The Collection: Recent donations
Many thanks to all of you who have kindly donated to the Museum collection. The items below are some of our most recent and noteworthy donations.
Memorabilia: Local Motion boardshorts 1986
added to the website on Jun 02, 2010
Bought by Nick Paden (Yorkshire, England) on a trip to Hawaii in 1986 from the Local Motion shop in Honolulu these were the height of surfing fashion in the 80s, and some companies are now referencing the day-glo style for their ‘new’ designs.
Print: British surfing championships programme 1973
added to the website on Jun 01, 2010
This is the cover for the programme of the 1973 British surfing championships held at Freshwater West in Pembrokeshire and featuring an awesome photo of Welshman Pete Jones surfing.
Print: European surfing championships advert 1969
added to the website on Jun 01, 2010
This is an advert on the back cover of the programme for the 1969 European surfing championships held in Britain. It shows sponsorship by a cigarette company that was quite common at the time, but wouldn’t be allowed today.
Photographs: Hobart Braddick c1918
added to the website on Jun 01, 2010
This photo is of Hobart Braddick (left on screen) on Westward Ho! beach in North Devon in the early 1900s – his family believes it was taken before World War One, and the exact date is still being researched but is thought to be around 1918. It’s one of the earliest images found so far ……»
Photographs: Lewis Rosenberg 1929
added to the website on Jun 01, 2010
Lewis Rosenberg made his own 8 foot surfboard from solid wood around 1929, and filmed himself and his friends teaching themselves to surf standing up in Cornwall. This image is a frame from the movie. Lewis had no plans, or a surfboard shaper to turn to – he saw surfing on a ‘newsreel’ in a ……»
Wetsuits: Homemade wetsuit 1970
added to the website on May 26, 2010
This wonderful ‘beaver tail’ wetsuit jacket was homemade around 1970, and it was donated along with wetsuit trousers, spare material, the original suppliers’ brochure and full patterns for how to make it! The yellow tape covering the seams is there to try to help keep the chilly British sea water out. The first commercial surfing ……»
Surfboards: Powers Surfboards 1964
added to the website on May 25, 2010
When this board was shaped around 1964 boards were called ‘malibu’ boards or just surfboards – the term longboard didn’t really come into play until the 1980s when people wanted to differentiate between the ‘older’ style of board (usually 9 to 10 feet long) and the ‘modern’ shortboard. Bob Powers was based in Mortehoe on ……»