| 1965
Gordon Woods, Stringerless Malibu 9 ft 4" |
#110
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MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER:
Gordon
Woods Surfboards, 208 Harbord Road Brookvale NSW
SHAPER:
Unknown
DESIGN:
Farrelly
Stringerless (Malibu)
DESIGNER:
Midget
Farrelly |
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Stringerless foam
blank, Volan glassed with 2" rail overlap.
DIMENSIONS
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Length:
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9
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feet |
4 |
inches |
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Width:
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23 1/2 |
inches |
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Wide Point: |
-ve 4 |
inches |
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Nose
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18
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inches |
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Tail
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16
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inches |
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Thickness
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inches |
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Pod:
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6
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inches |
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Nose/L:
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inches |
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Tail/L
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inches |
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Weight
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kilograms |
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Volume:
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litres |
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Other
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FEATURES
Nose:
round
Tail:
square
Deck:
rolled
Bottom:
flat, round, soft round
Rails:
50/50
Rocker: |
FIN:
12" x 7 1/2"
base
Greenough Stage
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DECOR
DECALS
Deck:GW
- large,
Gordon Woods - small,
black script
at rear sweet spot, left
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck:
'5573' -pencil at tail
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck:
Clear
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NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Mick Craze collection.
Photographs 16 August 1996
DESIGN HISTORY
Midget Farrelly
used a similar design to win the World Small Wave Contest, Peru 1965.
REFERENCES
Books
Image right:
Nat Young and Gordon Woods, Deewhy, circa 1965.
Image courtesy of Gordon Woods Archives.
Originally published in Surfing World
magazine, 1965
Reprinted in
Nat’s
Nat Photograph
page 75.
CONDITION:
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