pods for primates : a catalogue of surfboards in australia since 1900
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1914 Duke Kahanamoku, Alaia 8 ft 6"
1917  O. E. Downing Surf Shooting Board  8ft 5 1/2''
1920  Risby Bros. Prone board (Lamaroo), 3ft 6''
1930 Solid wood Bellyboard 4 ft 5''
1930 Solid wood Bellyboard 4 ft 3''
1930 McLaren Surf Ski, 
1933  Surf-o-plane ,  Dr Ernest Smithers
1933 Lou Morath's Paddleboard 14 ft 1"
1938 Lou Morath's Alaia, 8 ft 8"
1940  Racing 16 Paddleboard 16ft
1948 Prot Surf Ski  11ft 6''
1949 Kilvin - Quigg - Velzy 9 ft 10" Multi laminated balsa 
1950  Lamaroo 5ft 1''
1950  Lamaroo 5ft 6''
1956 Paipo, Balsa  3ft 8"
1956 Balsa Malibu 9ft
1958 Unknown Balsa Pig 8 ft 8''
1959 Scott Dillon Pig Malibu 9 ft 1''
1960  Paipo Bellyboard  2 ft 8''
1960 Plywood Bellyboard Twin fin 'Rocket'  4ft 6''
1960 Paipo by Farfor, 3 ft 5''  Tapa cloth laminated bottom
1960  Bill Wallace Balsa Bellyboard 4 ft
1963 Shane malibu 9 ft 7''
1963  Shane, Malibu 9 ft 3" 
1963 Ron, Malibu 9 ft 7"
1963 Surfboards Hawaii, Gun 11 ft 6" 
1963 Wally Caryle, Malibu 9ft 6" Balsa 
1963 Wally Caryle, Malibu 9 ft 3" Balsa 
1963  Barry Bennett, Bellyboard Twin fin 5ft 1"
1963 Skimboard by Blue Pacific 24'' (Diameter)
1964 King Step Tail
1964  McDonagh Twin Fin Kneeboard 4 ft 9''
1964 Wallace Belly/Knee board  5ft 3''
1964 Pacific Star by Dunlop Malibu 9ft 7''
1965 Ron Export Quality #4998  9 ft 7''
1965 Barry Bennett Malibu Double stringer 9 ft 4" 
1965  Gordon and Smith, Noserider 9 ft 7"
1965 Gordon Woods, Stringerless Malibu 9 ft 4"
1965 Hohnesse, Stringerless Malibu 9 ft 
1966 Gordon Woods Surfboards - Sam by Nat Young, 9 ft 4 ''
1966 Keyo, Malibu 9ft 5"
1966 Keyo - Bob McTavish Tailor Made 9ft 4 1/2''
1966 Gordon Woods,  Malibu  8ft 10"
1966 Gordon and Smith Bobby Brown model. Shaped by Floyd Smith. 9 ft 3''
1966  Bay Area Belly board 5 ft 5''
1967  Barry Bennett  Kneeboard 5 ft 7''
1967 Gordon Woods Stringerless Wide Tail,  8ft 7'' 
1967 Scott Dillon Spoon nose - Diamond Tail 8 ft 11''
1967  Wallace, V bottom 7 ft 8" 
1967  Hayden  8 ft Vee Bottom Robert Conneeley Spaceship
1967 George Rice, Vee bottom 9ft 
1967 Gordon and Smith,  Vee Bottom 7 ft 7"
1968 Shane Stringerless Vee bottom 8 ft
1968 WM, V-bottom 8 ft 3"
1968 WM, Pin tail 8 ft 1" Stringerless
1968 Scott Dillon, Stringerless Pintail 8 ft 3"
1968  George Rice, Double ender 7ft 10" 
1968 Gordon Woods Tracker 8ft
1968  Gordon Woods  8 ft Stringerless  Tracker
1968 Shane 7 ft 6" Round tail
1969 Wallace, Tracker 7 ft 3" Stringerless
1969 Scott Dillon  Roundtail 7 ft 10"
1969 Hayden  8 ft Stringerless  Pintail
1969 Wayne Lynch Involvement/John Arnold 7 ft 9" shaped by Wayne Lynch
1969  Dale Roundtail - 7ft 9'' Bob McTavish shape
1969  Hayden  7 ft  5''   Round tail  - A Robert Conneeley Expression, Foam Stringer
1969 Surf Design, Tracker/Mini gun 7 ft 
1969 Keyo, Tracker 7 ft 
1969  Peter Drouyn Diamond tail 6ft 3 '' Shaped by Peter Drouyn
