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Auction House:McKenzies AuctioneersNumber of lots recorded:111
Sale Title:Collectable Surfboards, Part 1.Lots with images:98
Auction Location:PerthPrices available:110
Date:21-Oct-2014
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Surfboard: Bill Wallace Wooden Okinui Surfboard, 1956. This hollow wooden surf board was possibly the first made in Australia. 10 feet 3 inches x 23½ inches. Excellent original condition. After watching a display by the American surfers on their balsa boards put on for the Melbourne Olympics, Bill went straight home and made one. Because balsa was not available in Australia he manufactured one from hollow ply. Previous to this all our surf boards being manufactured were of the 14 – 18 feet toothpick style.
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Surfboard: David Frame Balsa Mal, c. 1950s. 8 feet 10 inches x 22 inches. At 19 years of age he ordered the Burmese Balsa, purchased the glass and matting at Artarmon, Sydney and shaped this beauty. Immaculate condition, totally original.
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Surfboard: Hollow Plywood, c. 1940 feet s. 6 feet x 18 inches, hollow core, timber construction. Hand made white arrow deck.
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Surfboard: Sam Egan Vee Bottom, c. 1967. Stingerless, original unrestored condition, 7 feet x 24 inches, long fin. Shaped by Garry Hansen.
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Surfboard: Rick Surfboards Single Fin, 1968. Round tail 7 feet 10 inches x 24 inches. Wave set fin box. Clear foam construction. Made by Rick Stoner, Bing’s old partner. He broke away from the partnership in 1961. A recognised surfboard builder and lifeguard. He was one of the pioneers.
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Surfboard: Phil Edwards Single Stringer, 1968. A popular model by the legendry Phil Edwards. 9 feet 5 1/2 inches x 22 inches, square tail, single stringer, large raked fin. Attractive yellow rails with white top, yellow bottom with pin stripe and contrasting blue fin. Excellent condition
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Surfboard: OLE Olson Twin Fin, 1961. 8 feet 11 inches x 21 1/2 inches. Built in 1961 by Bob, he remembers only making one of these, one of the first ever twin fins. Double glass on fins and black stripes with OLE logo. Fully restored.
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Surfboard: Nipper Williams, David Treloar model, 1969. By David Treloar from an era when Nipper ruled Brookvale and Baddy was Manley’s biggest charger. 7 feet x 21 inches, plain bottom with yellow and purple inset deck, surround by green pinstripe. Long raking fin with waveset finbox.
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Surfboard: McTavish Morey-Pope Flextail, 1968. 6 feet 5 inches x 20 inches. The only one of its kind in existence, shaped by Bob in 1968, was a McTavish interpretation of the Greenough flextail. Has the Greenough foiled flex fin. Absolute immaculate condition.
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Surfboard: McDonagh Mal, 1966. 9 feet 3 inches x 22 inches. All original square tail, clear finish. Deep red fin, two blue logos. Excellent condition.
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Surfboard: Swimm Boats Balsa by Shepherd & Daniels, 1958. 7 feet x 19 inches, totally original. Shaped by the legendary Bob Shepherd, because of its small size this superb balsa was made as a girl’s board. Double redwood stringers offset, with high density foam fin. Aircraft fibreglass. These boards were only made for a 2 year period at the end of the balsa era in the late 50s and this is one of the cleanest ones still in existence. All original, untouched, unrestored.
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Surfboard: Hobie 'Leroy Ah Choy' model, 1968. 7 feet 6 inches x 22 inches. A very rare desirable Hobie Leroy Ah Choy model, transition shape. Unique in that it has a 'tri-plane' bottom with a flat pintail planning surface and a V tail. Yellow tint top and bottom with English racing green rails. Large Hobie Ah Choy laminates and designated Hawaii model. W.A.V.E. Set in fin box with superb removable fin. Leroy was one of Hawaii’s top competitors throughout the 60 feet s and is credited with introducing the…
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Surfboard: Hobie Corky Carroll 'Straight Arrow' Flextail, 1969. 7 feet 9 inches x 20 inches. Following the George Greenough revolution, this was Corky’s version of a regular straight arrow model with adapted scooped out deck and fully flex tail. This was a one off design and the only board of its kind made by Hobie. Corky was a multiple US title winner.
