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Collectable Surfboards, Part 2. — McKenzies Auctioneers

Auction House:McKenzies AuctioneersNumber of lots recorded:114
Sale Title:Collectable Surfboards, Part 2.Lots with images:110
Auction Location:PerthPrices available:111
Date:20-Oct-2015
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Hohensee Single Stringer 9 feet x 23.5 inches. 1966, made in Queensland. Red gloss coat with white competition stripes. Good condition.
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McTavish Classic Single Fin 6 feet 6 inches x 20 inches round tail. Excellent condition.
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Farrelly early 1970 Single Fin. An original 1971 single fin by the great Midget Farrelly, Australian World Champion surfer. This 6 feet x 19 inches is one of the original 'S' deck shortboards from this important period In surfing history and would be right at home in any serious collection. This board is unrestored with only a few small dings that have been repaired, and it's straight with no delaminations, and with a hole in the fin for a legrope.
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Balsa Mal 9 feet 2 inches long x 20.5 inches. Circa 1958/59. All original one owner, unknown shaper/brand. Light blue pigment all over, red fin on tails edge
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Barry Bennett Squaretail A mid '70s single fin squaretail by the respected Sydney surf factory, Bennetts. 6 feet 8 inches x 19 inches. Has had a few dings repaired and is a bit brown on the bottom, but the deck still shows well.
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Barry Bennett Yellow Swallow Tail 7 feet x 19 inches single fin 1974. Very good condition
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Bing Surfboards Made in America for the Australian market. 7 feet 10 inches long x 21.5 inches wide, 1969 This single stringer, pin tail single fin has the Bing logo with the kangaroo on one section. With the wave set fin box and large raked red fin, this is an unusual board. Whilst made for the Australian market it never left the American shores until recently.
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Blaxell Single Fin Pintail, 6 feet 7 inches x 20 inches, 1974. Attractive colours with Tom's unique logo
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Bob Brown Single Fin Any fractures or dings have been repaired the old school way and the shape is by Rico., measures 6 feet x 19.5 inches and features fluted flyers and nice original fiberglass fin in the box, plus a fabulous period spray. 1976. Condition-this rates a healthy 8/10
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Paipo Body Board Floral Design Floral design on bottom, twin fin. Made in Portsea, Victoria.
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Plywood Body Board 4 feet 6 inches x 17 inches. 1940's with handle made by Wards boat builder in Cottesloe. Later famous for Australia's Americas Cup Winner.
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Brothers Neilsen Shaped by Rick Neilsen for their Surfers Paradise shop circa 1976., measures 6 feet 11 inches x 19 1/2 inches and is totally original and unrestored.
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Byrning Spears Epoxy Thruster c.1980's Al Byrne. Experimental plastic surfboard. Possible connection with McTavish.
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Cole Single Stringer Longboard 9 feet 9.5 inches x 23 inches. Circa 1965. Square Tail. Average condition.
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Cooper Single fin Swallow tail shaped by Richie West This is a great example of a mid 70s Cooper single fin shaped by American surfer Richie West, and it's a fine rider. Has West's interpretation of the concave bottom that was so successful in California's waves and still used by some of today's top shapers such as Dick van Straalen., measures 6 feet 6 inches x 20 inches with plenty of nose area. West's design was known as the Bullett Model and for good reason. Apart from the rails being touched up this is…
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Cordingley Red Stripe Mal Single fin, square tail 9 feet 6 inches long x 22 inches, red stripes with white band-1965. Good condition.
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Cordingley Swallow Tail 6 feet 9 inches x 20 inches. Circa 1976. This single stringer was shaped and signed by Bob Monkman. Green top and bottom with yellow pin stripe on deck.
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DHD Stephanie Gilmore Competition Board 6 feet 5 inches long x 18 1/8 inches. Ridden by Steph during the 3rd World Title 2010. Thruster with pink deck grip, signed by Stephanie.
