Merewether Surfboard Club is one of the oldest, most successful and certainly the most enduring surfboard club. The Club had its origins in the original ‘Merewether Board Club’, a group that came together in January 1960 under the guidance of Jim Newburn’s father – Jim Snr. The core of this group went on to form ‘Beachniks’, a colourful group of pioneers who were to rule Merewether for the next couple of years. The Newcastle Surfboard Association was formed in 1963 and for a time, there was no formalised Club at Merewether. In June 1964, the Club as we know it today was born. The Club has run without recess or name change ever since.