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The Brisbane Courier
 1 January 1929 , page 6.


SPORTS AT TWEED HEADS
...
During the afternoon a display of hydroplaning was given by Messrs G. Yates and J. Ronan and S. Chapman gave a display of aquaplaning including
standing head downwards on a Duke surf board in the wake of a speed boat.

Trove
1929 'KEEN FINISHES. SPORTS AT TWEED HEADS.', The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), 1 January, p. 6. , viewed 07 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21362849


The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express
WA, 2 January 1929, page 3.


CARNIVAL.

Despite that Sunday was so hot, the Bunbury Surf Club decided that before the sports programme was commenced the weed upon the beach should be buried, and forthwith arranged a busy bee which soon made a substantial impression on the drv weed.
...
Girls and boys, young and old, brown and white, a mingled host, were the patrons of the surf, some with surf boards, but the majority relying solely on thrills of the breakers.

Trove
1929 'CARNIVAL.', The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express (WA : 1919 - 1929), 2 January, p. 3. , viewed 07 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87038522

The Brisbane Courier
 2 January 1929, page 9.


BACK TO THE CITY.
IDEAL HOLIDAY WEATHER.
COOLANGATTA, January 1.
...
The best surf experienced during the whole of the holiday period was running at the local beaches, there being many hundreds in the surf at Kirra and Greenmount during the day.
Surf boards were in evidence on every hand, the big Duke boards being a special attraction.

Trove
1929 'BACK TO THE CITY. IDEAL HOLIDAY WEATHER.', The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), 2 January, p. 9. , viewed 07 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21362928

The Argus
Melbourne, 5 January 1929, page 7.

THE SURFERS- with their surf boards these two girls return across
 the hummocks at Portsea after a morning's sport in the breakers.

(One surfer cropped due to crease in the page)

Trove
1929 'No title', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 5 January, p. 7. (Saturday Camera Supplement), viewed 07 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3994883



Truth
Sydney, 6 January 1929, page 7.


SURFING.
THEIR DAY OF SURFDOM
Queenscliff Lads Show How Carnival Should Be Run
...
As a surf board artist, Eric Ellison was unbeatable on the day, and gave quite a classy display.

Trove

1929 'SURFING.', Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), 6 January, p. 7. , viewed 07 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169317492


Evening News
Sydney, 9 January 1929, page 5.


TWO TALES OF SURF BOARDS

SURFERS
at Manly who indulge in
shoots on surf boards are to be prohibited from using them in the areas set aside for general bathing.
The local council came to that decision last night on the motion of Ald. Gourby, and also resolved that offenders should be prosecuted.
A number ol Palm Beach surfers cannot use their boards now, even if they wanted to.
A motorist whose car became "bogged" in the sand facing the beach there, is alledged to have taken five boards from the surf club rooms, and placed them under the wheels of his car.
He got his motor onto firm ground, but the surf boards were damaged almost beyond repair.
Police proceedings, it is stated, will be instituted.

Trove
1929 'TWO TALES OF SURF BOARDS', Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), 9 January, p. 5. , viewed 07 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115695957


The Telegraph
Brisbane,  15 January 1929, page 15.


Portsea
VICTORIA'S GAYEST BEACH.
...
In the last few weeks the young folk of Portsea and Sorrento have discovered another diversion ,and this is the wonderful surfing beach at Mount Levy, on the back beach.
Every morning and afternoon a procession of cars, filled with boys and girls in bathing dress, leaves Portsea and Sorrento.
A few minutes run brings them to this beautiful spot on the back beach, and there they fling themselves into the surf, shooting back on the crests of the waves on their surfing boards until they lie, exhausted, breathless and tingling on the bench.

Trove

1929 'Portsea', The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), 15 January, p. 15. , viewed 07 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179690177

The Evening News
Rockhampton, 12 March 1929, page 11.



SURF BOARDS in fine weather; are "warned off" bathing areas, but the experts who shoot with them
 can be thanked for becoming so proficient.

When seas at Manly on Sunday were so rough that the surf boats could not ride them, surf boards
 were brought into action, and, cleverly handled, saved several bathers from drowning.
The board is difficult to capsize, it will weather any breaker, providing, of course, it is handled by an expert.

Trove
1929 'AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SAYS IT IS FINANCIALLY ON THE ROCKS.', The Evening News (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1924 - 1941), 12 March, p. 11. , viewed 07 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201243516

The Sun
Sydney, 21 April 1929, page 3.


"I Have Never -- "
...
"There are only two things that I would not do," said Mr. John F. Mant, solicitor.
"One is to wear tan shoes with a dinner jacket.
I have never done it, and I sincerely hope I never shall.
The other is to stand on a surfboard which has been ducoed.
I bought one from another man, and the other day I contrived to stand on it for about half a second.
That was all.
Now I am busy scraping the duco off.
Apart from those two things, I fancy I am pretty broad-minded."

