Surf Life-Saving SURF-BOARD RIDING

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29908, 23 August 1962, Page 15

Surf Life-Saving SURF-BOARD RIDING

Threat Seen To Association

Surf-board riding for pleasure constituted the biggest threat the surf life-saving movement had ever faced, the president of the Canterbury Surf LifeSaving Association (Mr S. D. Tarrant) said at a meeting of the association last night.

Reporting on a discussion on the subject at the annual meeting of the New Zealand association last month. Mr Tarrant said that pleasure seekers in parts of the North Island travelled up to 300 miles to find a suitable surf. Board riding was growing in popularity, and the surf movement should bring the surf-board devotees "into the fold.” he said.

The national body was not in favour of forming boardriding clubs, but felt that existing surf clubs had something to offer the pleasure seekers. Mr Tarrant added. Mr S. B. Mason, the recentlyelected president of the New Zealand association, said a tendency to form board-riding clubs existed in the North Island. An effort should be made to bring this branch of the sport within the surfing movement at at early stage, rather than let it become a threat.