Surf City, Sydney

Here’s an early stab at a surfboard history wishlist… (with plenty more to come)

1950s

tom blake hollow paddler
16′ toothpick racer
late 40s quigg/kivlin/rochlen ‘malibu’
foil shaped balsa gun (as demonstrated in ’56 by US lifesavers)
dillon (velzy style) gel coated pig
dave nuuhiwa noserider
woods hollow ockanui

1960s

bennett foam/glass mal
geoff cater’s 62 recessed stringer, hollow mal
dillon gun for queenscliff bombie
keyo balso hot dog ’63 (ie midget makaha)
hayden thin railed hot dogger ’64 (ie midget manly)
cabell model mal by mcdonagh ’64
dave nuuhiwa style noserider model
multi stringer phil edwards inspired model

woods ’64 island design mal
keyo mctavish ‘sam’ style ’66
woods involvement model ’67
mctavish gun style stubbie
greenough style spoon
vee bottom stubbie (wide tail)
stubbie pin tale
rounded pin
tracker/pocket rocket

1970s

lynch involvement model
super egg – double ender
rounded pin, down rails
twin fin ’71
fitzgerald speed model, worthington spray
shane/farrelly standard (white kite)
swallow tail
stinger, channelled, etc
thruster