1976 TinklerTail Advertisment Surfer magazine
Vol 17 # 2 June/July 1976 page 142
- available with Challanger, Herbie Fletcher
and Sunset Surfboards
TinklerTail - a flexible
tail section, ajusted by three sprung bolts and covered by a black plastic
cowling. Designed and patented (# 3.902207) by Tinkler Brothers, New Zealand,
circa 1975 - 1976, and made available as Diamond, Swallow or Flyer Swallow
tail add-on to manufacturers.
An extreme of George Greenough/Bob McTavish
Flex theory, the appliance's weight negatated any other advantage.
Example at Surfworld Museum, Torquay,
by Wayne Lynch, Swallow tail, circa 1978 - loaned by Russell Graham.
"Bob Tinkler started work on perfecting
flex in stand up surfboards in 1967 after living and surfing with George
Greenough and Bob McTavish in Queens land Australia, And the first custom
Tinkler Tail was built in a conventional surfboard design, was the concept
of a customizable Tinklertail. Invented by Bob Tinkler In San Diego
1969 1970 that consisted of a hollow molded surfboard with a bottom tail
section embedded in the form, which acted as a resilient adjustable deflection
panel. That assumes variable curves that
respond to each individual surfer, based on the water pressure on the tail
end of the board. ... With USA pat. 5425321. Sail, And
Surfboards PPA. International, Pat. Pending. Bob Tinkler: Shaper, Designer, inventor,
in sail and surfboards design All copyrights reserved. Contact: www. SurfSyndicate.com
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