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1974 Henri   6 ft  10.5" 
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MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Henri Surfboards, Curl Curl, Sydney NSW
SHAPER: Chis Henri
DESIGN:
DESIGNER:
SPECIFICATIONS

CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank, 1/8'' redwood stringer, laminated pigment, r/h legrope plug. 
DIMENSIONS
Length* :
 6
ft
 10.5
inches L2: 6ft 10''
Width :
 19.75
inches
Wide Point :
inches
Nose :
 13 .5
inches
Tail :
 12 .75
inches
Thickness :
 2 .75
inches
Pod :
 0
inches
Nose Lift :
  inches
Tail Lift :
  inches
Weight :
  kilos
Volume :
  litres
Other: 
  inches @
 

FEATURES
Nose: rounded pin
Tail:  rounded pin
Deck:
Bottom:  flat
Rails: down and  harder in the tail.
Rocker: medium
FIN
8.25'' x 6'' base x 9'' span @ 8''
Dark purple laminated fibreglass.
The fin base has been badly damaged.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: 
HENRI - black block script at sweet spot along the stringer.
original design handshaped by CHRIS HENRI - black script across stringer, image below.
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck: 6'11'' x 19 1/2'' (above) and C.H. COUNTRY VIBE (below) - pencil along the stringer.
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Clear with green pigment laminated rail lap, 2'' at the nose and reducing towards the tail.
Thin black pinlines.
Bottom: Green laminated pigment.
#45, Keyo
                egg fin


NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Dimensions and photographs April 2008.
Item submitted by Jackson Mahoney, Shoalhaven Heads, NSW.
Previous history unknown.
Many thanks to Jackson.
There is  severve damage to the finbase and the bottom has many depressions and some areas of delamination and foam shrinkage.
The tips of the nose and tail are damaged.
The board has a massive repair across the deck above the fin, the cause of such severe damage unlikely to be in the surf.
DESIGN HISTORY
A stock rounded pintail of the mid 1970's, although in this case possibly a bit more gunnier at 6ft 11'' than most of the Curl Curl shop's orders.
Hence the markings: "Country Vibe" which in this case probably refered to the point breaks of northern NSW.
In the late 1970s, the design was most identified with South African professional surfer, Shaun Thomson, who was seen as representing the Single Fin Coalition against the evil Axis of the Twin Fin and it's leader, Mark Richards.
#45, Keyo egg fin

REFERENCES:
Other Rounded Pintail Surfboards
 
# 45 Farrelly script '69
1976 #207 Barry Bennett
              Roundtail by John Forster
1974 #25 McCoy Rounded Pin
              Tail 6 ft 6
1979 #64 Freeflight Col Smith Channel bottom 5 ft
                11

Film

Books
Nat Young : History,  Page
Walding, page
CONDITION: 4
#45, Keyo egg fin

#45, Keyo egg fin
#45, Keyo
                egg fin



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Geoff Cater (2008 - 2015) : #337 Henri Pintail, 6ft 10.5'', 1974
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