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DHD Swallow Tail shaped by Maurice Cole, Jake Paterson personal board Ridden by Jake in competition. This board is extremely light. Features the snake logo, crescent tail and thruster design. Length 5 feet 11 inches
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Dick Brewer Gun Three stringer, single fin pintail. 9 feet 10 inches x 20 inches. Attractive plum red in colour with black fin. Made by Dick in 2010 during his visit to Noosa for the surf festival. A prime example by the master shaper.
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Dick Brewer Pipeline Series 9 feet 4 inches x 23 1/2' Manufactured 2010, personally shaped by Dick.
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Dick Brewer-Sam Hawk 6 feet 10 inches x 19 inches, 1972 model Under the tutelage of Dick Brewer, Sam Hawk emerged as one of Brewer's best proteges of the 70's. Sam's shapes became highly demand throughout the era. Superb example of the flat deck, full rail school of design, this swallow tail, single fin features dark blue tint bottom and lapis, blue tint glass on fin, light blue tint deck with ink lines and resin pin line, with the Brewer logo, Sam's signature and board number '045' on the blank.
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Dick van Straalen Single Fin This is a 7 feet 1 x 19 inches gem in original unrestored condition, and as such is a very rare board. Has a fin box with a nice handfoiled glass fin as well, made c.1977. Condition-A good 8/10 as it's had a few minor dings repaired but has not been restored.
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Don Burford Single Fin Gun Pintail gun 6 feet 10 inches x 19 inches. Great looking board. Immaculate condition.
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Downing Hawaii Single Fin A rare mid 70s single fin from one of the most influential shapers in Hawaii, the legendary George Downing 1974. Condition-an honest 7/10 with a few minor dings that are repaired plus some deck depressions and sunburn. A very rare board in this country that displays well.
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Dragan 'Get Air' model 6 inches x 19 inches. Shaped in the 1980's this thruster has a water channel from just under the nose tip and exiting through the board in the middle of the three fins. Designed to reduce drag and create lift at the rear of the board.
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Egan Cole Smith model Pintail single fin. 6 feet 1 inches x 20 inches shaped by Col Smith. Has double flyers and a channel bottom. Immaculate condition.
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Egan Stringerless Mal 9 feet 6 inches long x 23.5 inches. All clear V bottom, volan glass, circa 1968 Excellent condition.
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Etherington Channel Single Fin Circa 1981 by the talented Tony Eltherington. This has likely been a custom or else a personal board as it's got a textured deck without any gloss coat. Lighter and easy to wax, and in 9/10 condition. Perhaps the red has been added recently to maybe cover a ding or two., measures 6 feet 1 inches x 19 inches x 2.5 inches.
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Energy Thruster Flyer Swallow Tail 6 feet 3.5 inches x 20 inches shaped by Simon Anderson in 1988. Yellow fade deck with great logo on nose, clear bottom.
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Fluid Foils & Shane Quad Fin From 1981 in 9/10 condition. 5 feet 9 inches x 20 inches shaped by Tony McDonagh for Fluid Foil and Shane Surfboards. Great spray, channel bottom, cool decals and 4 fins.
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Glastron Industries Solid Balsa 8 feet 1 inches x 19.25 inches. Circa 1958. Excellent condition.
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Glen Winton Four Fin Channel Bottom 6 feet x 20.5 inches. 1981. Excellent condition.
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Goodtime Semi Gun Single Fin 7 feet 8 inches x 20 inches. This single stringer has a rounded square tail and a great logo. 1973
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Gordon & Smith Bondi Underground Pintail single fin. 6 feet 10 inches x 20 inches. 1974 Brad Mayes was the Bondi Underground in his radical approach to surfing and life in general. Yellow/red deck with pin stripes. All red bottom. Great design and logo. Shaped by Brad Mayes. Excellent condition.
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Gordon & Smith Bronzed Aussies, Ian Cairns 7 feet 6.5 inches x 20 inches, pintail single stringer, Australian colours With Bronzed Aussies sticker and Ian's own kangaroo motif. Kanga was king at sunset, PT was World champ and the Bronzed Aussies ruled. It was a moment in history and this board captures it. Designed for the chunky waves in which Ian excelled. From an era that was based on the movie 'Knocking Down the Door' 1976.
