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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"
1973
Jackson Spoon Knee Board 5 ft
5"
1990. Jackson Mini Mal 7ft
10".
Decals
and Other
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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.
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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 |
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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.