Trove
1929 '"I Have Never -- "', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 21 April, p. 3. , viewed 07 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222696421

Western Mail
Perth, 22 August 1929, page 25
.


A Motor Surf-board.

A novel type of aquaplane or surfboard has been patented by Charles O. Johnson, of Brittatorp, Sweden
It is entirely of metal, hollow, with a flat deck on which the swimmer lies.
The bottom tapers upward at the forward end.
A V-shaped open space in the bottom toward the stern accommodates a propeller and its shaft.
Connected to the rear end of the deck is a rod bent upward at right angles, and terminating in a large knob.
This rod is straddled by the swimmer, who is protected from contact with the propeller by a guard.
Inside the hollow body of" the craft is a small electric or gasoline motor, which drives the shaft of the propeller.
At the bow cud, on top, are the starter and other controls for the motor.
Inlet and exhaust pipe, one within the other, are supported above the aquaplane at the bow.
The swimmer lies on the deck, his legs extending backward into the water.
 He starts the motor and the surfboard is propelled by the screw.

Trove
1929 'A Motor Surf-board.', Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), 22 August, p. 25. , viewed 07 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37674653


Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser
Queensland, 13 September 1929, page 2.


CAUSEWAY AND BRIDGE.
Noosa Beach Estate.
Modern Town-Planning.
Nature's Glorious Treasure.
(By A.S.D.)

If there is one thing that Queensland can boast, it is the beauties of her magnificent coastline.
Stately headlands, picturesque masses of rock, cosy inlets, expansive bays, vast stretches of beautiful beach on which the broad pacific rolls in white, roaring breakers.
We Queenslanders take all these advantages very casually indeed, as a matter of fact we agree to the boosting of strange lands, and even adopt their foreign names, for our favourite spots when these same foreigners would only be too glad if they had half of the beauties of coastline that old Queensland can boast.
Much is made of the surfers of the Pacific by various writers who picture the natives riding home on their surf boards on the great white sea horses, inferring that those particular places possess the only ideal surfing grounds.

NORTH COAST BEACHES ARE UNEQUALLED.

I venture to say that there are no
beaches in the world that excel those on the Queensland coast, and I make another venture and say that that particular part extending from Bribie to Double Island Point is unequalled in the world for its surfing beaches and other picturesque and varied qualities.
About the northern end of this particular stretch there is par-excellence the making of the champion ideal watering place of the world.
Here stretches an unbroken beach for 12 to 14 miles, to the north of which are Paradise Caves, Hell's Gate, Devil's Kitchen, Boiling Pot, and numerous other points of interest and beauty.

Trove
1929 'CAUSEWAY AND BRIDGE.', Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser (Qld. : 1922 - 1954), 13 September, p. 2. , viewed 07 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76867307


The Sun
Sydney, 16 October 1929, page 9.




Surf
boards and canoes are rapidly gaining popularity, especially at North Bondi.
Here Jack Stroud, Geoff Laidlaw, Freddy Boorman, Ken Weekes, G. Walton, and H. Barker maybe seen giving good displays on their boards whenever the waves are favorable.
More skill is required to use a board on the quickly breaking waves of our beaches than on the lazy rollers of Waikiki, the home of the board, and there should be a certain amount of pride in being an adept on Sydney beaches.

Trove
1929 'ON THE WAVES', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 16 October, p. 9. , viewed 07 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223499701


Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record
Renmark, SA, 18 October 1929, page 7.

.

SURF BOARDS IN ENGLAND.—Surfers enjoying the thrill of surf riding al Newquay.
Trove
1929 'MEN AND HAPPENINGS OF AUSTRALIAN INTEREST', Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record (Renmark, SA : 1913 - 1942), 18 October, p. 7. , viewed 07 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109386537


Sydney Mail
25 December 1929, page 45.


SURF BOARD SHOOTING AT COLLAROY.
Fascination of the Surf And the Progress of the Clubs

'Shooting the Breakers ' is the ambition of almost all surfers — particularly the young people
To ride io the shore on asurf-board is regarded as one of the most thrilling of surf sports.
The expert board ' shooter ' often travels several hundreds of yards on a board, the secret of success being ability to balance one's body exactly.
With the human form in a graceful poise, the experience of surf board 'shooting ' is exhilarating, and some of the more experienced 'shooters' are able to take, a long breaker head downward on the surf-board.

Trove
1929 'Fascination of the Surf', Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), 25 December, p. 45. , viewed 07 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160393845


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