board, page 74
Walkabout - Australia and the South Seas Magazine
October 1, 1942
Australian National Travel Association
Flinders Street Railway Building, Melbourne
Black and white cover photograph of hollow timber boardrider (Fairy Bower?) only.
Photograph credited as Surfing, Sydney.
National Geographic Magazine
September1944 Volume 86 Number 3
Surf Board Riders Capture California
Black and white photographs by J.H. Ball
pages 355 - 362
Eight full page black and white photographs, several previously printed in Popular Mechanics, February 1942. See above.
Photographs include 'Tom Blake and dog' (incorrectly titled), hollow and solid wood boards.
Re the mis-titled photograph, Brian Martinet ( reports...
The photo is actually of my uncle Jim Bailey and his dog Rusty. 
It was a misprint in National Geographic. 
Jim Bailey was a legendary longboarder and friend of Doc Ball et. al. 
He was a life guard at Hermosa Beach California. 
I have another photo of him with his dog on the front of his board if you would like a copy.  My aunt, his wife, is still alive in Hemet California, but alas, Doc passed away last year. 
- with thanks to Brian Martinet.
Popular Mechanics Magazine 
July 1953 Volume 100 Number 1 
Bill Reid : Fun on a Plastic Surfboard
pages 157 - 159 . 
Fibreglassed board using a sealed styrofoam blank. 
For extracts click cover or Source Documents
Styrofoam Surfboard.

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Mechanix Illustrated Magazine 
September 1954 Volume 50 Number 9 
Edna Wood/Matt Kivlin : Surfboards
pages 173 - 173 .
Fibreglassed board using a laminated balsawood blank. 
For extracts click cover or Source Documents
Fibreglassed  Balsawood Surfboard.

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Australian Outdoors
November, 1957, 
Renwick, Ross: Build yourself an okinuee board.
pages 16 to 21 .

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Ross Renwick : Build yourself an Okinuee Board.
Australian Outdoors
November, 1958.
Renwick, Ross: Boom in Board Riding., 
pages 8 to10 and 76.
and 
Renwick, Ross: How to build a foam plastic surfboard.
pages 11 to 12.

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Ross Renwick : Boom in Board Riding.
and
Renwick : Build a Plastic Foam Surfboard.
Sports Illustrated Magazine 
December 10 1958 Volume 8 Number 10 
Sportsman Against a Moving Wall of Water
Colour photographs by George Leavens
Pages 16 - 20
1. Surfer riding hollow timber board.
One page of uncedited text - a brief history, page 16.
2. North Curl Curl  surfboat, page 17.
3. Paddle race on hollow timber boards, pages 18 -19.
4. 22 foot double ski on wave, pages 18 - 19.
5. Two body surfers, Tamarama, page 20.
Bulletin de la Societe des Etudes Oceaniennes
Numbers 127 and 128.
Papeete, Tahiti, June - September 1959.

Finney, Ben R.: Fa'ahe'e I'ancien sport de Tahiti., pages 53 to 56.

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Finney: Ancient Tahitian Surfriding.
Australian Outdoors
November 1959.
Ross Renwick: Surf Test.
Pages 30- 31 and 74.
Unaccredited: New-type Surfing Club for Sydney.
Pages 74-75.

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Ross Renwick:Surf Test  : Locally Designed Board the Best !
The Journal of Polynesian Society
December 1959 Volume 68 Number 4 
Ben Finney : Surfing in Ancient Hawaii
pages 327 - .347
Academic article based on Ben Finney's work for his MA (University of Hawaii), it  was followed by The Development and Diffusion of Modern Surfing in Ancient published in December 1960, Volume 69 Number 4. 
These works preceed the publication of Finney and Houston's Surfing – The Sport of Hawaiian Kings in 1966, reprinted in 1996 as Surfing – A History of the Ancient Hawaiian Sport. 
With extensive footnotes and references, it also has a fold out map of ancient Hawaiian surfing locations, an illustration of ancient surfboards and .two black and white plates.
Plate 1 : Anonymous (Etching) :Hawaiian Sport of Surf Playing, circa 1851, in Cheever (1851).
Plate 2 : Anonymous (Photograph) :Alaia and Surfer, Waikiki 1890.
Appendix 1 is a collection of ancient Hawaiian surfing terms.
Appendix 2 details the ancient Hawaiian surfing locations as indicated by the map.
 Page 344 is reproduced twice, a resullt of a printing error.
Australian Outdoors
January, 1960
Renwick, Ross:
The Man behind the Surfboard Revolution - Gordon Woods.
, pages 22 to 25.
 and
Surfboard Advertisements.
pages 63 and 67. 

