West, Claude
Australian surfing pioneer from Sydney's Manly Beach; winner of the national surfing championship from 1919 to 1924. West was born (1898) in Sydney, raised in Manly, and began bodysurfing as a child. He was on the beach when Hawaiian surfer and swimmer Duke Kahanamoku gave a wave-riding demonstration at nearby Freshwater in 1914, using a nine-foot board he made himself from a slab of sugar pine; t...
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Claude West, Freshwater, 1916. Photo courtesy of Freshwater Surf Live Saving ClubSubscribe to view
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Claude West, third from left, 1919Subscribe to view
Claude West, 1925Subscribe to view
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Duke Kahanamoku at Freshwater, Australia, 1914Subscribe to view

Claude West, Freshwater, 1916. Photo courtesy of Freshwater Surf Live Saving Club

Claude West

Claude West, third from left, 1919

Claude West, 1925

Claude West, 1925

Duke Kahanamoku at Freshwater, Australia, 1914