History of Surfing in South Austalia

 SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S ONLINE SUFING MUSEUM

Preserving the clubs, surfers, surfboard builders, competitions, photographs and stories that shaped South Australian surfing

1 INTRODUCTION

Why this archive exists

South Australia has no dedicated surfing museum. The Surf Chasers is an evolving online archive created to preserve its surfing history. Before photographs, firsthand memories and important stories are lost.

2 - MAIN COLLECTIONS

Explore South Australian surfing history

Boardriding Clubs

Fishery Bay, Day Street, Four Point, Seaview Road and other pioneering clubs.

Surfboard Builders

JayBee, Don Burford and the people who built South Australia’s boards.

Surfing Competitions

Competition records, champions and results from the early state titles and other competitions onward..

· FEATURED STORY

The Surf Chasers

SOUTH COAST SURF CHASERS along with The Surf Seekers and the Malabu Maniacs were groups of guys associated with their particular cars, sort of like mini Surf clubs.

· FEATURED STORY 2

The Surf Shacks of South Australia

Surf Shacks where a thing in South Australia during the 60s and 70s most of the coastlines of the state