NEW ZEALAND '59: THE ACCIDENTAL SHORTBOARD
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/f1hjpcr4/production/e62fa7cb3a2793a031fe90e62ab812934eaff784-1280x720.jpg?w=1280&h=720&q=65&auto=format)
Mike Cooney, one of the original wave-riders from Northland, New Zealand, got in touch with me a few years back and over the course of a few emails, photos included, explained how surfing came to his area in the late 1950s. What Mike described was in most ways the standard gung-ho teenage DIY surfing-origin story—except for the boards. Through some combination of luck and intuition, Mike and his f...
Subscribe or Login
Plans start at $5, cancel anytimeTrouble logging-in? Contact us.