Jackman, Dave
Bluff and matey 1960s big-wave surfer from Sydney, Australia. Jackman was born (1940) and raised in the beachfront Sydney suburb of Manly Beach, and began surfing at age 12. He was a 21-year-old surfboard factory worker when he took on the Queenscliff Bombora, a much-feared reefbreak on Sydney's northside, on June 6, 1961. As the slender, blond-haired Jackman knee-paddled alone into the 15-foot s...
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Dave Jackman, 1962. Photo: Bob WeeksSubscribe to view
Dave Jackman, Haleiwa. Photo: Bob EvansSubscribe to view
Dave Jackman, Queenscliff Bombora, 1961. Photo: Ron PerrottSubscribe to view
Dave Jackman (left) and Peter Way; 1969 magazine adSubscribe to view
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Dave Jackman
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Dave Jackman
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Dave Jackman, 1962. Photo: Bob Weeks
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Dave Jackman, Haleiwa. Photo: Bob Evans
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Dave Jackman, Queenscliff Bombora, 1961. Photo: Ron Perrott
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Dave Jackman (left) and Peter Way; 1969 magazine ad