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Gordon and Smith Surfboards
South-side company, started by Floyd Smith of Gordon and Smith Surfboards USA, circa 1965.
Floyd sold the business and returned to California around 1969.
Maintained a high profile and a high quality stable of shapers until about 1983.

Caringbah NSW
1965 Floyd Smith The Stretch, Bobby Brown Model;

1967-68 Floyd Smith returns to California.

1968 Colin Eagle (till 1964)

1969 John Monie

1970 - 1972 Wayne Williams
Contributed, with thanks, by Buffy Williams-Robinson, 12 January 2005.
See Wilderness Surfboards

186 Taren Point Road Caringbah NSW Phone: 525-1233
Agents: Bob Brown Surf Shop 11 Kingsway Cronulla, Don Blades Surf Shop The Entrance, Valley Surf Shop 125 Wickhan Street Brisbane, Bulli Surf Shop 303 Man Road Bulli.
Surfing World Volume 13 Number 4 1970?
Thanks to Snazzy June 2020.

1972 circa, Bob Hansen

1974 Robert Conneeley, Peter Townend, Alan Blythe, Brad Mayes and Steve Griffiths.
Brian Vasseratt, Rod Orr, Bob Hansen.

1976 Alan Blythe, Terry Bishop, Steve Griffiths and Peter Glasson;
Martin Beister.

1977 PT, Steve Griffiths, Jim Banks and Brad Mayes;
Moon Beam designs by Bob Liddle (decal below).
November 1977
Terry Richardson (right), Jim Banks, Greg Melhuish, Garry Hughes.
- Surf [Aust] November 1977 Volume 1 Number 6

1978
Blades by George Wales
Abbo Beach Spear Surfboards
Driving Force by Steve Griffiths.
1979
Gary Hughes (Rock and Roll model), Richard Herbert, Terry Bishop, Geoff Solness, John Webber, Greg Webber and John Waterworth;
Craig Naylor.
Michael Jackson (Twin fin)
T. Hardie (Section Eight Twin fin)

1983
G&S Express Kneeboard
Paul Armstrong.
See Express Surfboards.
1990
Sam Egan
1997
Made under licence by Jackson Surfboards, Bob Brown Surfboards and others.

Gordon and Smith Surfboards(USA):
1967 Midget Farrelly V Bottom Model,
1969-70 Midget Farrelly Stringerless and W.C.D. (World Championship Model?)

Catalogue Entries

1965 Gordon & Smith.
Noserider 9 ft 7"
Click board to link to Catalogue #109

1966 Farrelly
Stringerless Model for Gordon and Smith Surfboards, USA. 9ft 6''
Contributed by Brandon McKenney, October 2005.

1967 Gordon & Smith Bobby Brown Model
9 ft 3''
Click board to link to Catalogue #157

1967 Gordon and Smith, Vee Bottom 7'7''

1967 G and S - USA, Midget Farrelly Vee Bottom 7ft 6''.

1973 Gordon and Smith, Square tail 6 ft 5" #53 not to scale

1976 Gordon and Smith, Peter Townend 7 ft

1978 Bronzed Aussies/Cheyne Horan, 5ft 10"

1981 Gordon and Smith, Lazor Zap 6 ft
Click decal to link to Catalogue #39

Notes
1. 1967 G and S - USA, Midget Farrelly Vee Bottom 7ft 6''
Photograph from Paul Gross :Waves of Change : Surfboards of the Transition Era in Longboard Quaterly Aug/Dec 1994 page 68.
Dimensions given as Length : 7 ft, Width : 23'', Nose : 18.5'' Tail : 17.5''. Analysis of the template to scale indicates the length must be incorrect.
2.1978 Bronzed Aussies/Cheyne Horan, 5ft 10"
Manufactured by Gordon and Smith Surfboards Captain Cook Drive Caringbah NSW

Advertisements

Gordon and Smith (USA), Surfer Volume 8 Number 4 page 4, September 1967.

G&S price list courtesy of Snazzy, December 2019.

GORDON & SMITH SURFBOARDS
166 TAKEN POINT ROAD. CARINGBAH. NSW — 525 1233

*1967 PRICE LIST

Under 8'6" ......................................... $79.00
8'7" - 9' ............................................. 84.00
9'l"-9'6" .......................................... 87.00
9'7" - 10' .......................................... 89.00
10'1" - 10'6" ................................. 92.00

These prices include the following items.

Polytron Foam - up to 1" redwood centre strip - custom shaping to your specifications

double glassing - isophthalic resin - fibreglass fins (any colour) - clear finish
customer's satisfaction guaranteed

Floyd Smith Signature Model:
Under 9' .............................................. $91.00      9'7" - 10' ................................................... $95.00
9'l"-9'6" .............................................. $93.00       10'1"-10'7" .............................................. $97.0

The Floyd Smith model is based on eleven years of surfing experience, and nine years of shaping and
manufacturing experience, combined with superior glassing and glossing.
The Floyd Smith model includes a signature sticker, 80 layer glass tail block, and the new
Gordon and Smith designed fin which consists of 24 layers of 10 oz. gloss.
Please send with your order a $25.00 deposit.
Upon the completion of your surfboard we would ship it freight collect.

