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Riding Hollow Boards in Australia During the 1940s

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Encyclopedia of Surfing

Blake, Tom
hollow surfboard
lifeguarding and surfing
plank surfboard

History of Surfing

Tom Blake Redesigns the Sport

Features

"MANUAL OF SURFBOARD TECHNIQUE" by TOM BLAKE (1935)
DIY 1939: BUILD A HOLLOW SURFBOARD
THAT EMPTY FEELING: AN ILLUSTRATED SERIES OF MOSTLY UNKIND THOUGHTS ON TOM BLAKE'S HOLLOW SURFBOARD

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 3-17-2019: BLAKE'S HOLLOW PROMISES; RIP DICK DALE AND GARY PROPPER
SUNDAY JOINT, 8-28-2022: IS THAT A RACING 16 IN YOUR POCKET OR ARE YOU JUST GLAD TO SEE ME?

Videos

1948 Maroubra Surf Carnival
Hollow Surfboard
Hollow Surfboard at Malibu, around 1940
Joseph "Scooter Boy" Kaopuiki
Palos Verdes Cove, 1930s