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Gordon & Smith Pintail Single fin shaped by Robert Conneley. 6 feet 10 inches x 20.5 inches, yellow deck, white pin stripes and blue bottom. 1975.
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Gordon & Smith Single Fin 6 feet x 20 inches, round tail with flyers. A Peter Townend/Tubeshooter. Shaped by Peter Townend, 1973. Dolphin logo, white panel deck, red bottom.
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Gordon & Smith Single Fin Stringer Gun 7 feet 3 inches x 20 inches, 1977. All time stinger swallow tail by Steve Griffiths. All blue pigment. Immaculate example.
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Gordon Woods Single Stringer, With Competition strips 9 feet 8 inches x 22 inches. Average condition. Circa 1963/64
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Gordon Woods Single Stringer 9 feet 7 inches x 22 inches. Built in 1961, this board is in absolutely original condition and had one owner until purchased in 2010. Clear with blue competition stripes, with early raked fin. Signed by Gordon Woods. A fine example.
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Greg Laurenson Single Fin This round tail board is 6 feet 8 inches long x 21.5 inches wide. Red in colour with Greg's dolphin logo, it is a great example. 1976.
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Hansen by Gerry Lopez Shaped by master shaper Gerry Lopez when working for Hansen Surfboards. 7 feet 1.5 inches long x 21 inches wide. This single stringer, single fin, round tail is a good example of Gerry's work, circa 1972. Blue bottom with clear deck.
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Hardy Single Fin Gun Pintail 7 feet x 20 inches. Shaped by Tony Hardy at Margaret River. Great condition.
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Hollow Plywood Paddle/Surfboard '50s Australian crafted 'cigar box' type paddle- Surfboard. Original example of a multi-purpose hollow surf craft constructed of marine plywood and timber. 8 feet x 23 inches model, well-constructed using nails not screws, and a varnish finish. Solid timber keel type skeg and a bung in the tail. Often these plywood boards were built at boatbuilding yards between bigger jobs, and many were used as stand-up paddle surfboards, particularly in Victoria and South Australia. They…
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Hollow Wooden Ply Okinui 7 feet 9 inches long. From the 40's with a wild and wacky 60's paint job.
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Hollow wooden 'Toothpick' by Barry Jarrott and Stan Smith 16 feet 5 inches long overall. Made by Barry and Stan in 1960. Paddled in competition by Barry (Young Duke) Jarrott for Cottesloe Surf Club. Wooden Dowls to save weight. Excellent condition.
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Hot Buttered Twin Fin 1975 model shaped by Frank Williams, measures 6 feet 3 inches x 19.5 inches and it's quite narrow in the tail with the fins really close together. Condition-7.5/10 Very similar to a few longer Hawaiian twinnies, except for the flyers. An interesting board with a cool spray job and the famous Hot Buttered logo.
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Hot Stuff Allan Bryne Design A 5 feet 10 inches x 20 inches flyer rounded pin design by master shaper Al Bryne. Was a custom for Currumbin surfer Ray Sawtell, and dates from around 1978. It's a lightweight model from the Hot Stuff factory, where the Rabbit single fins were also produced during the late '70s. This is a total original one owner by one of the most respected surfer shapers in the country. Beautiful original timber and glass fin. Condition-8/10
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Hot Stuff Peter Townend board 6 feet 6 inches x 20 inches. 1975. This is one of them that he has had signed over the last few years. Condition-8/10
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Hot Stuff Single Fin Wayne Rabbit Bartholemew 6 feet 1 inches x 20 inches. Single fin round tail, ridden by Rabbit and signed by him. Very good condition.
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Tom Hoy Precision Equipment Single Fin Shaped by Tom Hoy this single fin, channel bottom, with double flyers and a swallow tail has a stepped bottom around the fin area. One of Tom's Experimentals. 5 feet 11 1/2 inches x 21 inches. 1978.
