Photographs: 1930s Croyde 1939
added to the website on Dec 04, 2010
Croyde beach in North Devon in August 1939, just weeks before the start of the Second World War – photo by the Millar family of Braunton. It shows cars parked on the sand and people in the background using their wooden bellyboards to enjoy the surf.
Print: Braunton guide c1965
added to the website on Dec 04, 2010
Wonderful period artwork on this mid 1960s guide to Braunton & District in North Devon, still using the classic image of a woman with her bellyboard on the beach rather than ‘stand-up’ surfing that was beginning to take over at the time.
News: UK surf museum plans move forward
added to the website on Jul 19, 2010
The Museum of British Surfing is on target to open in North Devon, following the news that its major grant application has been approved and an agreement reached on a building. The funding through Leader 4 will allow the museum to start recruiting staff from October this year, begin work to design new exhibitions, and ……»
News: Uncovering the past; building the future
added to the website on Jul 09, 2010
Britain’s surfing history always continues to delight and surprise – just check out the two photos from our archives with this story of surfers in the mid 1920s. In a snapshot it shows how much has changed over the last century, but again how little. You can tell they’re stoked to be surfers, proud of ……»
Wetsuits: Tiki vest 1979
added to the website on May 26, 2010
Wetsuit vest made by Tiki in Braunton, North Devon around 1979.
Surfboards: Tiki by John Hall 1975
added to the website on May 25, 2010
John Hall was one of a group of hot Australian surfer-shapers who settled in North Devon in the 1970s. He joined Tiki in Braunton for a while, and produced this stunning little single fin in 1975 featuring intricate airbrush art on the deck. It suffered a leash cut in the rail back in the early ……»