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1968 George Rice, Double-ender 7ft 10"

#37

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: George Rice Surfboards 673 Waterdale Road,West Heidelberg, Victoria ph 459 1198
SHAPER: Unknown, possibly Andy Spangler or Paul 'The Fox' Pascoe, or Brian Skerry
DESIGN: Double ender
DESIGNER: Wayne Lynch

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Stringerless foam blank, volan laminate with Heart shape knee patch, pigment gel coat decor, Waveset fin box, post production plug (centre)
DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	7	ft	10	inches
*Width :*	23	inches		*Wide Point :*	+ve 1	inches
*Nose :*	18 1/2	inches		*Tail :*	15	inches
*Thickness :*	2 3/4	inches		*Pod :*	0	inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches		*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos		*Volume :*		litres
*Other, Flyer/s :*		inches

FEATURES
Nose: round
Tail: rounded pin
Deck: slight rolled
Bottom: flat, slight round,
Rails: thin
Rocker: light

FIN: .
Waveset Fin Box - cracked
Image , below
substitute fin from molded sailboard fin mounted in a taped finbox
Image , right

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: GRscript at sweet spot
Bottom: Delaminated rectangular decal on nose.
MARKINGS
Deck: None
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: clear with cream watch hand in resin gel coat
Bottom: clear

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Second hand board of Paul Zealand, given to Paul Gillen, then me.
Very poor condition - painted, poor repairs, very stained, fibreglass fin resined into box.
All external work removed, all repairs in volan cloth, legrpoe plug removed ( a mistake), fin removed and box repaired, substitute fin from molded sailboard fin mounted in a taped finbox, polished.
Removed fin added to Jackson Spoon # 76.
COMMENTS:
REFERNCES
Magazine Ad: Surf Internationalmagazine 1969 Vol 2 # 6
Magazine Articles
Australian Longboarding MagazineNo 20 March/April 2002, pages 44 to 53. See below.
Australian Lonboarding Magazine No 27 May/June 2002, pages 26 -27
Other George Rice Boards : # 168 Wedgetail Vee-bottom
CONDITION: 5.

Image left
George Rice and Stringerless Mini gun pintail,
West Heidelberg factory, circa 1968.
From...
Longboarding Magazine
No 20 March/April 2002, page 44.

Right : Possile delaminated bottom decal