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Hoye Single Fin 6 feet 8 inches x 19 inches. 1973 Pintail, shaped by Tom Hoye when based at Yallingup. With Tom's Indian on horseback logo.
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Jacko Single Fin Swallow Tail 6 feet 8 inches x 18.5 inches. 1973.
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Jacko Single Stringer Thruster 6 feet x 21 inches. Flyer round tail. Mint condition. Circa 80's.
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Joel Parkinson Kustom Competition Board 6 feet 1.5 inches long x 19 inches thruster. 2010 Ridden and signed by Joel Parkinson as one of his competition boards. Excellent condition.
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Kaimanu 'Green' Board This board is environmentally friendly. Made from Bio foam, which is soy based. 100% hemp cloth with various weight ratios of 5.9ounce to 4.6ounce with low v.o.c. epoxy and finished with linseed bio resin. The hemp has a natural memory flex and is stronger in tensile strength and strength to weight ratio than that of fibreglass. 5 feet 10.5 inches long x 18 inches wide. Made by Chad Jackson. Attractive logo and is extremely light in weight.
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Kiama Surfboards Mike David Designs Shaped by Billy Tollhurst Pintail single fin with flyers 7 feet 2 inches long x 19.5 inches. yellow with great design on bottom and logo on deck. Excellent condition.
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Aragorn Pintail Single Fin 1975 Aragorn pintail from Kirra in Queensland. Shaped by Bill Robertson. 6 feet 10 inches x 19 inches it's a classic Kirra Point model. The overall condition is very good and could easily be improved on.
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Klemm-Bell Pintail Single Fin 7 feet x 19 inches with flyers. Blue bottom with sunrise deck, circa 1975.
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Kneeboard-Energy Thruster Simon Anderson Thruster kneeboard 1980 likely fairly rare., measures 5 feet 6 inches x 23 inches. Condition-6/10 with obvious repairs and depressions.
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Kneeboard-George Greenough Design Spoon Very attractive design work. Great condition. 4 feet 8 inches x 20 inches. A fine example of the spoon, 1969.
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Kneeboard-George Greenough Flextail A rare Greenough Design flextail made in the Sky factory at Byron Bay by Michael Cundith and George around 1976. A rare collaboration by a great designer and a top shaper., measure 5 feet 7 inches x 22 inches with a single fin box and a rare polycarbonate Greenough type fin, with a concave hull design. Condition-7/10 as a significant ding repair on the bottom, plus a few minor dings and fractures, but totally original and still displays well.
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Kneeboard-Hoye Spoon-Precision Equipment Spoon 5 feet 7 inches x 22 inches. Shaped by Tom Hoy in his shop at Yallingup. Tom was recognised as introducing the twin fin to Australia from America. He shaped many boards during his stint at Yallingup and Margaret River where he now resides, circa 1969.
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Legend Point Longboards shaped by Rooster Shaped by Darrell Dell (Rooster). This board is Palonia veneer with foam centre and balsa rails. Three mahogany stringers with thruster fin set up. Real craftsman's product with nose and tail blocks in mahogany. 10 feet x 23.5 inches x 3 inches
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Len Dibben Pintail Single Fin Attractive yellow and orange spray job. This 7 feet 4 inches x 21 inches is a great example of one of Len's boards.
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Lightning Bolt Gun by Rory Russell 8 feet 4 inches long x 20 inches wide. This attractive swallow tail, single stringer has yellow top with red rails and bottom with lightning bolts in contrasting colours, both top and bottom. Singed by Rory Russell, this is a great example of his workmanship. One of the legends of Hawaiian surfing.
