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the catalogue : #159

1963. Shane Malibu #159 9ft 7".

#159

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Shane Surfboards 116 Rowe Street Eastwood Sydney. Phone 85 1360
SHAPER: Unknown
DESIGN: Standard Malibu
DESIGNER:

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank, 1/2'' redwood stringer, balsa/mahogany tail block, fibreglassed, resin stripes.
DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	9	feet	7	inches
*Width :*	20 1/2	inches		*Wide Point :*	0	inches
*Nose :*	16	inches		*Tail :*	13 1/2	inches
*Thickness :*		inches		*Pod :*	5	inches
*Nose/L:*		inches		*Tail/L :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilograms		*Volume:*		litres
*Other*

FEATURES:
Nose: round
Tail: square
Deck: very flat
Bottom: very flat
Rails: round
Rocker: slight

FIN: Reverse/Pixie/Phil Fin Green laminated fibreglass 9 1/2inch x 8 1/2 inch base??
Two copper nails have been used to set the fin in position before rovings were added.
Image right, Not this board's fin but similar template

Reverse/Phil/Pixie Fin Glassed timber 1962 USA Photo: Guy Motil

DECOR
DECAL
Deck: Large black Surfboards by Shane script with small red Eastwood - Sydney.85 1360 text on tail
MARKINGS
Deck: '159' pencil on stringer at tail
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Clear with three resin segmented stripes (black/white/black) offset right
Bottom
Clear. Red/white Randwick Council Surfcraft permit 1968 - 1969 Number 1670

NOTES
HISTORY: Purchased at garage sale, Karella NSW 1978, by Grant Lumberg .
Ken Scotton wrote in November 2005...
Hi Geoff
I recently purchased the G&S vee bottom stubbie shown in your register as #26, evidently latest
history update ( Mick Mock) is that the board was shaped by Floyd Smith during a visit to Australia.
I hope you might consider updating the history on the board.

I also have a Shane mal which is number 160, much the same as #159 in the catalogue but with the
original reverse dorsal fibreglass fin, I bought it from the original owner in 1978 for $50.
Would you like to add this board to the register or is it too similar ?

Keep up the good work on the site, I am a great fan of vintage surfboards and the history that
surrounds them.
COMMENTS: Board in original condition except for two minor repairs.
Photographs DV8s Old Mal Rally, April 2001. Thanks to Grant Lunberg.
REFERNCES:
Other Shane Surfboards : #120 # 96
Magazines
1. 'Shane Surfboards' (Shane Steadman/Terry Fitzgerald) : ''Surfboard Designs''
in Modern World magazine July 1971 pages 30 - 37. Editor: Dick Levine
2. Mick Mock : "The Summer Millionaire (Shane Steadman)" in Deep magazine,
Vol 4 #4 Winter 1999 pages 50 - 61
CONDITION: 9.8

Shane Surfboards/Russell Hughes Advertisement,Surfing World Jan 1967

Shane Surfboards advertisment, 1967.
Image courtesy of Shane Steadman.
Surfing World January 1967 Page 20