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Jackson Surfboards

57 Captain Cook Drive Caringbah 2229 61 02 9524 2700 
Contact :
Dave Mattison - sales and decor 
Jim Parkinson - shaping
Also see ...
Notes on Jackson Surfboards Collection

Right:Brian Jackson and boards, circa 1963 
Note full colour decor, no decals, uniformity of shapes, 
Photo: Ron Cansdell, re-printed in Pacific Longboarder Vol 1 #4 Page 35 

Cansdell and Jackson Surfboards
Nth Wollongong NSW
1958 Brian Jackson and Ron Cansdell

1962? Jackson and Cansdell Surfboards
59 The Bouvevade, Caringbah

Brian Jackson Surfboards
Caringbah NSW
1957 Brian Jackson
 

Jackson Surfboards
57 Captain Cook Drive Caringbah

1964 Gordon Merchant Model see below, Bobby Brown

1969 Laurie Byrne Model see below;Frank Latta

1973 Danny Childs;

1976 Jim Parkinson


    1970          Jackson Egg.      5ft   5"

#76 Greenough/Jackson Spoon1973   Jackson Spoon  Knee Board       5 ft 5"
  1990.   Jackson Mini  Mal   7ft   10".

Decals and Other


Right : Custom Shapes 
by Gordon Merchant circa 1967

 Right: Laurie Byrne shaping at Jackson Surfboards, circa 1970. 
Laurie Byrne subsequently worked  for Byrne (no relation) Surfboards, 
Wollongong NSW, where he shaped many boards for Tom Carroll. 
Photo: Unknown, re-printed in 
,Margan, Frank and Finney Ben R. :
A Pictorial History of Surfing 
 Page 198. 

 


Jackson Surfboard Collection
57 Captain Cook Drive Caringbah 2229 61 02 9524 2700
Contact Dave Mattison and Jim Parkinson
All boards have been restored, some extensively, except where noted.
All dates and dimensions are my estimations.
 1954 Racing 16 Hollow board. Unknown

 16 ft hollow timber framed and dark plywood shell.
Metal handle, metal bung, hand painted script ‘Jackson’.
Rear timber gunnels.
 Not made by Brian Jackson but similar model to the board he first surfed. 

1956 Okinuee / Australian Malibu adaptation. Unknown
9 ft 8 inch hollow timber famed and dark colour  full panel plywood shell
. Rounded square nose, 5 inch square tail.
 Metal tail bung, hand painted script ‘Jackson’. 

1956 Okinuee/ Australian Malibu adaptation. Unknown
 9 ft 3 inch hollow timber famed and light colour full panel plywood shell
. Rounded square nose, 5 inch square tail
. Metal nose bung, nails showing,  hand painted script ‘Jackson’.
 7 inch Velzy-Jacobs  timber fin. 

1956 Okinuee/ Australian Malibu adaptation. Unknown
 9 ft 3 inch hollow timber famed and dark colour multi panel plywood shell.
 Rounded square nose, 5 inch square tail.
Metal nose bung, hand painted script ‘Jackson’ and 1960-1961 red and white surf permit sticker on nose.
 5 inch rounded keel  timber fin.


1958 Pig . Jackson
8 ft 6 inch block balsa wood and fibreglass.
Semi pin nose, rounded pin tail.
Hand painted Jackson ‘decals’.  8 inch square wood fin 

1958 Pig Jackson. Jackson
8 ft 4 inch block balsa wood and fibreglass.
 Semi pin nose, rounded pintail.
9 inch fibreglass J fin 

1959 Malibu Jackson
 9 ft 2 inch  balsa with I inch and 2 x ½ inch  red wood stringers.
Square fin 

1960 Malibu Jackson
 9 ft 4 inch balsa with 2 x ½ inch redwood stringers
. Square tail.
 Red fibreglass fin 

1962 Malibu Jackson
9 ft 8 inch foam
Square tail J fin 

1963 Malibu Jackson
 9 ft 2 inch foam. 1 inch Balsa and 2 x ½ inch redwood stringers.
 Square tail. 

1964 Malibu Jackson
9 ft 4 inch foam. 2 inch redwood stringer with nose and tail block.
 Black J fin. 
1967 Vee Bottom / Stubby Jackson
7 ft 3 inch stringerless foam.
Round nose, 10 inch diamond tail with unusual reverse chamfer.
 Shaped by Gordon Merchant (decal)
12 inch Greenough stage 3 fin

1968 Vee Pin / Jackson
 8 ft stringerless foam in yellow Volan laminate.
Round nose, rounded pin tail.
 10 inch Greenough stage 3 fin.
Original condition. 
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