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Mark Richards Bat Tail 6 feet 3 inches x 21 inches. Fairly rare c. 1980
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McCoy Lazor Zap Only 5 feet 6 inches X 19.5 inches. An iconic shape by Geoff McCoy from 1982/3 Made famous by the outrageous surfing of Cheyne Horan. The fact that they got together with the late Ben Lexan on the winged keel style 'star fin' makes these little boards super collectable both here and overseas. Condition-8/10
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McCoy Tri Zap. An original unrestored three finner design by Geoff McCoy., measures 6 feet 2 inches x 19.5 inches and a custom order from 1983 in amazing condition. Great period spray, lots of cool decals and one of the longest tri zaps. Condition-9/10. Rare models in this condition rarely come onto the market.
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McGrigor Pintail single fin made in Brookvale. 7 feet long x 20 inches. A speed machine with original old style leg rope fitted through fin, circa 1973
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McGrigor Single Fin Swallow Tail 6 feet long x 20 inches. Shaped by Barry King. Restored, white pigment deck, blue pigment bottom with pin lines, circa 1970 model.
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McTavish Sky Bluebird Twin Fin 1979 model. Swallow tail with flyers. Signed and shaped by Bob McTavish. 5 feet 11 inches long x 20.5 inches.
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McTavish Tri Fin. An original tri-fin or 3 finner from the early 1980s period and shaped by Bob McTavish. It measures 6 feet 1 inches x 19 inches and features a regular single fin along with two small stabilizer fins. Bob was at the forefront of the whole short board revolution and his early shapes are very collectable.
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Michael Peterson-Fangtail (Replica) 6 feet 2 inches x 20 inches. Fangtail replica of the board that Michael made famous in 1974, when he won the Pa Bendall Memorial Contest on the Sunshine Coast. Michael says he only built 5 fangtails in '74 as they took so long to shape and the glasser and sander hated having to work on them because of all the grooves and corners.
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Michael Petersen-Morning of the Earth 5 feet 10 inches x 20 1/2 inches. M.O.T.E. model surfboard by the great Michael Petersen. Excellent condition.
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Morning Star Col Smith model Twin fin with flyers. 6 feet 4 inches long x 20 inches. Shaped by Col Smith. Has star logos top and bottom. Immaculate condition.
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Morning Star Stinger Fin 6 feet 9 inches long x 21 inches. Swallow tail, shaped by Col Smith (Narrabeen), circa 1975 scarce design example.
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Natural Joy Bamboo Twin Fin Crafted by the elusive Addy J, c.2009 from bamboo etc that he has growing on his property in the Tweed hinterland. This 6 feet x 21 inches twin fin was custom built for legendary Billabong and Reef 'free surfer' Brendan 'Margo' Margieson a few years back. To many Margo was the original professional free Surfer. Condition-9/10.
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Nipper Wiliams Circa 1969 short board by Nipper Williams of Brookvale, Sydney., measures 7 feet 8 inches x 21 inches and features a resin glue-up and a fabulous Greenough inspired plastic fin. Condition-very good with later added leg rope plug.
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Oceanic Single Stringer 9 feet 6 inches x 22 inches. 'D' fin, circa 1961 Custom built, orange and brown striping on deck. Clear bottom. Excellent condition.
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Odyssey Thruster Thruster with flyers. Bruce Smith design. Unusual Bell shaped tail with channels. 6 feet long x 20 inches. Good condition. Very unusual board.
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Outer Island Penta Fin Flextail 7 feet 6 inches x 19.5 inches x 2 11/16 inches. Shaped by Mitchell Rae, this flextail twin stringer. Finished in a very attractive red. Retro model. Excellent condition.
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Outer Island Surfboards Flextail 6 feet 7 inches x 20 inches. Shaped by the innovative Mitchell Rae, this 1980 replica flextail was a step ahead of the rest. Very pointy nose with flextail at rear and single fin with one stringer. A great example of workmanship and art on a very practical and responsive surfboard.
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Phil Usher Double Flyer Swallow 5 feet 10 inches x 20 inches. Double flyer swallow channel bottom single fin Circa. 1978 Phil and Nev Hyman were originally based in WA doing Odyssey Surfboards.
