Gail (Sheath) Broomfield

Gail (Sheath) Broomfield

I suppose I have always considered myself a surfer. I was brought up in Joberg, South Africa, but holidays on the coast at Morgans Bay and Port St Johns near Durban always involved belly boarding on the wooden boards. It was in Port St Johns in 1970 that I spotted...
French Customs confiscate Surfboard

French Customs confiscate Surfboard

The French Customs Story by Pat Morrell The story behind the French customs receipt is that is in 1973 Mike Hutchinson and I with our wives and Hutch’s 18 moth old daughter went to SW France for the summer holiday.  We intended going on into Spain hoping to find less...