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Surfboard: Hobie 3 Stringer, 1963. Made at Dana Point, California, 9 feet 10 inches x 21 1/2 inches, square tail single fin. Great pin striping. Excellent condition.
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Surfboard: Greg Noll 'Da Cat' Model, 1967. 8 feet 10 inches x 23 inches. Greg Noll linked up with 'Da Cat', Mickey Dora, the controversial Prince of Malibu in 1966. It is said that Mickey had Reynolds Yater make him a Yater Spoon, so Mickey immediately took it to Greg to create his new model. Several unique features are the thin step deck, double channelled bottom, and the butterfly graphics hidden in the nose patch. This is a rare example because of its 8 feet 10 inches length.
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Surfboard: Gordon Woods Tracker, c. 1969. 8 feet x 22 1/2 inches. Very original condition, this board was made and signed by Gordon Woods personally. Excellent example of era
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Surfboard: Gordon Woods Single Stringer Single Fin, c. 1963. Wooden tail block, large single fin, made and signed by Gordon Woods. 9 feet 5 inches x 22 inches. Has large balsa stringer, flanked by redwood. Lovely example of Gordon’s work. Attractive twin red pin stripes.
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Surfboard: Gordie 'Middleweight' with 'Nose fin', 1967. 9 feet 8 inches x 23 inches. Towards the end of the long board era, anything went for design. This Gordie model featured a unique 'nose fin', that as the copy stated, 'provides the aggressive surfer with full range control'. This board has all the bells and whistles, step deck, floral pattern designs on deck, coloured foam T-band stringer and tail block, green tint bottom and lap with green tint fibreglass fin and of course the 'nose fin'. Original…
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Surfboard: Gill Twin Stringer, 1961. (T Band) clear with square tail, D fin, 10 feet x 22 inches. Very good condition
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Surfboard: Don Burford Single Fin, 1968. 7 feet 10 1/2 inches x 22 inches, pintail Tracker shape. Volan glass. Excellent condition.
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Surfboard: Cordingley Pintail, 1968. Original unrestored example of a '68 model Pintail Custom by Cordingley Surf Shop in Western Australia. 8 feet x 23 inches, stringerless, with a domed vee bottom and a long flexy Greenough style fin. Boards like this are much better left original. Not perfect but good condition.
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Surfboard: Bunker Spreckels 'The Fish', 1969. Shaped by Rick Value, 7 feet 7 inches long. Bunker Spreckels known as 'Surfing’s divine prince of decadence' was on the outer reaches of the design curve back in the late 60s. 'The Fish' represents that, with its full length concave and 'dolphin tips' tail. Shaped by Bunker’s room mate, Rick Value, it features psychedelic airbrush, balsa nose blocks, and dolphin fin. Designed for lift and speed. According to Value, Bunker loved this board at Tunnels on North…
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Surfboard: Bobby Brown Malibu, c. 1966. 9 feet 2 inches x 22 1/2 inches x 3 inches thick. A legendary surfboard rider who was one of the finalists in the 1964 World Titles and certainly the youngest rider there. According to Dave Smith, this was one of only 5 or 6 that he actually shaped before his death and also contained his hand and foot print that was placed when the laminate coat was applied. Longer than most of his other boards, which were generally around 8 feet 6 inches.
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Surfboard: Tony Dragan Art Surfboard, 2004. Single fin with finned rails at tail. This art board was made as a fundraiser for Tsunami victims. Great artwork, all hand painted on foam blank. It has the trademark, Tony Dragan fin, designed for less drag. 7 feet 2 inches x 19 1/2 inches.
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Surfboard: Dewey Webber,'Foil', 1970. Single Fin Single Stringer, 7 feet 5 inches x 21 inches,with unusual fin box and tail, scooped deck. Excellent condition
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Surfboard: Carabine Bonza, c. 1970 feet s. Carabine Bonza with Jim Davidson airbrush job. Round tail, 6 feet 4 inches x 20 inches. Rare with channels and placement of fins. Very good condition.
