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the catalogue #58

1976 Crozier Tri Fin Slab Kneeboard 5 ft 7"

#58

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Crozier Kneeboards, Middleton Road, Dee Why Sydney
SHAPER: Chris Crozier
DESIGN: Tri - Fin Slab
DESIGNER: Peter Crawford

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank with 1/4" redwood stringer. Multi sprayed. One 14" and two 6" finboxes. R/hand plug.
DIMENSIONS

*Length:*	5	ft	7	inches
*Width:*	23	inches		*Wide Point:* "	+ 3 1/2	inches
*Nose :*	18 1/2	inches		*Tail:*	17 1/2	inches
*Thickness:*	2 1/2	inches		*Pod:*	12 1/2	inches
*Weight:*		kilos		*Volume:*		litres
*Nose/L:*		inches		*Tail/L:*
*Diamond:*	2	inches

FEATURES
Nose: round
Tail: diamond
Deck:
Bottom: flat with six channels in tail
Rails: round with edge
Rocker:

FINS
Centre 8" x 4"base
Flex Greenough Stage III,
two 2 1/2" x 3" base side fins.
All laminated
All in finboxes.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: Two 'CROZIER, Surf Designs Australia' graphic, offset on spray design
Bottom: 'CROZIER, Surf Designs Australia' graphic, centre
MARKINGS
Deck: '483/CC' pencil on tail
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Three brown wave stripes with yellow/red/green blue pinlines on a brown into yellow spray
Bottom:Yellow spray into dark brown on the rails

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Donated by Tony Matthews.
Severe deck delamination,dinged rails, side fin tab broken. Cleaned, side fin replaced.
Additional information and corections supplied, with thanks, by Bruce Hart.
COMMENTS
DESIGN HISTORY
Originally designed by Peter Crawford in 1969 at Wallace Surfboards (name credited to Midget Farrelly) as an alternative to the low floatation Greenough Spoon, the Slab has been in constant production in all fin combinations.
This example probably early 1980's - plug, fins, spray.
Triple fin boxes in the tradition of kneeboard fin variation and experimentation.
REFERENCES
Other Kneeboards
Magazine Articles
Crawford,Peter : ''Peter Crawford on Kneeboards''
Surfing World magazine, Volume 20 Number 1 October 1974 pages 17 - 20.
Books
1. McGinness : How to Ride a Surfboard Chapter 6.
2. McGinness : Surfing Fundamentals Chapter 6.
3. Nat Young :Surfing Fundamentals pages 112 - 115. Article by David Parkes
CONDITION: 4