Larkin, Joe
Pioneering Australian surfboard manufacturer and archetypal back-slapping hard-drinking "surfie" of the 1950s and '60s. Larkin was born in Sydney (1933), and was taught how to bodysurf at a young age by his father. At nine he began board-riding, and by 15, already a skilled carpenter, he was building hollow plywood "toothpick" boards for himself and friends, working out of the family garage. "Ther...
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Joe Larkin, Queensland, mid-'60sSubscribe to view
Joe Larkin, Noosa, 1963Subscribe to view
Peter Townend on a Joe Larkin surfboard, 1968Subscribe to view
Joe Larkin Surfboards label, mid 1960sSubscribe to view
Joe Larkin Surfboards magazine ad, 1969Subscribe to view
Joe Larkin, Kirra, 1962Subscribe to view
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Joe Larkin, Queensland, mid-'60s
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Joe Larkin, Noosa, 1963
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Peter Townend on a Joe Larkin surfboard, 1968
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Joe Larkin Surfboards label, mid 1960s
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Joe Larkin Surfboards magazine ad, 1969
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Joe Larkin, Kirra, 1962