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1974  Hot Buttered,  Flyer swallowtail    6 ft 10"
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MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Hot Buttered Surfboards,  9 Mitchell Road Brookvale NSW   ph.
SHAPER:  Frank Williams
DESIGN:  Square tail
DESIGNER: 
SPECIFICATIONS

CONSTRUCTION: Fibreglassed foam blank, 1/4" redwood  stringer, spray, r/h legrope plug.
DIMENSIONS
Length :
6 ft 101/2 inches
Width :
 20 3/4 inches
Wide Point :
  inches
Nose :
  inches
Tail :
  inches
Thickness :
 3 1/2 inches
Pod :
4 inches
Nose Lift :
  inches
Tail Lift :
  inches
Weight :
 6.10 kilos
Volume :
  litres
Other, Flyer/s :
  inches  
FEATURES
Nose:  pin
Tail:  square
Deck:   flat and straight
Bottom:   flat, slight Vee
Rails:  low box
Rocker: medium
FIN
 Brewer wide base in fin box.
# 92 Hot Buttered/Frank Williams, 1973

DECOR
DECALS
Deck
 'Hot Buttered Surfboards/Designed and Shaped By Frank Williams' script and rainbow at sweet spot.
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck: None? 
Bottom: 
COLOUR
Deck: Yellow-Brown fade spray.
Bottom: Yellow-Brown fade spray.
# 92 Hot Buttered/Frank Williams 1973

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY

MANUFACTURER HISTORY
After several years shaping at Shane Surfboards, Brookvale and a six-month shaping workshop with Dick Brewer  in Hawaii, Terry Fitzgerald began production of his Hot Buttered Surfboards circa 1972 (clear boards were $99, tints $102 and sprays $110).
The boards were heavily influenced by Brewer’s Hawaiian design theories and the spray work by Martin Worthington was quickly acclaimed and imitated.
Terry Fitzgerald competed on the fledgling professional circuit in the early 1970s and starred in Alby Falzon’s Morning of the Earth 1972.
Hot Buttered Surfboards and surf products are now sold internationally.

SHAPER HISTORY

REFERENCES
Other Hot Buttered Surfboards : # 92
BOOKS
1.Channon, Bruce and McLeod, Hugh :  Surfing the Chain of Fire
- essay by Terry Fitzgerald

2.Val Dusty Experiment: Litmus – A Surfing Odyssey 1996   pages x

MAGAZINES
Articles
1.Terry Fitzgerald :"Life in the Fast Lane" (Retrospective 1972 - 1977)
Surfing World magazine  1977 Sept ?  Vol 27 #3 pages 69 - 72.

2.  Phil Jarrett : "The Sultan of Speed" (Retrospective 1960 - 1999)
The Australian Surfers Journal Vol 1 #2 Autumn 1999 page 28 - 45.
Brewer/Hot Buttered Surfboards pages 42 -44.

Ads
1. Early: Hot Buttered Surfboards
Surfing World magazine  1972  Vol 16 #6

2. Similar board  : Cool Custom Crafted Quality
Surfing World magazine  September 1974  Vol 19 #6.

INTERNET
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