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: toboggan prone board 1935
1935
Toboggan Prone Board Mitred and laminated
Redwood and White Pine Prone Surfboard
5 ft 7 inches x 16 inches, 16 inch pod.
Commonly known as a Waikiki Model as manufactured
by Pacific Homes, circa 1938
Hi Sibley : Better
Way to Build Surfboards in Popular Science August 1935
Vol 127 No. 2 page 57
Notes 1. Template and rail design essentially
reproduces classic Alaia design.
2. Significant nose rocker.
3. Re-enforcement strips adapted
by foam boards as the stringer.
4. Prone tail reprised in Tom Morey's
Boogie Board, 1971
