The Surfers

From the collection of

The Box
Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

The Surfers


This film takes an interesting look at the developing surf scene in Cornwall's Newquay and St Ives. In interview the main protagonists include a brother and sister from Australia, Brian Schofield at Bilbo surfboards and the Surf Insight magazine editor and distributor which had been set up in the sixties as one of the first British magazines dedicated solely to surfing. The Museum of British Surfing (MOBS) opened in 2013 in Braunton to showcase British surfing heritage.


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