by ANSM-Admin | Oct 13, 2021 | Latest News
Arthur Parkyn may not be a name familiar to Australian surfers, but it should be. He facilitated one of the greatest shifts in Australian surfing history. A member of the Mooloolaba SLSA Arthur was chosen by the national surf life saving body to coach a Hawaiian team...
by ANSM-Admin | Oct 21, 2020 | Latest News
FROM THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE As the 1960s came to a close, the times were a changing, there was revolution in the air. It was a period of dramatic social change, everything was being questioned, and social norms were being turned on their heads. The summer...
by ANSM-Admin | Oct 21, 2020 | Latest News
THE BOARD THAT CHANGED THE SURFING WORLD Simon Anderson’s Thruster is surfboard is pretty much the most significant surfboard of the past one hundred years. This board ushered in a new era of performance and is the most copied and referenced design in history, let me...
by ANSM-Admin | Oct 21, 2020 | Latest News
MIGHTY MIGHTY KONG! In the mid seventies as pro surfing became more established, there was one surfer who definitely stood out from the crowd. Wearing hyper-coloured superhero inspired wetsuits and riding fully decorated surfboards, Newcastle’s Mark Richards was...
by ANSM-Admin | Oct 21, 2020 | Latest News
WHO INVENTED THE LEGROPE? For a very long time being a surfer meant you had to be super fit and a strong swimmer. For over sixty years in Australia the timber surfboards used were heavy and hard to handle. If you wiped out you had to be able to swim after your board...
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