Photo 1 : The first surfboards in Biarritz 1957-58
The first balsa board brought by the scenarist Peter Viertel in 1957

Photo 2 : Biarritz : Movie stars start surfing
Carlos Dogny, peruvian champion, starts the Waikiki Surf Club in 1958 with Michel Barland, Jackie Rott, Joël de Rosnay, Jo Moraïz...

Photo 3 : Results of the first surfing France Championship (September, 14 1960)
Results : 1st, J. de Rosnay ; 2nd, M.Barland ;  3rd, A. Plumcoq ; 4th, P. Laharrague ; 5th, J. Moraïz...

Photo 4 : Preparation of the first European Surfing Championship (press articles)

Photo 5 : J. de Rosnay, Grande Plage during the European Surfing Championship 1961

Photo 6 : John Severson's letter to Joël ( Novembre, 11, 1961)
John Severson, Chief Editor of the Surfer Magazine, discovers the quality of French surf and suggest the publication of an article on French surf in his magazine. This article, published in 1962, contributed to attract many foreign surfers in France.

Photo 7 : Catherine Deneuve takes a surfing lesson. (september 1962)
Catherine Deneuve, the famous french movie star takes her first surfing lesson with Joël at the Chambre d'Amour beach in Anglet.

(More to come !...)