Australian Surf Board Association (ASBA)

Surfing organization founded in 1945, led by Sydney board-builder Frank Adler. Australian surfing had up to that point been regarded as an auxiliary to the popular and somewhat autocratic Surf Life Saving Association of Australia (SLSAA). The breakaway Australian Surf Board Association (ASBA) wanted to focus on wave-riding only, instead of lifeguarding. Further, the new group had little or no inte...