• AVAILABLE EXTRAS

COLOUR DESIGN
Solid colour ................................ $6.00
One colour design ...................... 8.00
Complete band (up to 8") .......... 3.50
Band design (3-stripe) ................ 6.00
Pin stripes (up to 1/4") ea. ........... .75
Wide colour stripes (up to 2") ... 1.00
Each additional colour ................ 1.00

STRINGER DESIGN
Strip requiring an extra cut .................. $4.00
Strip not requiring an extra cut ............ 2.50
Balsa wood 1" ...........................................1.50
Balsa wood 2" .......................................... 3.00
Balsa wood 3"........................................... 5.00
Coloured foam t-bands .......................... 8.00

GENERAL ITEMS
Concave Nose ....................... $4.00
Two Piece Nose block ......... 7.00
One Piece Nose block ......... 4.00
Coloured Tail block (On signature model only) ... Free

MERCHANDISE
T-Shirt ..................... $2.00
Large decal ................ .35
Small decal ................. .25
Cloth Patch ............ 11.00

GORDON & SMITH SURFBOARDS
166 TAKEN POINT ROAD. CARINGBAH. NSW — 525 1233

	*BONZA* Announcing the arrival of the BONZA surfboard. As you probably have gathered from the photos, this board looks rather far out, and it performs the same as it looks. The board's complex bottom is based on working theories of hydrodynamics. The main area concave gathers the water and forces it thru the double concave either side of the central fin causing increased velocity due to the nozzle effect. The board has been proved in Hawaiian surf and Peter Townend is currently tearing Queensland on his BONZA that he has been surfing for two months. Call in have have a close look at the BONZA and rap to Peter Townend about it. *Tracks*, September 1973.
Tracks, November 1974, Number 50 page12.	Gordon and Smith Surfboards: PT Bonza. Tracks, December 1973.
Tracks, July 1976, Number 70 page19.	Gordon and Smith Surfboards, 1976.
	Bronzed Aussies for Gordon and Smith Surfboards, California-Caringbah. Surfing, August 1978, Volume 14 Number 5. Ian Kanga Cairns - Bronzed Aussies, 1978. Shaped by Terry Bishop Decal thanks to Snazzy, February 2019.

Decals and Other

1966

Decal thanks to Snazzy, February 2019.

1967 Dana Point, California - Floyd Smith Custom Shaped

1968

1970

1973

1974

1976

1976

1977

1978

1978

1982

1967

1967

1968

1970

1972

1976

1978

1978

Thanks to James Irvin, September 2020.

1977: Highlight by Geoff Solness

1982

1982

Alan Blyth, 1976.

Brad Mayes, 1975.

Hull Design by Robert Conneeley,
Gordon and Smith Surfboards, 1974-1976.

Design by Robert Conneeley,
Gordon and Smith Surfboards, 1974-1976.

Gordon and Smith Surfboards, 1975.
Artwork by Bob McDonald.

Gordon and Smith, 1983.

G&S: Ian Cairns, 1975.

Gordon and Smith Surfboards.
Driving Force model by Steve Griffiths, circa 1975.
Image thanks to Mick K., May 2012.

Super Slab
Gordon and Smith.
S
Design by John Waterworth, 1976.
(Kneeboard)

Gordon and Smith Surfboards.
Surfboards Australia, circa 1977.
Image thanks to Mick Mock,
Surf Auction 2010.

Gordon and Smith Surfboards, California, USA.

HY-1 , Mike Hynson, 1968.

Fat Albert, 1972.
Gordon and Smith (Australia) or Surfboards Australia (USA)

Twin Fish, 1974.

Surfboards Australia, California, 1970.

G&S: Custom Design by Geoff Solness, 1978.

1977

Gordon and Smith.
Designed and Shaped by Greg Webber

1980

Gordon and Smith Surfboards.
Shaped by Robert Brown, circa 1970.
Image thanks to Mick Mock,
Surf Auction 2010.

Gordon and Smith Surfboards.
Peter Townend Bonza madel, circa 1974.
Image thanks to Mick Mock,
Surf Auction 2010.

	*Gordon and Smith Surfboards* *Shaped by Bobby Brown*
*Custom Shaped by Bobby Brown*	Photographs at Surf's Up At Gerringong Board Display, Auguist 2005. Thanks to Scott Andrews

1967 G &S : Bobby Brown Stingerless

Fully committed bottom turn,
Sandown Point circa 1967
Bobby Brown/Gordon and Smith Stringerless
Photograph : Jack Eden.

Decal image thanks to Snazzy, 2020.

Left: Gordon and Smith Surfboards
Design Shape Jim Banks, 1974.
[Stinger]

Right and below:
Gordon and Smith Surfboards
Design Shape Jim Banks, 1978.

Gordon and Smith Surfboards
Blades by George Wales, 1978.

Gordon and Smith Surfboards

Classic decal, reprised 1984.

	Handshapes by Sam Egan, 1990.
G&S S Glass by Surfblanks Wet Dry Pro Finish, 1990.
G&S : Skwewy Wabbits' Surf Wyders Kwub, Wayne Roach Approach - Power Model, 1988.
	1998 Gordon and Smith Vintage Series *The Fish* *Gordon and Smith - Since 1965* by Nigel Pessow

Geoff Cater (1999-2022) : Catalogue : Manufacturer - Gordon and Smith Surfboards.

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