SURF-STEEDING AND SPEEDING.-A photograph from Venice, but not the Venice of stately canals. This is from the beach resort of that name in California and her we see one of the national sports in progress. Venice, California, between competitions for the most beautiful bathing-girls and the handsomeat lifeguards, indulges in this exhilarating pastime. Mermaids skimover the surf on see monsters made of rubber. These are attached by ropes to speeding motor-boats. Those who fail to see any thrill in this picture are advised to try the sport !
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 744, 17 August 1929, Page 21
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87SURF-STEEDING AND SPEEDING.-A photograph from Venice, but not the Venice of stately canals. This is from the beach resort of that name in California and her we see one of the national sports in progress. Venice, California, between competitions for the most beautiful bathing-girls and the handsomeat lifeguards, indulges in this exhilarating pastime. Mermaids skimover the surf on see monsters made of rubber. These are attached by ropes to speeding motor-boats. Those who fail to see any thrill in this picture are advised to try the sport! Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 744, 17 August 1929, Page 21
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