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1963 Surfboards Hawaii, Gun 11 ft 6" 
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MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER
 (Probably)  Surfboards Hawaii Factory, 66-479 Kamehameha Highway Haleiwa Hawaii.
Possibly mainland model if post 1963.
SHAPER: (possibly) Richard ‘Dick’ Brewer 
DESIGN: Tandem/Gun
DESIGNER:Dick Brewer
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Fibreglassed foam blank with 3" balsa wood stringer and redwood tail block
DIMENSIONS
Length:
11
feet 6 inches
Width:
 22"
inches
Wide Point: 
inches
Nose : 
inches
Tail: 
inches
Thickness: (est.)
 3 ½
inches
Pod: 
5 ½
inches
Nose/L: 
inches
Tail/L:
inches
Weight:
17.70
 kilo 
Volume
litres
Other
FEATURES
Nose: rounded pin
Tail: Square
Deck: 
Bottom: 
Rails: 'rounded'
Rocker:
FIN:9" (est.) Black laminated fibreglass fin
DECOR
DECALS
Deck: ‘Surfboards Hawaii’ black in box at rear sweet spot
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MARKINGS
Deck: 
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COLOUR
Deck:   'dark olive green to a lightish tan/yellow colour' - ANMM catalogue notes
Bottom: 'lime green in colour with a tan/yellowish colour near the nose' - ANMM catalogue notes
NOTES
HISTORY
Catalogue #00015141 
Purchased/donated  06/11/1992
Australian National Maritime Museum 2 Murray Street Darling Harbor, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia See Notes on ANMM.
Exhibited : Surf! Enviroment Politics and Life 1960 - 1985.
Laperouse Museum, The Cable Station, Botany Bay National Park, Sydney.
12 December 1997 - 13 June 1998.
Curator : Stephen Thompson/NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Photograph by Bob Gumley. 
COMMENTS
Dick Brewer was considered to be the world’s top surfboard shaper from 1963 to 1983.
The very wide balsa stringer (3 inch) is unusual and may indicate the blank was blown as two halves, the stinger filling out the required width. This was the first successfull method of  Hobie Alter and Grubby Clarke in 1959 and may date the board as earlier than 1963.
Appears to have pale lime green pigment coat colour on 80% of the board, with some staining towards the nose and tail probably caused by dings (slight possibility this is a 1980s acrylic spray restoration). 
Decal is standard for its time and is now considered a classic. 
‘Surfboards Hawaii’ label still manufactured in the USA and under licence in Australia. 
It is possible the board was made for tandem riding but could also be larger surfer’s big wave board, 11 ft being a common big wave board length during this period.
REFERNCES
Magazine
Drew Kampion : "The Life and Work of Richard Brewer" in The Australian Surfer's Journal
Vol 2 # 3 Winter 1999 pages 72 - 95.
CONDITION: 9
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#102p RB and Diff/Surfboards Hawaii 1962 Photo: Peter Gowland Image, left
Richard 'Dick' Brewer 9 ft Hot Dog, and 
Mike Diffender 11ft+ Gun
"in the parking lot in front of Surfboards Hawaii, December, 1962." 
Photograph :  Peter Gowland
reprinted in : The Australian Surfer's Journal
Vol 2 # 3 Winter 1999 Page 79. 
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