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Scott
Dillon
1940? -
Catalogue Entries
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99 Malibu Pig 1959
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144 Diamond tail 1966
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111 Stringerless Pintail 1968
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43 Stinger 1975
Home: Bondi,
Sydney
Beach : Bondi,
Sydney
1st Board
began surfing on
a Hollow timber board, Bondi Beach, 195? Age 1?
Competitive Record
Surfing
Big wave surfer,
shaper, surfboard manufacturer, Museum curator.
Other
Professional boxer,
professional speedway driver
Family
Husband to Mitzy
(46 years, passed away September 2000),
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Scott Dillon Surfboards
39 Winbourne Road Brookvale
Sydney
circa 1965
Photograph: Scott Dillon Collection |
Manufacturing
1. Ward - Dillon
with Noel Ward, Shed, Wellington Lane Bondi
2.
Rear shed,
Hardware and General, cnr Pittwater Road and Winbourne Road Brookvale
3. 41 Winborne
Road Brookvale (down ramp)
4. 39 Winborne
Road Brookvale
5.
3
/ 18 Gaudrons Road Korora via Coffs Harbour NSW 2450
Phone : 61 02 6653 6536 email
: dafin @ key.net.au
Shaper/Surfers
3 - 4. Midget Farrelly, Nat Young,
Bob McTavish,
5. John Blanch, Billy Urbany (USA)
Design
Amoung the early manufacturers Scott Dillon
was considered the master in big wave guns (closely followed by Les Patterson
at Dale Surfboards - Bob McTavish/Pods for Primates Part 1).
Consistent high standards of manufacture
are evident in boards from all eras and the Scott
Dillon Surfboard Collection has many fine examples of professional
restoration.
Many commentators have noted the
use of various fin designs and particually the quality
of fin construction.
Decal design 'developed' from Oneill
Surfboards/Wetsuits, Santa Barbara California.
Developed first Australian use of rice
paper decals, circa 1959.
Experimented with factory neighbour, Jim
Ilsaft? of Itmas Printing who was producing books for the religious
market. The early results, using quaily Bible paper, encouraged the company
to specialize in surfboard decals under the brand Jim the Printer.The company
went on to be a major supplier to the industry well into the 1980's.
da fin - swim fin with control
blades, somewhat related to Thruster fin, circa 1995.
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Scott Dillon Surfboards
Assymetric Hook Tail, circa 1964
Left: Tail template, three stringer(?)
with black and white offset stripes, multi-laminated
timber tail block.
Right: Checkerboard Reverse/Phil/Pixie
Fin
Photographs:
Pollard, Jack (ed.):
The Australian Surfrider
K.G.Murray Publishing Co.P/L,142
Clarence Street , Sydney Australia 1964. Page 26 |
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REFERENCES
Books
1.
Pollard
: The Australian
Surfrider
Photographs pages
26 (board and fin), 92. Text pages 29, 87.
2. Farrelly:
This Surfing Life
Photographs pages 108 - 109
3. Margan
and Finney: A
Pictorial History of Surfing
Photographs, pages
164 balsa guns and Baba Louey, p 219 with Bob Evans and Bob Pike, p 242
Sunset Beach, p 269 Bare Island, p 280 Narrabeen
4. Young :
The History of Surfing
page 90.
Web Pages
Magazines
Articles
Longborading
magazine
Vol No. Pages
General
Film(Appearances)
From Thoms
:Surf Movies, above.
Scott Dillon
has provided much of this information at one meeting in 1998 and over several
subsequent phone calls .- many thanks.