NOTES
BOARD HISTORY:
Purchased on ebay.com,
the item was located in the Bronx, New York City, USA.
The item was despatched
to Peter Hitchen at Martha's Vinyard, Mass.
Peter brought the
item with him on a return visit to Australia to visit family and friends
on the occassion of his 50th birthday, December 2006.
Many thanks to Calliope
(the Bronx) and three gold stars to Peter.
DESIGN HISTORY:
John Arnold Surfboards
John Arnold Surfboards
started in South Australia in the late 1950s and, principally through licensing
O’Neill Wetsuits (USA) and Golden Breed clothing (USA), was a major company
in the 1960s Australian surf industry.
An advertisment
for John Arnold Surfboards, late 1969 lists the shapers as Wayne Lynch,
Wayne Dale and Sig Kwiatkowski.
See below.
I assume Dale or
Kwiatkowski were responsible for the majority of the Involvment production
boards as Wayne Lynch had a number of interstate competitive committments
and was also travelling the world with film producer, Paul Witzig.
An J.A. advertisment
late 1970 notes the 'designers' as Wayne Lynch and Wayne Dale and they
are available in "All states of Australia - East and West coast
USA - England - France". (reference?)
A Klemm-Bell Sufboards,
Torquay, advertisment for mid-late 1971 offers "Wayne Lynch Hand Shapes
and
Designs".
(reference?)
Presumably at this
time the contract with John Arnold Surfboards had ceased.
Wayne Lynch subsequently
shaped boards for Rip Curl Surfboards, Torquay.(reference?)
Wayne
Lynch
Said to have single
handedly revolutionised backhand surfing, Wayne Lynch won the
Bells Beach Junior
Title 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969.
Australian Junior
Men’s Title 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970.
European Title in
1968.
After an outstanding
competitive record as a junior, he began shaping circa 1967, see below.
He starred in Paul
Witzig’s films Evolution
(1968) and
Sea of Joy (1971).
In Evolution
(shot
over a period of 12-18 months), Lynch rides at least seven different boards,
illustrating the rapid design changes in this period.
COMMENTS
Note that "Invovlment"
is spelt incorrectly - should be Involvement.
REFERENCES
Other John Arnold
Surfboards
#103
1969 Wayne Lynch Involvment 7ft 9''
Books
Carter
(1968)Cover
photograph with Keith Paull (going right).
Paull was the 1968
Australian champion, Wayne Lynch the Junior champion.
Nat’s
Nat (1998) page 177, and following.
Magazine Ad :
Surf
International Magazine1969
Vol 2 #6
Film
Evolution
(1968) Paul Witzig
Sea of Joy
(1971) Paul Witzig
On Any Morning
(1974) David Sumpter
Fall Line
(1979) Nat Young
CONDITION:
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Centre decal
image courtesy of stanleys
surfcrazy logo library
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Image left.
Finish coating
John Arnold Surf Machines - Wayne Lynch International Involvment Model,
Adelaide South Australia, circa 1969.
"Finish coat.
But it's inside
that counts. And it counts, when groovy guys like Wayne Lynch, Wayne Dale
and Sig Kwiatkowski get together with the J.A. team. Time you started counting...into
the 4th dimension with a Wayne Lynch 'involvment' model or a J.A. surf
machine.
Ask at your local
surf shop or contact
John Arnold's
Surf Shop
142 Gawler Place,
Adelaide, 5000 Phone 23 5505"
Image and text from
Surf International
Magazine
Volume 2 Number
6, circa 1969. Page 2.
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Image right.
Simplex I Fin system.
"No bolts, keys
or any hardware.
So simple, the
fin can be changed in seconds.
The precision
box allows
six positions
over a five inch adjustment span.
Three fin shapes
in glass filled nylon,
colours green,
blue, red, yellow, white and black.
SIMPLEX Fin Systems
142 Gawler Place,
Adelaide, 5000 Phone 23 5505"
Surf International
Magazine
Volume 3 Number
3, circa 1970. Page 2.
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Image right:
Adjustable fin and fin box with
fore and rear locking clips.
Burfrord Surfboards, South Australia,
circa 1969.
Contributed, with thanks by Mike Brown,
Adelaide, January 2007.
Mike noted
The Burford fin box and fin has no
stampings.
I reckon Don had these made up.
My Arnold/Lynch boards which have the
same setup are identical, but some fins have 'Made in Australia', others
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Image above :
Early Wayne Lynch shaped board, (possibly the first) circa 1967.
Jimi Hendrix influenced
art work by Simon Buttershaw.
7 ft x 23 inches
@ -ve12 inches
Nose 17 inches.
Tail 17 3/4 inches
Features : Full
Vee bottom, deepest at tail. Chamfered diamond tail.
Note : Small square
tail is obsured by grass.
Fin appears to be
in a box (unusual for the period), or reset, or non-original.
Image cropped and
digitally manipulated from
Australian Long
Boarding Magazine Number 19 January/February
200? page 59
Photograph by Bob
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