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Wakefield
Surfboards
Granville NSW
1976
Geoff Wakefield,
Tony Feller and Phil Heaton
1978?
Parramatta
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1974
Carabine Kneeboard
Fin
& Aluminium
fin box
Fin
8'' x 3 1/2'' base
x 10'' span @ n/a
Aluminium fin box
15 1/2''
by Wakefield
Surfboards
Granville NSW
Dimensions and photographs
at
Surf's Up At
Gerringong Board Display, August 2005.
Thanks to Scott
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Wally
Caryle Surfboards
Rockdale NSW:
1959
Wally Caryle,
Warren
Surfboards
22 Gweno Ave Frankston
Victoria
1978
Warren Partington
Warren
Cornish Surfboards
1971
Warren Cornish Surfboards
at Suffolk Park, Byron Bay.
1974
PO Box 171 Byron
Bay, NSW.
Australian Championship
Model Designed and Shaped by Michael Peterson.
Image right contributed
by George S., June 2007.
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Da Sting Model designed
by Mark Richards, see below.
1977
Industrial Estate
Byron Bay NSW
Shapers :Warren
Cornish; Bob McTavish, Tony Cerff and Brian Ingham
Glasser :
Bill McClean
Spray : Shane
Egan
Designs
Richard Brewer, Mark Richards, Bob McTavish, Warren Cornish
1979
See Pacific
Foam Systems
Warren
Cornish Surfboards
PO Box 150
Byron Bay,
circa 1975.
Image right contributed
by George S., June 2009.
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Warren
Cornish
Started surfing
1956, Bondi Beach, aged eight.
New board -1957
Wallace balsawood square tail, 7 ft (Bill Wallace's smallest board to this
date)
1959 Gordon Woods
balsawood Pig, approximately 8 ft
First manufacturing
at Keen-Davis Surfboards, North Sydney
He, along with other
Bondi surfers Kevin Brennan, Frank Pickford and Mick De La Rue, answered
an add for experienced workers, despite having only previously repaired
dings.
Other employees
included Gordon Merchant.
The company ceased
surfboard production circa 1964.
Shaped at Gordon
and Smith Surfboards, Caringbah circa 1965 with Keith Paull
Apprenticed by Midget
Farrelly at Palm Beach circa 1967
Partner with Midget
Farrelly in Farrelly Surf Systems Pty Ltd at 230 Harbord Road Brookvale
Sydney , circa 1969 to 1971.
1971 Warren Cornish
Surfboards at Suffolk Park, Byron Bay.
1974 Warren Cornish
Surfboards at Industrial Estate, Byron Bay.
1974 Purchases the
rights to Bob McTavish's name, for $1200.00 and produces Bluebird
Surfboards
1976 Skateboard
manufacture.
1978 Sailboard manufacture
Reference : Pacific
Longboarder, January 2003, Vol 6 No. 3 , pages 36 - 39
Cornish-Richards
Surfboards
1974
Industrial Estate,
Byron Bay.
Decal contibuted
by Alex Smart, June 2008.
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Water
Cooled Surfboards
114 Coolong Road
Torquay, Victoria
1976
Kym Thompson;
1977
and Alan Rowsell
and Kim Potter;
1979
Maurice Cole, Michael
Anthony and Doug Rodgers;
Image right contributed
by George Sanders, August 2008. |
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Wave
Creations Surfboards
Berry NSW
1972
Paul Robinson.
1972-3
Peter Lawrence -
Contributed by Rob Tebble, July 2005.
1989
Werri Beach - Gerringong
NSW |
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Wave
Crest Surfboards
Manly Vale NSW
1979
Doug Bell and Darrell
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Slso Local MotionSurfboards
and
Buzzy
Kerbox Designs on licence from Hawaiian labels.
Wave
Curl Surfboards
1978 - circa
1988
Norah Head
Shaped and glassed
by Peter Lawrence.
Decal image by Rob
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"Peter also shaped
at Wave Creations at Gerringong in 1972-3 and at Mc Coy's in the early
70's.
(Had a square
tail model called the Frozen D).
Peter also
regularly worked with Bill Cillia at Nirvana.
Being a Norah
Head Manufacture Peter used to sponsor Glen Winton in his early days."
Contributed by Rob
Tebble, July 2005.
Wayne
Dale Surfboards
Main Port SA
1977
Wayne and Barry
Dale
Weaver Surfboards
1976
Webber and Jardine Surfboards
1976
Noosa Heads
Weber
Surfboards (USA) :
Dewey Weber - flambouyant
hot-dog surfer of the early 1960's
Early 1960's manufacturer,
label still operating.
1965
The Weber Performer
with Hatchet fin.
March 1967
Nat Young Ski
1974
Weber
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Weiss
Surfboards
1962 - 1964
8 - 12 Broadway
Sydney Phone : 211 - 2837
Example noted by
Donna Gardner :
7 ft 7'' , Custom
Decal,
Markings :Johnson
399
This board's length,
7 ft 6'', is very unusual
- probably a juvenile
model.
Weiss (Pty. Ltd?)
was a fishing supply store in central Sydney, as reported by Bob Niblock..
Weiss
as you may know was a friggin Fishing shop in Broadway and I always had
to do a lot of explaining to the guys when I carried it onto the beach!!!!!.
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The boards made under
contact (note use of
Custom in the Decal) by a major (probably Sydney)
manufacturer.
Similar models were
also marketed as
Nock and Kirby's
Surfboards Bombora model
(a hardware chain
store and manufactured by Scott Dillon Surfboards),
Walton's Surfboards
Maru
model (a department store) , and
Mick Simmon's
Surfboards (a sporting goods store).