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Red Hot Sticks Single Fin Pintail-Barry Day 6 feet 11 inches long x 21 inches. Red Hot Sticks is Ian Cairns' own label and this board was shaped by him for Barry Day, a WA Champion, circa 1975. Quite rare
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Reno Abellira Gun 9 feet 5 inches x 19.25 inches. Hawaii Surfboards pintail gun, attractive yellow gloss. Shaped by the master shaper, Reno Abellira in 2011.
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Richard Harvey Surf Company Burleigh Heads Swallowtail 6 feet 3 inches x 20 inches, circa 1977. Shaped by Australian champ Dick Harvey for The Burleigh Surf Company. Apparently only surfed a handful of times before storage out on the farm for over 30 years. Condition-9/10
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Richard Harvey Triple Stringer Thruster 8 feet x 21.5 inches. Made by Richard in 2008. This very attractive board has three stringers and a timber tail block. Attractive red board with white pin stripes surrounding the stringers.
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Rip Curl Single Fin Wayne Lynch Shaped and signed by Wayne Lynch, circa 1976/77 5 feet 11 inches long x 20 inches. Swallow tail with flyers. Very clean and attractive board.
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Ron Custom Longboard 9 feet 9 inches x 21.5 inches. Estimated 1961, triple stringer D fin. Excellent condition.
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Sam Egan Egg by Neal Purchase This is an original example of a super short S deck egg that was meant as a standup board, measuring 4 feet 8 inches x 19 inches, circa 1970. As short as you could go and still stand up, and very rare along with the first generation short twin fins. Not a pop-out but hand shaped, with the fin glassed into a purpose-built glass fin box. Condition-rates a 6/10 with plenty of repaired dings and sunburn etc, but a rare and collectable board.
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San Juan Gun by Bob McTavish The bottom and rails have been sprayed with the deck left original, and then a fresh gloss coat applied. It had been hanging on the top of McTavish's shop wall 15 feet off the ground for four years. 6 feet 11 inches x 18 inches, circa 1972.
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San Juan Single Fin by Frank Latta 5 feet 10.5 inches long x 20 inches. Wide area pintail, shaped by Frank Latta. Yellow rail deck, red pinlines, blue fade spray. Famous script log. Circa 1978. Good condition.
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Scott Dillon Stringerless 8 feet 4 inches long x 24 inches. Stubb tail design. V bottom tail. Partly restored. Circa 1968.
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Shane by Paul Holmes Very rare shape by Paul Holmes with the famous MP tube logo and Shane surfboards overlay on the decal makes this a very collectable item. 6 feet 8 inches x 19.5 inches and about 3 inches thick. Condition : outstanding deck with no plug, 9/10, Unrestored.
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Shane Stinger by Bob Kennerson Here's a rare crescent head single fin shaped by Bob Kennerson in the early '70s for Shane. Several of the Sydney manufacturers opened outlets in country areas to get in on the soul scene, and this is a great example. C. 1974 A 7 feet x 20 inches stinger-type design diamond tail, red with red and yellow pin lines. Condition-7/10
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Sky Chris Brock A very unusual and original shape by Chris Brock that we'll call a double ender. 5 feet 8 inches x 20 inches with a round nose and two glassed on fins plus a glass removable tail fin, which would make it a versatile rider. Condition-7/10.
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Sky Stinger by Chris Brock This 6 feet 4 inches x 20 inches Brock designed stinger round tail is a very complex shape with various planning surfaces and subtle concaves. 1975. Chris Brock is one of the most innovative shapers in Australia and was influenced by his long-time friend And designer George Greenough. This board reflect many of their shared ideas from the 70s period. Condition-the decks a healthy 8/10 but the bottom has met with a few Lennox rocks over the years and rates a 7/10. Has been kept…
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Southernman Surfboards 6 feet x 20 inches. Shaped for the Corner Surf Shop in Geraldton by Greg Antcliff, who was an ex-Newcastle boy and represented New South Wales. Named the Kalbarri Model, this was No.2 board that he shaped in 1976/77 while working at Geraldton. Designed for the Kalbarri Left, this is a tidy looking board, being a single fin with flyers. Attractive logos.
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