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Adlers Surf Centre Wooloongabba, Brisbane 1964 to late 1973. - Les Purcell - contributed, with thanks, by Les Purcell.    Decal images right and below by Scott Anderson.  The top decal is a dierect copy of O'Neill Surfboads, California.

Age Surfboards,  1969 142 South Terrace, Bankstown NSW Factory: 82 The Boulevade, Lakemba, 759-1553. Al Jeffries; Bill Cilla, Frank Latta model, William (Bill) Meade* 1971 New (additional?) factory 20 Woodfield Boulevade, Carringbah - Tracks, February 1971, page 26. Bill Meade emailed in October 2010: "I worked for Gary Willer of Age Surfboards in the early 70's". Peter emailed  July, 2005 (edited)... re : Age, Nevada, Nivarna Surfboards. Your story is a little incorrect, here are the facts ... Alf Jeffries started AGE Surfboards....with Gary (willer??? - not exactly sure of the surname) who ran the retail side at Bankstown, circa 1966 - 1967. Alf ran the factory at Lakemba, employees included Billy "Black Boy" Cilia. About 1971 - 1972, Alf changed the name to Nirvana Surfboards and later on moved the factory to Kinkumber. In the late 1970's, Alf  sold Nivarna surfboards (proprietor unknown) and relocated to Western Australia.  Bill  Cilla was initally involved with Nevada Surfboards ("Lock and load" was the slogan in one magazine advertisement) and later bought Nirvana Surfboards Alf Jefferies currently resides in Coffs Harbour.

Aloha Surfboards, 1978  Brookvale NSW Greg Clough  1982 Ian Goodacre Stuart Campbell

"In 1966 I took over the old Green Gables Caffe and converted it to a surfboard factory where I began to produce small numbers of surfboards.
On ocassions Kevin Platt would come stay for a while shape a board or two whilst visiting his then girlfriend.
Early 1968 Kevin started shaping for me there and Jean & Lance came to Noosa latter that year &built a resturant on the hill.
By 1969 we moved to a bigger set up & the plan was for Kevin to keep the old factory, so while he was helping to fill orders in the new set up he lived with me at the new place at Noosaville.
The alp-aca lot squated there till they were removed.
Kev built boards there in the early seventys till the lease was taken over by Peter Troy, who was part off our original team.
I am also dissapointed that neither Kevin nor I got any reconigition as shapers of that time."

- Many thanks to Trevor.

Bill wrote, November 2005...
Stumbled across your great site .100s of names from the past .
Guys who made boards guys you surfed with and against names of boards long forgotten like
GROVE
My dad bought me one of RICK BENNET in Noosa in prob 1969 or Spirit of the
sea surfboards that sold opposite Kirra about that time or Alpaca that were made
in sunshine bch where Platts boardshorts started.
I made boards in Newcastle for 6 or 7 years in 70s did around 5or 6 per week on own many for Merewether surfers of the time
Both Peter Cornish and Billy Robbo worked with me at times.
Peter had a following for his shapes thru his time with Sam Egan.
In this period did some boards for Aragorn in Qld MP even had one or two.
There were a nuber of small manufacturers in Ncle at time 1or2 even used to get us to glass their shapes
.It was a great period in surfing especially around area.
Still see the occassional board around mainly kept if had a spray by John Earle now quite famous artist
.John started spraying surf scenes waves dolphins etc on boards his painting and prints are now very valuable.
Site bought back great memories will get many from that era 70s 80s to have look even mentions guys like Terry Day -GULL-surfboards
ill tell Greg Day about .
Just a super interesting site wonder how u dug it all up .
Thought maybe thru Jim the printer -he did most of board stickers etc.
As i said great work especially for those of us still surfing
regards Bill

Amber Glow Surfboards 1976 ?? Russell Francis. Image contributed with thanks by Eric, May 2011.

Aragorn Surfboards/Kneeboards 1976 Kirra, Queensland. Wayne Dean, Michael Peterson,  Bruce Greig. L.Knight on 1/3/1978. Images right contributed with thanks by Eric Bayliss, October 2007.

Avanti Surfboards 1964 189 Bay Side Street Brighton Vic. Image right contributed with thanks by Eric Bayliss, October 2007.

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