December 13, 2011

Life Guard Speeds to Drowning Swimmer on Motorized Surfboard (Jul, 1932)

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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jul, 1932
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Life Guard Speeds to Drowning Swimmer on Motorized Surfboard
SURFBOARD riders won’t have to depend on outboard motors or speed boats to pull them over the water in the future. Below is shown a motorized surfboard scooter recently invented in Australia. The small motor in the rear furnishes the power and also sets the board at the proper angle in the water. A good machine for life guards.

June 1, 2011

THESE SIMPLE HINTS WILL HELP YOU LEARN SURFBOARD RIDING (Jul, 1937)

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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jul, 1937
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How would you get a 21 foot long, 165 pound surfboard to the beach?

THESE SIMPLE HINTS WILL HELP YOU LEARN SURFBOARD RIDING

WHERE the sea throws itself shoreward in smooth, powerful swells, you will find the wave riders— bronzed, muscular swimmers who have studied well the whims of Father Neptune and know how to hitch their buoyant surfboards to the bounding water. Their shouts ring out above the thunder of breakers, as they stand upright on the polished planes of wood and rocket along on the forward slope of a swiftly advancing wave.
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