1969 Surf-o-plane Marlin model, surfer Nick Carroll
1969 Farrelly, Square tail  6 ft 4" 
1969 Age, Egg 6 ft 7" 
1969 Keyo, Egg  5 ft 8" shaped by Geoff McCoy
1969 Jackson Egg, 5 ft 5'' Shaped by Laurie Byrne.
1969 Farrelly Side Slipper 6 ft 7.5''
1969 Keyo Slide Slipper 6 ft 2''   Shaped by Steve Lennard
1970 Wilderness Diamond tail 6ft? Shaped by Chis Brock
1970 Odin Side slipper 6ft 2'' Shaped by Rick
1970 McCoy, Twin fin I 5 ft 7" 
1970 Walsh, Twin fin I  5 ft 4" 
1970  Farrelly Twin Fin #1
1970  Farrelly, Pin tail 6 ft 6" 
1970 Hansen-Cronulla Twin fin 1. 5ft 11''
1970  The Shoe by Shane, 4 ft 11''. Spooned deck kneeboard.
1970  Shane standard,   . Popout.
1970 Wallace Egg Pop-out   6 ft,  Marbling
1970 Keyo Standard 6ft 
1970 Zippy Board Small 'Hunters Toyline' 16''
1970 John Arnold - Wayne Lynch International Involvment Model 6ft 4''
1970 Rip Curl Pintail 
1971 Farrelly Diamond tail 6 ft 3 1/2'' 
1971 Hutchinson Diamond tail 6 ft 7" 
1971 Farrelly Pop-out 5ft 5"
1971 Pat Morgan Twin fin #1 6 ft 7''
1971  McCoy Twin Fin 6ft 4''
1971  Plastic Fantastic Tri fin - Danny Calohan (USA) 6 ft
1971  McGrigor Diamond Tail Tri Fin 6 ft 5''
1971 Barry Bennett, Bob McTavish Tri fin  6 ft 8"
1971 Pat Morgan Keel fin 7ft 8 1/2''
1972 Bennett-Nat Young Surf Design, 7ft 6''
#00000341
1972 Bluebird Pintail 7ft Shaped by Bob McTavish
#00000215
1972 Lightnining Bolt Pintail  8 ft  Shaped by Gerry Lopez
#00000181
1972 Bennett Round nose -round tail. 6ft 10''
#00000162
1973 Dick van Straalen Square tail 7ft 3''
#00000199
1972 Midget Farrelly, Coolite 4 ft 10" Rubber fin
#00000034
1973 Jackson, Greenough Spoon 5 ft 10" 
#00000076
1973 Ron Wade Spoon 4ft 8''
#00000320
1973 Blaxell Swallow tail 7ft  4''  Shaped by Chis Young
#00000333
1973 Pat Morgan Swallow tail 6ft 9'' Kym Thompson
#00000163
1973 Mystic Expressions  Pintail keel Fin,  7  ft.
#00000222
1973 Wave Creation Surfboards Swallowtail 6 ft 8''
#00000192
1973 Barry Taylor Pintail 7 ft 6"
#00000090
1973 Barry Taylor, Flextail Kneeboard 5 ft 6" Hand made fin box
#00000083
1973 Zippy Board Large 'Super Surfer' 3ft
#00000202
1974 Cooper Bonzer 6ft 11''
#00000221
1974  Weber Bonzer 6 ft 8''
#00000198
1974 South Coast Surfboards Bonzer  6 ft 8'' Shaped by Terry Cooper.
#00000180
1974 Henri Rounded Pin,  6ft 10 1/2'', Shaped by Chris Henri.
#00000337
1974 Hot Buttered, Flyer swallowtail 6 ft 10"  Terry Fitzgerald/ Martin Worthington
#00000104
1975  Rod Ball Design Ski tail Kneeboard 5ft 8
#00000227
1975 Backyard,  Spoon deck Kneeboard 5ft 6"
#00000068
1975 Ron Wade Molded Greenough Spoon,  4ft 10''
#00000339
1975 Belly Bogger 3ft 7''
#00000150
1975 Scott Dillon, Stinger 6 ft 8"shaped by Billy Urbany (USA)
#00000043
1975 Morning Star, Swallow tail Spray art 6ft 10''
#00000208
1976 Barry Bennett 7 ft shaped by John Foster
#00000207
1976 Gordon and Smith, 7 ft shaped by Peter Townend
#00000072
1976 Gordon and Smith Rounded Pin, 6ft 11'', Shaped by Steve Griffiths 
