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mick simmons : catalogue, 1962

Mick Simmons : Surfboard Catalogue, 1962.

Extracted from
Mick Simmons Pty Ltd: Sporting Goods catalogue
Sydney, 1962.

Introduction.

Mick Simmons Surfboards

George Street, Sydney.
1958 to 1962

Balsa Pig board, circa 1959, decal mage courtesy of Phil Hunt, May 2009.
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In this period several manufacturers produced standard shaped boards, often made by apprentices, with store-based decals for major chain stores.
Examples included Nock and Kirbys Surfboards by Scott Dillon Surfboards and Pacific Star Surfboards by Dunlop Surfboards.
Other examples (manufacturers unknown) included Waltons Surfboards and Mick Simmons Surfboards.

December 1948 : Outdoors and Fishing Magazine, Hudson Publications, Sydney.
A full page advertisment for Mick Simmons' Sports Stores includes "The Winner" a surfmat described as a
'canvas and rubber inflated surfboard', priced at 67/- (67 shillings?).

December 1,1939, page 17.

Surf Life Saving Association of Australia:
Surf in Australia.
Official Organ of the Surf Life Saving Association of Australia
119 Phillip, Street Sydney.
Editor: W.G. Simmonds Esq.
December, 1939.

Geoff Cater (2009) : Mick Simmons : Surfboard Catalogue, 1962.
http://www.surfresearch.com.au/1962_Mick_Simmons_Catalogue.html