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Ross Renwick: Gordon Woods.
and
Surfboard Ads.
The Journal of Polynesian Society 
December 1960 Volume 69 Number 4 
Ben Finney : The Development and Diffusion of Modern Surfing
pages 314 - .331
Academic article based on Ben Finney's work for his MA (University of Hawaii), it follows Surfing in Ancient Hawaii, published in December 1959, Volume 68 Number 4. 
These preceed the publication of Finney and Houston's Surfing – The Sport of Hawaiian Kings in 1966, reprinted in 1996 as Surfing – A History of the Ancient Hawaiian Sport. 
With extensive footnotes and references, it also has two black and white photographic plates - 
Plate 1 : Associated Press's famous shot of George Downing, Buzzy Trent and Wally Froiseth at Makaha, printed November 1953.
Plate 2 : Young hawaiian surfer with a modern board with fin, Waikiki, circa 1958.
National Geographic Magazine
September 1963 Volume 124 Number 3 
Alan Villiers : Australia, Part 2
Colour photographs by Robert B. Goodman
Pages 346 - 385
1. 26 boardriders and one wave, Bondi,  pages 356 -357
2. Bondi lifesavers and surfboat, two boardriders, pages 358 - 359.
The second photograph is cropped for the cover.
3. Aerial shot of Surfers Paradise, page 372.
Two paragraphs of text relating to Surf Life Saving, page 364. 
Walkabout Magazine
January 1964  Volume 30 Number 1
Australian National Travel Association
18 Collins Street, Melbourne
Craig McGregor : Champion of the Surf
Pages 10 - 13
Historical introduction and interview with Makaha champion, Midget Farrelly.
Graig McGregor co-authored both Midget Farrelly's This Surfing Life and Nat Young's The History of Surfing.
Black and white photographs : 
1. Midget Farrelly and fin (page 10), 
2. Midget Farrelly surfing 
3. Manly surfers check Avoca (page 11) all by Peter Rae. 
4. Four of surfing at Dee Why (pages 12 - 13) by Davydd Beal.
Colour cover photograph of Bob Evans at Cresent Head by Peter Rae.
Walkabout Magazine
December 1967  Volume 33 Number 12
Australian National Travel Association
18 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000
Interview with Midget Farrelly by Ian Moffit : 
Further and further into the wave.
Pages 41 - 43
Interview covers style, competition, locations, family, religion.
Colour photographs : 
1. Midget Farrelly portrait by Lance Nelson, page 41.
2. Boardriders at Coogee by David Beal, page 40.
3. Surfboat (page 42),
4. life saving reel (page 42) 
5. Manly Beach with Coolites, Surfoplanes and Zippy boards (pages 42 - 43) all by Leo Duyckers.
Black and white photograph : Two boardriders at Queenscliff by David Beal, page 41.
Popular Science Magazine 
August 1969 Volume 195 Number 2 
Eric Blum, as told to Al Lees  :
Far-Out flexible Surfboard - the wave of the future?  pages 92 - 95. 
Text based largely on Eric and Lowell Blum's film The Fantastic Plastic Machine, 1968. 
Five black and white photographs of George Greenough surfing. 
Two fin photographs, one portrait and board, one early still from Greenough's movie footage and one photograph showing shoulder mounted camera. Also...
Surf Cats Launch New Rage in Sailboat Racing - Rick Cobb
Cover (top left) and pages 48 - 49.
Seven colour photographs of Hobie Cats.
Parade Magazine
Number 242, January,1971.
32 Walsh Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
Box 1292K GPO Melbourne, 3001.
Telephone 30 0241.
"Surfing's Origins", pages 32 and 33.
A selection of early photographs reproduced from: 
Margan and Finney: An Pictorial History of Surfing.
The cover is accredited on the contents page:
"Our Cover Boy
The young man trimming along a shorebreak on the cover of this month's Parade is "Butch" Cooney. 
The painting was done by Parade cover artist Tom Bishop from an action picture taken by Sydney photographer Jack Eden at the Newcastle, NSW, surfing championships. 
It appears in A Pictorial History of Surfing. 
See Page 32."
Modern World Magazine
June 1971 Vol 1 # 5
Pages 
Editor: Dick Levine
 8 page article on surfboard design history. In conjunction with a 'Design Contest' sponsored by Shane Surfboards,
Possibly ghost written by Shane Steadman and/or Terry Fitzgerald. 
Cover features two Shane Surfboards models and a very young Simon Anderson.
For extracts click cover or  Source Documents
Surfboard Design.
Dingo Magazine
1983 (August?)  No 1 
Stereo Publishing, Triple M Tower, 500 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction 
Mark Warren and David Stewart : Over the Edge
 pages  40 - 47
Extreme sports colour photographs with captions.
Mark Paul and sailboard jump by Peter Crawford, page 40.
Pre Pipe Paddle-out,  by Bill McCausland, page 41.
George Greenough sailboard mast fish-eye, page 42
Paddle-out by Peter Crawford, page 43.
Keone Downing Pipeline free-fall by Peter Crawford, page 45.
Three other non-surfing photographs.
The Living Australia Magazine
1987 December-January   No 4
Bay Books 61-69 Anzac Pde, Kennsington 2033 NSW 
 Nick Carroll : Foaming Fashions
 pages  8 - 11
Basic anaylsis of surfcraft alternatives, circa 1987 - Bodyboards, Thrusters, Modern Malibus, Wave Skis and Sailboards.
Eight illustrative colour photographs by Peter Crawford.
Cover : Simon Law by Dave Kelly.
Two Hundred Years - A week by week historical count down to Australia's Bicentennial
Bay Books 61-69 Anzac Pde, Kennsington 2033 NSW 
I1988 Issue  No 47 
Will Fisher : Riding the Waves
 pages  1124 - 1127
See #166

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