Surfin Systems was founded by Chris Beacham who first started surfing in 1957 on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Working in Rodney Sumpter's Nth Avalon surfboard garage workshop circa 1959 with Rodney and Mick Mabbott.. ('in my view the two most underrated surfers in Australian surf history and it's the industry's loss that they did not continue in surfboard making...' ) fixing dings, fitting fins and recolouring balsa and foam boards.