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Shane Steadman and Twin Fin 1, 1970
Cropped from ad, Deep magazine Vol 4 #4 Winter 1999 page 52.

1963
First surfboard

1965
116 Rowe Street Eastwood Sydney. Phone 85 1360
Shane Stedman

1965
December first ad in Surfing World

1966
116 Rowe Street Eastwood NSW ph.885 85
Russell Hughes' Excellor , Dick van Straalen, Kevin Brennan

1967
Mitchell Road Brookvale NSW
Bob Kennerson (sanding), Peter Cornish (Dee Why), Richard Kavanagh,
Peter Cornish' Crystal Vessel,
Ted Spencer White Kite model,
Shane Stringerless

1968
Butch Cooney, Frank Latta , Terry Fitzgerald

1970
Factories in Cronulla, Brookvale, Cresent Head and Gold Coast, Queensland.
Extensive surfer/shaper/glasser stable includes...
Butch Cooney, Steve Cooney, Terry Fitzgerald, Simon Anderson, Bob Kennerson, Peter Cornish, Peter Cornish (DY), Richard Kavanagh, Judy Trim, Michael Hall, Russell Spencer, Glyn Ritchie, David 'Baddy' Trealor, Richard Harvey, Tanya Binning, Jack Knight, Gordon Knight, John Fleck, Chris Young, Chopper Fred, John Harris, John Irwin, Trevor Hewtson, Tony Hardy, Josette Legarde, Phyylllis O'Donnell.

1970
The Standard (popout), reported as produced at 200 per week.

1970
The Shoe - Spoon decked Knee Board

'' 6. SHANE WHITE KITE MODEL
- 6'1/2'' early '70's design by Ted Spencer ''

Notes, dimensions and photograph :
Sydney Surf Auction,
Mona Vale Hotel, Sydney, 30 October 2005
Catalogue No. 6.
Thanks to Mick Mock

#321 - Decal and fin images only.
Dimensions :
L : 6 ft
W : 21 1/2''.
N : 14 1/2''
T : 15 3/4''
Pod : 10''

Fin :
7 x 9 x 11 @ 6 1/2 inches

Markings :
SHAPED BY T. 53
PETER TWAIN 6'0''

1972
Shane Coolite

1976
Michael Peterson Model ; most not shaped by Michael Peterson

1976
Vaughn Riley, Timmy Rodgers and Bob Kennerson;

1977
Col Smith (Newcastle) Jim Pollard ;

1978
Shane Surf Ski, also marketed in USA.

1979
Jack Knight and Terry Richardson ;

1989
Epoxy sailboards made under license, also Shane Epoxy Boogie Board (?!)

1993 Spyder Surfboards

1996
White Kite mini mals, shaped by Shane Steadman

Catalogue Entries

1963. Shane Malibu #120 9ft 3".

1963. Shane Malibu #159 9ft 7".

1968 Shane Vee Bottom #213 8 ft Stringerless

1969 Shane 7 ft 6'' Rounded Pin

1969 Shane S/b, Pintail x ft
Contibuted by Jordon, Jan 2006.
Not to scale.

1970 The Shoe by Shane 4 ft 11'' Rounded Pin

1970 Standard by Shane. Popout 5 ft 5 1/2"

1967 Advertisement

Shane Surfboards/Russell Hughes Advertisement,Surfing World Jan 1967

Shane Surfboards advertisment,
Surfing World January 1967 Page 20

Notes
Ted Spencer's White Kite
Reported as a huge seller, this model in fact took many variations over a 4 year period. Initially decalled in circa 1968 it appeared as a stringerless Tracker/Pintail variation about 7 ft 6''. By 1970 it had evolved to "pointed nose, flat bottom and wide vee pod. It was also a wide board between the rails...And it was only 6 feet long, a foot to 18'' shorter than the previous season's boards - or two feet plus under the length of boards two seasons back." - Modern World magazine page 32. This design was very popular across most manufacturers,
see # 46

REFERENCES
Magazines
Note: Shane Surfboards advertising (with strong input from John Witzig) in this period was known for its unusual images - unfortunately this meant very few boards appear. However due to the rapid variations in design it avoided the potential embarassment of your number one surfer appearing with a brand new superceded model (from magazine layup to news stands was often three months). Similar advertising that deviated from the standard surfer/board/wave was used by many manufacturers in this period.

1. 'Shane Surfboards' (Shane Steadman/Terry Fitzgerald) : Surfboard Designs
in Modern World magazine July 1971 pages 30 - 37. Editor: Dick Levine

2. Mick Mock : The Summer Millionaire (Shane Steadman) in Deep magazine,
Vol 4 #4 Winter 1999 pages 50 - 61

Decals and Other

Shane Surfboards
Terry Fitzgerald (Model).
circa 1972.
Image contributed by Jim Swinton, July 2006.