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Surfing Collection

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surf riding at Muizenburg on the Cape Coast

Surf riding at Muizenburg on the Cape Coast
A contrast to the grey days at home: surf-riding at Muizenburg, the Queen of Cape Coast Watering Places. A universal summer pastime of the South African coastal resorts, surf-riding

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surfing in 1910

Surfing in 1910
Some do it standing up, some lying down, while yet others stand on their hands !

Background imageSurfing Collection: The Bystander - Surf riders front cover

The Bystander - Surf riders front cover
Front cover of The Bystander featuring an illustration by C. Rebel Stanton of three girls in red bathing costumes surf riding - a sort of combined forerunner of surfing and water skiing. Date: 1929

Background imageSurfing Collection: Durban Surfers

Durban Surfers
Surfing at Durban, South Africa. Date: late 1960s

Background imageSurfing Collection: Canoe Surfing in Honolulu, Hawaii

Canoe Surfing in Honolulu, Hawaii Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surfing championships at Newquay, Cornwall

Surfing championships at Newquay, Cornwall
A competitor in the surfing championships at Newquay in Cornwall

Background imageSurfing Collection: Sports of the Australian Summer

Sports of the Australian Summer
A group of surfers surfing at nightime

Background imageSurfing Collection: Cornwall, England - Constantine Bay near Padstow

Cornwall, England - Constantine Bay near Padstow. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageSurfing Collection: Cornwall, England - Mother Ivy's Bay, Trevose Head

Cornwall, England - Mother Ivy's Bay, Trevose Head. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surfing in an outrigger canoe, Waikiki Beach, Honolulu

Surfing in an outrigger canoe, Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Date: circa 1910

Background imageSurfing Collection: The Surfing Girl

The Surfing Girl
Riding the Bubbling Breakers - The Surfing Girl in South Africa. Date: 1926

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surfer standing admiring a Cornish Sunset

Surfer standing admiring a Cornish Sunset. Date: 1980s

Background imageSurfing Collection: Poster, Municipal Casino, Bandol, France

Poster, Municipal Casino, Bandol, France. Designed by Andre Bermond. 1930

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surfing at Durban, South Africa. Date: late 1960s

Surfing at Durban, South Africa. Date: late 1960s

Background imageSurfing Collection: AUSSIE SURFERS 1960S

AUSSIE SURFERS 1960S
Australian surfers riding big breakers on huge surfboards and surf canoes, enjoying an exciting ride and an exhilarating pounding by the waves. Date: 1960s

Background imageSurfing Collection: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - Surfers

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - Surfers. Date: 1920s

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surfers on the beach at Biarritz, France

Surfers on the beach at Biarritz, France
Two surfers on the beach at Biarritz, France, looking at the rough waves. Date: 1962

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surfing scenes, Hawaii, USA

Surfing scenes, Hawaii, USA
Surfing scenes in Hawaii, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSurfing Collection: Miss Modern Christmas August 1932 by Wilton Williams

Miss Modern Christmas August 1932 by Wilton Williams
Front cover of Miss Modern magazine featuring an illustration showing women surf-riding - a sort of forerunner of water-skiing. Date: 1932

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surfing Girls

Surfing Girls
Lovely young women splashing around in the surf in their swimming costumes and bathing caps. Date: 1930s

Background imageSurfing Collection: Water sports, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA

Water sports, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Water sports, with the Casino building in the background, Casino Point, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: circa 1930

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surfing scene, Hawaii, USA

Surfing scene, Hawaii, USA, with a woman standing on her surfboard and others watching her. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSurfing Collection: Miss Eileen Legge water skiing or surf riding at Shanklin

Miss Eileen Legge water skiing or surf riding at Shanklin
Miss Eileen Legge seen surf-riding - an early form of water skiing - being pulled by a motor boat at Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. Date: 1928

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surf riders near San Clemente, California, USA

Surf riders near San Clemente, California, USA
Surf riders on a big wave near San Clemente, California, USA. Date: circa 1953

Background imageSurfing Collection: SURFs UP

SURFs UP
Surfers at Pismo Beach, south California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surfing

Surfing

Background imageSurfing Collection: A Christmas picnic on the beach

A Christmas picnic on the beach

Background imageSurfing Collection: California Surfers

California Surfers
Surfing at Pismo Beach, south California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

Background imageSurfing Collection: California Surfer

California Surfer
Surfing at Pismo Beach, south California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

Background imageSurfing Collection: Singing Surfer

Singing Surfer
Singers are not softies : Our cameraman caught Gay just as he was flat-diving into the surf and called him a song- and-surf man. Gay is a true athlete, muscular and lean. 1940s

Background imageSurfing Collection: Jumping Skier 1930S

Jumping Skier 1930S
An athletic skier jumping and surfing through the snow. Date: early 1930s

Background imageSurfing Collection: A new thrill for bathers: water sport in 1913

A new thrill for bathers: water sport in 1913
Taxi-ing behind a motor boat: a new thrill for bathers. Water planing on a plank towed at 35 mph. Date: 1913

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surfing, Hawaii

Surfing, Hawaii
riding the waves at Hawaii

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surfing in Hawaii 1913

Surfing in Hawaii 1913
Surfing in Hawaii

Background imageSurfing Collection: Surfing / Sandwich Is

Surfing / Sandwich Is
Surfing in the Sandwich Islands - both sexes and all ranks unite in it, and even the very chiefs themselves [Cook]


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