#00000340
1976  Handbord -Molded plastic 15 1/2''
#00000226
1976 Merrin, Air mat twin fin 5 ft 4"
#00000066
1976 McCoy, Rounded Pin 6 ft 6" 
#00000025
1976 McCoy - Reno Aberellia Design, 7 ft 2''
#00000210
1976 San Juan, Pintail 6 ft 8" shaped by John Blanch 
#00000063
1976 Shane Ski Tail 6ft 9''
#00000327
1976 Crozier, Kneeboard  Slab 5 ft 4" Tri boxes
#00000058
1978 Nat Young, Pintail 6 ft 5" 
#00000038
1978 Nat Young Surf Design Pintail 6 ft 5''
#00000174
1978 Mark Richards, Twin fin II 5 ft 10" 
#00000040
1978 Bronzed Aussies, Flyer pintail 5ft 10" Cheyene Horan Model
#00000084
1978  Country Style Rounded Pin,  5ft 5''*, Shaped by Rodney Dahlberg.
#00000338
1978 Windsurfer 12 ft
#00000089
1978  Kerrawa Jet Bottom by Erle Pedersen 5 ft 5''
#00000223
1979  George Greenough Designs Kneeboard  Shaped by Chis Brock 5ft 6 1/2''
#00000235
1979 Byrne Twin fin II,  shaped by Laurie Byrne 6 ft
#00000039
1979  Hawaiian Pro Designs by Larry Bertleman, Twin fin II.  6 ft 1"
#00000119
1979 Mark Richards Twin Fin 2  6 ft ?  K.P.
#00000165
1979 Mark Richards Twin fin, double flyer swallow tail,  5ft 4'' Shaped by Mark Platter
#00000302
1979 Freeflight, Col Smith Channel model 5ft 11''
#00000064
1980 Sky Kneeboard 5 ft 8 1/2"George Greenough Design Shaped by Chris Brock 
#00000310
1980 Coolite Twin fin adaptation 
#00000088
1980 Morey Boogie, Mach 7
#00000030
1980 Sky, Mini Mal 7ft 2" shaped by Bob McTavish
#00000023
1980 McCoy Lazor Zap 5"8"
#00000112
1980  Crozier Tri fin Kneeboard, 5ft 7'', Shaped by Peter Crawford.
#00000342
1981 Gordon and Smith, Lazor Zap 6 ft
#00000073
1981 Energy Thruster Flyer round tail 5 ft 9 "Scott Beggs
#00000095
1981 Nat Young, Tri fin 6 ft 1"
#00000027
1981 Nat Young Design,  Tri fin 6 ft
#00000057
1982 Aloha, Thruster 6 ft shaped by Greg Clough
#00000033
1982 Town and Country, Thruster 5 ft 10" shaped by Gunther Rohn
#00000041
1982 Nivana No-nose Bat tail Twin with stabilizer fin 5 ft 8" Ronnie Woodward
#00000093
1984 Town and Country Quad Fin 5ft 8 1/2'' shaped by Gunther Rohn
#00000238
1985 Express Four fin Kneeboard 5 ft 7''
#00000206
1986  Bare Nature,  Mini Mal Thruster 6 ft 10" Wayne Riordan
#00000031
1987 San Juan, Malibu 8 ft 7" shaped by Dennis Anderson
#00000032
1989 The Pod - Molded Handboard 12''
#00000205
1990 Jackson, Mini Mal  7 ft 10"
#00000035
1990 Zero Utra Light (Thruster Coolite)  5 ft #119
#00000091
1993 Al Merrick, Thruster 6 ft 6"
#00000081
1995 Hobie (USA), Malibu Classic by Phil Edwards 9 ft 1" 
#00000048
1999 MAC - T Designed by Bob McTavish 6 ft 5 1/2'' 
#00000312
1999 McTavish, Mini mal  Thruster 8 ft 3"
#00000080
2000 McCoy Nugget 6 ft 11 1/2''
#00000167
2001 McCoy Nugget 7 ft 7 1/4'' Shaped by Geoff McCoy
#00000316
2003  Surftech McCoy Nugget 7 ft 7 1/4''  - Epoxy
#00000319
2004 Jackson Noserider 9 ft 1'' Shaped by Jim Parkinson #00000216
1935 Tom Blake's 1935 Quiver and supplementary images
#00000200
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