surfresearch.com.au  the catalogue #326

FIN Laminated and foiled black fibreglass Greenough fin. Foiled fin patch. 10'' x  9'' base x 11'' span @  7'' ? See  images right and below.

DECOR DECALS Deck Wilderness Surfboards George Greenough Design Palmers Channel. Black text and graphic at sweet spot. Some details appear to be hand drawn. Bottom MARKINGS Deck C. B. Pencil on tail, image right. Bottom: COLOUR Deck Clear with volan rail lap, possible deck patch. Bottom  Clear with volan rail lap and fin patch.

Length:6'8"
Width: 21.5"
Thickness: 3"+ in middle, but close to rails gets quite thin.
Nose: 13.5"
Tail: 15"
Pod: 9.5"
Fin: 10"(H) x 9" (L)

Unfortunately it's got really bad delam on the deck as you can see in the
pics, a few people advised fixing it, but I like to keep all my boards
original.

Image left: Chris Brock and Wilderness Surfboard, Lennox Head, circa 1969. Photograph by Alby Falzon. The image is from Falzon's 1972 film,  The Morning of the Earth and has been extensively reprinted,  mostly by Tracks Magazine and promotional material. The duo-tone image was printed  in Falzon's excellent book of the film, Morning of the Earth (2003), page 45.

On the North coast of NSW, Greenough proteges Bob McTavish, Garry Keyes and Chris Brock produced wide tailed fin drivers at Wilderness Surfboards, first at Byron Bay and later adjacent to Angourie.
See Surfing World Magazine, Volume 12, Number 5, 1969.

Chris Brock, George Greenough, Dog, Garry Keyes and Bob McTavish. Wilderness factory,  Angourie - Byron Bay ?, 1969. Surfing World Magazine,  Volume 12, Number 5,1969.

The North coast squad was occassionally accompanied by Ted Spencer and Robert Coneely, amoung others.
Ted Spencer shaped and designed his White Kite model for Shane Surfboards, Brookvale.
Coneely produced similar designs for Queensland's Hayden Surfboards which retailed through his Bondi surf shop.

Image left: Robert Conneeley and his Expression Model Hayden Surfboards advertisement circa 1970. Photograph: Unaccredited. Tracks magazine circa 1970.

McTavish recalled the Hull in the second of his 1973 design retrospectives for Tracks Magazine, Pods for Primates Part 2:
"(circa 1969) Meanwhile in Australia we were going the opposite direction, the boards were getting short, the rails softer and softer, this is when the Greenough hulls took on with very high rails in the front turning down at the tail.
This is when Ted Spencer was making white kites (White Kites) at Shanes (Shane Surfboards) with a
soft rail all the way thru.
David Treloar was making soft rail foils at Nippers (Nipper Williams Surfboards).
These boards you could really bank them over on the rail but when you got them over they did nothing."

"Rob (Conneely) on one of the few George Greenough shaped stand-up boards. Angourie, 1970."
Photograph: John Witzig
Image and caption...
The Australian Surfer's Journal, Volume 3 Number One , Summer 2000. Page 33.

MANUFACTURER HISTORY Originally the Wilderness name was used in Santa Barbara, California, USA (image right) and subsequently imported via George Greenough and Chis Brock  to northern NSW.

REFERENCES
Books
Falzon: Morning of the Earth (2003), pages 44 to 47.

Magazines
Surfing World Magazine, Volume 12, Number 5, 1969.

Bob McTavish : Streaks and Slugs
Surfer Tips : Number Forty Five SurferMagazine Volume 11 Number 2 May 1970, pages 27 and 29.

Film
George Greenough: Innermost Limits of Pure Fun (1971)
Alby Falzon: The Morning of the Earth (1972)

COMMENTS

The nose image, below, attempts to show the deeply bowled forward rail, charateristic of Greenough/Brock designs of the period.

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