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1963. Shane Malibu 9ft 3".

#120

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Shane Surfboards 116 Rowe Street Eastwood Sydney. Phone 85 1360
SHAPER: Unknown
DESIGN: Standard Malibu
DESIGNER:

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank, 1/2'' redwood stringer, balsa/mahogany tail block, fibreglassed, resin stripes.
DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	9	feet	7	inches
*Width :*	20 1/2	inches		*Wide Point :*	0	inches
*Nose :*	16	inches		*Tail :*	13 1/2	inches
*Thickness :*		inches		*Pod :*	5	inches
*Nose/L:*		inches		*Tail/L :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilograms		*Volume:*		litres
*Other*

FEATURES:
Nose: round
Tail: square
Deck: very flat
Bottom: very flat
Rails: round
Rocker: slight

FIN
inches x inches (base @ 0 inches
Crude Dolphin fin with extended base to tail.
Laminated fibreglass matting
Randwick surf permit 1986-1969 #1540

DECOR
DECAL
Deck: Large black Surfboards by Shane script with small red Eastwood - Sydney.85 1360 text on tail
MARKINGS
Deck: '159' pencil on stringer at tail
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Clear with three resin segmented stripes (black/white/black) offset right
Bottom
Clear. Red/white Randwick Council Surfcraft permit 1968 - 1969 Number 1670

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Dimensions and photographs January 20, 1996 at
The Longboard Warehouse
39 The Kingsway, Cronulla. 9523-8331
Board subsequently restored by Jackson Surfboards and displayed at
Gowings Pty. Ltd. George Street Sydney NSW
HISTORY
HISTORY
COMMENTS

REFERENCES:
Other Shane Surfboards : #159 # 96
Magazines
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
CONDITION: 9.8

Shane Surfboards/Russell Hughes Advertisement,Surfing World Jan 1967

Shane Surfboards advertisment,1967.
Image courtesy of Shane Steadman.
Surfing World January 1967 Page 20