Photographs: The Jersey crew 1965
added to the website on Sep 20, 2011
Photos from Mick Holmes in 1965 at the Jersey Holiday Camp, Portlet – featuring Bobby the Dog, Bobby Barlow and others standing in front of a Singer Gazelle car with classic Malibu surfboard on the roof.
Photographs: Jersey girls 1928
added to the website on Jul 09, 2010
This wonderful photo donated by the Oxenden family shows a group of surfer girls chilling out in the beach hut at St Ouens Bay, Jersey in the mid to late 1920s. Check out the surfboards racked up and the surf photo on the wall. Standing (left) is Dot Martin, Pat Oxenden in the centre and ……»
Surfboards: Coffin Lid 1920
added to the website on Jun 06, 2010
This is a so-called “coffin lid” surfboard from around 1920. They picked up their name because the undertaker Tremewan in Perranporth, Cornwall, saw a niche in the market with the growth in surfing after the First World War and started producing them. However, this wasn’t the only place they were being made as a Mr ……»
Photographs: Nigel Oxenden 1923
added to the website on Jun 01, 2010
Nigel ‘Oxo’ Oxenden started the Island Surf Club of Jersey in 1923 after picking up surfing on his travels to Hawaii. This photo from the Oxenden family collection shows Oxo in the early 1920s with his surfboard which is currently on loan to the Museum of British Surfing. It features a leash made from sash ……»