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the catalogue #38

1978 Nat Young Pintail 6 ft 5"

#38

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Nat Young Surf Design Mona Vale
SHAPER: Probably Paul Holmes (note lack of markings)
DESIGN: Nat Pin tail
DESIGNER: Nat Young/Joey Cabell

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Fibreglassed foam blank, 1/4" redwood stringer, spray, 8" fin box, r/h plug
DIMENSIONS

*Length:*	6	feet	5	inches
*Width:*	20	inches		*Wide Point:*	+ve 5	inches
*Nose :*	13	inches		*Tail:*	12 1/2	inches
*Thickness:*	3	inches		*Pod:*	0	inches
*Nose/L:*		inches		*Tail/L:*		inches
*Weight*		inches		*Volume:*		inches
*Other*

FEATURES
Nose: pin
Tail: pin
Deck: flat
Bottom: Concave, flat, slight Vee
Rails: chunky down rail with tucked/breakaway edge
Rocker: full

FIN
8' x 4 1/2" base, for fin box.
Greenough Stage IV by Nat Young

DECOR
DECAL
Deck: Large Lady/flower illustration at sweet spot.
Bottom: NatYoung Surf Design black script on stringer at sweet spot
MARKINGS
Deck: none
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: clear with yellow rails and black pinlines
Bottom: yellow spray with green swirl and black pin lines and arrow.

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Donated by John McInnes 1996, purchased from Tim Andrews/Era Beach NSW.
Minor ding repairs and fin tab adjustment.
Replacement for # 20, 1977.
DESIGN HISTORY
Heavily influenced by Joey Cabell (Hawaii) this design featured a compressed pintailgun template, 2nd phase concave bottom, soft box rails with a hard edge, large nose lift and a small Greenough single fin.
First adaptation for Nat Young by Harold Iggy at Weber Surfboards for Duke Kahanamoku Contest, 1969 - two boards with identical large sun art/decal on deck.
Early models for Bennett Surfboards, Byron Bay models often featured grey/blue pigment laminate.
Later Sydney models had sprayed blanks.These boards were manufactured till 1980.
OTHER NAT YOUNG BOARDS
Pintails #20 and #151, images below
Also see Nat Young Tri fin # 57, 1981 and Nat Young Tri fin # 27, 1981
COMMENTS : Replacement board for #20
REFERENCES
Magazine Article :
1. Falzon, Albert and Murphy, Garth (Photographers) :"Nat and His Boards and His Surfing"
Tracks magazine October 1971, page 14. Note Pintail and Squaretail ("Backhand" model)
2. Nat Young : ''Ten Years in the Planning''
Surfing World magazine Vol 26 #4 1978 pages 24 - 26
Photos by Bruce Channon, image below.
Books:
1. Nat Young’s Book of Surfing page 64.
2. Nat : Surfing Fundamentals Pages 100 - 101.
Same text as # 1. above. Includes reprint of Pintail/Backhand photograph in Magazines # 1. above.
3. Nat’s Nat and that’s that
Extensive references and photographs, note pages xxx.
Film :
1. Alby Falzon : The Morning of the Earth, 1972.
Outstanding footage of Nat Young (red boardshorts/longsleeve vest) at Broken Head, NSW.
2. Alby Falzon Crystal Voyager, 1973
Nat in California on Pat Morgan Surfboard (decal), long base keel fin.
3. David Sumpter On Any Morning, 1974
Nat Young in Bali and 1972 Coke Contest, Fairy Bower.
4. NatYoung Fall Line, 1979
Victoria with Wayne Lynch.
CONDITION: 9.

Nat Young with Pintail,
Skydog and Backhand
Square Tail, circa 1971
Photo : Albert Falzon
Originally published in
Tracks magazine
???

Nat Young and Pintail, 1978
Photo : Bruce Channon
Surfing World magazine
Vol 26 # 4 1978 page 24

#20 1976 7 ft

#151 1977 6 ft 8''