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1980 Crozier Tri Fin Slab Kneeboard 5 ft 7" Shaped by Peter Crawford

#342

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Crozier Kneeboards, Middleton Road, Dee Why Sydney
SHAPER: Peter Crawford
DESIGN: Tri - Fin Slab
DESIGNER: Peter Crawford

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank with 1/8" redwood stringer. Sprayed. One 14" and two 6 1/2" finboxes.

DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	5	ft	7	inches	*L2:*
*Width :*	23	inches		*Wide Point :*	+ve 5	inches
*Nose :*	18 .5	inches		*Tail :*	17 .5	inches
*Thickness :*	2 .5	inches		*Pod :*	12 .5	inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches		*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos		*Volume :*		litres
*Diamond Tail:*		inches

FEATURES
Nose: round
Tail: diamond
Deck:
Bottom: flat
Rails: round with edge
Rocker:

FINS
Centre finbox 14'' @ 9 1/2''
Centre fin 8 1/2" x 5" base x 11 1/2''span
Flex Greenough Stage III,
Two 6 1/2'' side boxes @ 14''
Side fins 2" x 3" long base fins.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: Crozier black script offset at centre left.
Bottom: Two Crozier black script at sweet spot.
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom: 1388 PC pencil on tail
COLOUR
Deck: Yellow spray with black centre stripe.
Bottom: Yellow spray

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Board noted at Sydney Surf Auction, Harbord Digger's Club, 19th October 2008.
Catalogue # 190
Images courtesy of Mick Mock, many thanks.

In April 2018, Charles Carter noted:
The Peter Crawford designed Yellow Crozier Flextail Slab used to be one of 2 that I owned in Wellington NZ back in the early 80's.
It was the best board I've ever owned and I rode it all the time in preference to the newer, nicer looking, slimmer, red, white and blue one I had.
The yellow and pink fin you have a picture of was shaped by me! from I blank I had Roger Titcombe cut from a template based on the rather damaged original that came with the board. The fin shape was referred to as a Donkey Dick back in the day.

COMMENTS
DESIGN HISTORY
Originally designed as a single-fin by Peter Crawford in 1969 at Wallace Surfboards (the name credited to Midget Farrelly) as an alternative to the ultra-low floatation of the high performance Greenough Spoon, the Slab has since been in constant production in all fin combinations.
This example probably early 1980's - plug, fins, spray.
The triple fin boxes are in a long tradition of kneeboard fin variation and experimentation.
REFERENCES
Other Kneeboards
Magazine Articles
Crawford, Peter : Peter Crawford on Kneeboards
Surfing World magazine, Volume 20 Number 1 October 1974 pages 17 - 20.
Books
1. McGinness : How to Ride a Surfboard Chapter 6.
2. McGinness :Surfing Fundamentals Chapter 6.
3. Nat Young :Surfing Fundamentals pages 112 - 115. Article by David Parkes
CONDITION: 9.5

1975
Crozier Kneeboard Fin & Flex tail
Copy: Donkey Dick Fin (NZ)
8'' x 3.5'' base x 10'' span @ n/a ???
Fin box 15.5'' ???

Photograph supplied with thanks by David Smythe, New Zealand January 2006.

In April 2018, Charles Carter noted:
The yellow and pink fin was shaped by me! I had Roger Titcombe cut it from a blank using a template of the rather damaged original that came with the board. The fin shape was referred to as a Donkey Dick back in the day. (edited)

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