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Surfboard: Buzzy Kerbox Designs. Kailua Hawaii, 1976. Pintail with flyers, 6 feet x 20 inches, shaped by Buzzy himself, original fin.
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Surfboard: Blitz by Darryl Miller, 1981. 5 feet 10 inches x 20 inches. Double flyer swallowtail single fin with channel bottom. Blitz were the dominant brand for several years in the Tweed Coast area covering Byron north to the border, and were the brainchild of Fingal surfing identity Darryl Miller. This is a fantastic example of the style just before the thruster took over. Has a period spray by the legendary Jim Davidson.
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Surfboard: Beachley Thruster, 2010. Ridden by Layne as a competition board, 6 feet x 18 inches, extremely light, as most comp boards are. Signed by Layne. Clear board with pink stripes covering one third, both top and bottom.
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Surfboard: Weber Australia (Val Surf) Round Tail Single Fin, 1970. Made in the USA for the Australian market, 7 feet 6 inches x 22 inches. Single stringer with attractive logo and white and pink pin stripes. Special plug box fin. Excellent condition.
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Surfboard: UFO Erle Pedersen Surfboard, 1975. Has the original two-tone timber fins. A very small fin at the back and then a larger one, as well as the big fin. The deck is spooned out like a Greenough. 6 feet 7 inches x17 inches, shaped by Erle Pedersen. Illustrated, 'Tracks', front page, October 1975. Good condition, not perfect, dings repaired.
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Surfboard: Michael Peterson 80 feet s Model Single Fin, 1980. 6 feet 2 inches x 20 inches, flyer area pin single fin shaped by Michael Peterson and signed by MP in pencil on the foam. This board is in amazing condition and is a rare find. Condition: Totally original, not a restoration.
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Surfboard: Lightning Bolt shaped by Mark Richards, 1982. 7 feet 2 inches long. This was Mark Richard’s personal board that he rode in and won the 1982 Pipeline Masters. Features lightning bolts top and bottom with Mark’s personal sprayed fluorescent orange and green stripes. Oversized 'MR' logos, white glass on fin and inscription 'Rapid Transit', 'Sept 82 inches. This board was donated to the Honolulu Hard Rock Cafe where it hung for over 20 years. Signed by Mark and stating that he bought the blank in…
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Surfboard: Lightning Bolt by Bill Stonebraker, c. 1974. 8 feet 3 inches x 19 inches, single fin pintail gun. Timber laminated fin, attractive yellow bottom with yellow rails, white deck with lightning bolt. Bill Stonebraker Hawaii logo. Excellent condition
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Surfboard: Gordon Woods Single Fin, c. 1967/8. Stringerless 8 feet 11 inches x 24 inches, raking fin and unusual tail. Excellent condition. Very original
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Surfboard: Gordon & Smith - Peter Townend model, 1974. Shaped and signed by Peter, the 1976 world champion, this was one of his own boards. Coloured in his traditional pink, pronounced chine to the rails. Single fin, swallow tail. 7 feet x 19 inches.
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Surfboard: Don Burford Bonza, c. 1975. Bonza board from the Burford factory on the Gold Coast. Measures 7 feet 1 x 19 inches x 3 inches thick, possibly shaped by Neal Purchase or Al Byrne who were shaping there at the time, along with Michael Peterson and others. Condition: Original unrestored 9/10.
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Surfboard: Cordingley Square Tail, 1966. 9 feet 4 inches x 23 1/2 inches, excellent condition, single stringer. Made for Barry Jarrott.
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Surfboard: Cordingley’s Single Stringer Mal, c. 1966. 9 feet 6 inches x 23 1/2 inches, square tail. Very plain but immaculate. Condition – 9/10. Great display board
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Surfboard: Brian Jackson Malibu, 1966. Twin stringer with large hook fin, competition stripes, 9 feet 6 inches x 22 inches, with square tail
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