This was a boom
period for Sydney manufacturers, these boards orders as big as 300 units.
Ding repairers became
shapers over night.
See Contact
Production Boards, 1960s.
Usually single stringer,
D fin (sometimes Reverse D), limited rocker, simple rounded rails.
Invariably with
colour decor - required for shop display.
Decal and board
details contributed by Donna Gardner, with thanks.
Fishing shop
details and date confirmation contributed by Bob Niblock, with thanks.
West Coast Surfboards
West Perth WA
1977
Bob Gardner
Wilderness
Surfboards
Originally the company
name was used in Santa Barbara, California, USA (image right)
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circa 1968:
Byron Bay NSW
Chis Brock, Garry
Keyes, George Greenough, Bob McTavish.
Chris
Brock, George Greenough, Dog, Garry Keyes and
Bob McTavish.
Wilderness
factory,
Angourie -
Byron Bay ?, 1969.
Surfing World
Magazine,
Volume 12, Number
5, 1969.
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circa 1969
Angourie NSW
Chis Brock, Garry
Keyes, George Greenough.
Image left:contributed
by
Henry Marfleet,
Ashford, Kent,
UK. April 2007
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SURFER, January 1970,
Volume10 Number 6
WILDERNESS Surfboards
ad includes both Angourie/Yamba along with US Santa Barbara address.
circa 1971
Angourie NSW
David "Baddy" Treloar
(Manly)
Brad Mayes
Treloar was a noted hot junior surfer from Manly Beach and in 1970
he was one of a large stable of shapers at Shane
Surfboards.
He is feaured building a board at the "farmhouse factory" and
surfing at Angourie in Falzon's MOTE (1972).
Brad Mayes was the son of Bondi legend, Jack "Bluey" Mayes.
1973
Wayne Williams .(owner/shaper
- see image below)
Wayne won
the National Surfing titles in the mid 60’s.
He also learnt
to shape by Bob McTavish from when he was 16
in Byron Bay.
He shaped
for Bob McTavish for over a year before going back to Sydney and working
for Gordon and Smith.
Wayne shaped
for Gordon and Smith in 1970 – 1972.
Wayne was
also a very well known member and champion of WindanSea Club, Bondi.
- Buffy Williams-Robinson
(Wayne's eldest daughter), with thanks, 12 January 2005
1998
Angourie, Yamba.
Phone 02 66462720
Jesse Williams (Wayne's
son)
Wayne and Jesse
Williams entries contributed, with thanks, by Angie Williams, circa 2003.
Wayne and Jesse
Williams entries updated, with thanks, by Buffy Williams-Robinson,12 January
2005.
"Wayne Williams,
Newcastle Beach, New South Wales.
Superb control
by an aggressive surfer."
Image and caption
: Margan
and Finney (1970), page 257.
Probably Newcastle
Contest circa 1968 - 1969, Photograph: possibly Jack Eden.
Wintersun
Surfboards
Pambula NSW
c. 1976
Tommy Peterson
Michael Peterson
1982-84 Spiral
Ride Model Thruster by Michael Peterson |
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Decal and template
images contributed, with thanks, by Tom Kearney, Newcastle, January
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WM
Surfboards
58A Cumberland Road
Auburn Lakemba NSW
1967 to 1969
William Morton glasser
and shaper.
Previously employed
at Ron Surfboards with Geoff McCoy.
Together they formed
M
and M Surfboards, Auburn NSW.
Thanks to Geoff
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Wondrous
Effect Surfboards
1976
Frank Latta
Woody
Surfboards
Nowra NSW
1972
Geoff Woodham,
1977
Richard Futcher
Right: Woody
Surfboards decal circa 1974
Image contributed
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Geoff Woodham started
Woody
Surfboards in Nowra about 1970 when the established local surfboard
builder, Barry Taylor (Taylor Tubesticks), left for an extended
vist to South Africa.
The factory was
probably located behind his residence on the highway at South Nowra.
A surfer of considerable
ability, he was ambidextrous and rode with either foot forward.
It was rumoured
that Woody's eyesight was less than perfect and suggested that other riders
should make sure they paddled well out of his way.
In the early 1970s
his most noted and popular design was a wide swallow tail twin fin and
a soft rounded rail with a distinct breakaway edge onto a flat bottom.
The most common
decal was usually a large and orange and black design, attached, although
other colours were used.
Some models featured
an additional colourful butterfly decal, possibly derived from a Californian
manufacturer.
It is reported (Tony
Matthews, March 2008) that Woodham generally shaped, decorated and glassed
the complete board himself, although one board was recorded as being shaped
by Richard Futcher, circa 1977.
By the mid-1970s
Tayor had returned to Nowra and was now manufacturing on the highway at
South Nowra and Alan Wilson was beginning to establish a clientel for his
Christie
Surfboards, later manufactured at Bomaderry.
In Berry, Paul "Eggy"
Robinson was building Wave Creations Surfboards.
Small backyard builders
in the area include Bruce Hennessy's Crooked River Surfboards at
Gerroa and Natural Flow Surfboards by Peter Hitchen at Shoalhaven
Heads.
With increasing
commercial competition and a growing personal interest in competitive motor
cross racing, Geoff Woodham probably produced his last boards around 1978.
Woosleys
Surfboards
Kelvingrove Brisbane
1965
Ray Woosley
Fin with "W" decor,
concave tunnel tail.
1966
Rod Teys
1968
Les Purcell - contributed,
with thanks, by Les Purcell.
Decal image contributed
by Jim Swinton, February 2006. |
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Right:
Fleur design
decal, circa 1968.
Shaped by
Teys.
Image contributed
by
Sean C Nolan
Gulf Breeze, Florida.
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