by ANSM-Admin | Feb 7, 2024 | Latest News
In looking to refurb and update the museum one of the themes we will be exploring is People and Place. There is certainly a LOT locally to celebrate, a pretty epic place, steeped in surfing history, with a raft of interesting characters . . . I love this photo taken...
by ANSM-Admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Latest News
Simon Anderson’s Thruster is The Most Significant Design Innovation of the past 100 years, ushering in a new era of wave shredding performance and eventually becoming the most copied board design in history. Over the past 50 years, the majority of surfboard design...
by ANSM-Admin | Dec 4, 2021 | Latest News
An old saying goes: “Believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see.” It’s not bad advice these days considering some of what goes on with the internet. This though is a story of one of the most iconic images from Australian surfing history, and how...
by ANSM-Admin | Nov 27, 2021 | Latest News
ISABEL LETHAM History can be a slippery beast, to a large degree we only know what we know, in time historical focus can become quite tight ignoring a broader, more detailed past. As time inserts distance between events and recollections, things can get lost,...
by ANSM-Admin | Nov 19, 2021 | Latest News
Harry Wicke was Australian surfboard champion in 1939, he loved the beach, surfing, and was actively involved in the local Surf Life Saving club. But darker days were looming on the world stage, troubled times that would unfairly impact Harry, his idyllic coastal life...
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...
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