Surf Followers

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.

Surf Followers


Hawaiian surfer and lifeguard Jack Lydgate discusses the growing potential for surfing in Cornwall. In the summers of 1965 and 1966 Australian and American lifeguards were taken on because they were experienced surfers. Some like Jack gave surfing lessons and the sport was growing so safety was of paramount importance. Jack was among the first to take on the Cribbar, a reef creating big thirty feet waves at Towan Head off Newquay.


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