surfresearch.com.au  the catalogue #72

FIN 8 inch x 6 inch base @ 5 inches Thick laminated plywood  widebase. Image Right

DECOR DECALS Deck Large G and S Custom Surfboards red/black peusdo-rectangle at sweet spot. - rare, image below. Black dolphin and script Hand Shaped Tubeshooters by Peter Townend, on tail. at left. Bottom: Large Gordon and Smith  enhanced script, multi coloured in shield with bird borders at sweet spot.Unusual -Image bottom. MARKINGS Deck: 5352 pencil above stringer Bottom:  COLOUR:  Deck Rail yellow spray Bottom: YellowSpray with darker rail spray

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SHAPER HISTORY
Peter Townend started his surfing career on the Gold Coast of Queensland with peers Michael Peterson and Rabbit Batholomew.
In he mid 1970's he moved to the Cronulla area and produced a range of boards for long term manufacturer, Gordon and Smith Surfboards.
While at Gordon and Smith Surfboards he used/promoted Bonzer designs and asymetricals and was the sponsored Australian surfer for Hollow Wave boards from the USA..
He was to go on to form the Bronze Aussies with West Australian Ian Cairns, and others (Mark Warren, Cheyne Horan - see # 84 - and Cronulla's Jim Banks).
He won the first professional surfing title in 1976, based on points accumulated over a year.
He played a main surfing role in the Hollywood production Big Wednesday, 1980?
Despite many contest victories and reputable performances in large Hawaiian surf, he was often noted as a constant runner-up or The Shorebreak Kid.

MANUFACTURER HISTORY
See Gordon and Smith Surfboards
REFERENCES.
Rabbit Batholomew, pages
Other Gordon and Smith Boards:
# 109   1965 Gordon and Smith, Noserider 9 ft 7"
# 26   1967 Gordon and Smith,  Vee Bottom 7 ft 7"
# 73    1981 Gordon and Smith, Lazor Zap 6 ft
CONDITION: 7

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