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Minor edition to Nic's erudite post:
The earliest Twin fin possibly by Tom Blake, circa 1934.
For further information see:
A Brief History of the Twin Fin
http://www.surfresearch.com.au/0000h_Twin_Fin.html

History of Surfboard Bottom Channels Catalogue Entries: #64 "Col Smith Channel" model, Double Flyer Channel Bottom (Bee tail) Freefight Surfboards, shaped by Phil Myers: http//www.surfresearch.com.au/00000064.html #232 Kewarra Surfboards : Jet Bottom by Erle Pedersen (obtained 2006 from the Simon C...

Post Responses TrevG: after all isn’t this what they are getting paid for? Hope this is tongue in cheek. [/b] Yes Dinosaur: Man o man I cant wait to see what sort of sick tangent that spirals off into. The sick tangent was uploaded as a new topic to General Discussion this morning. Nick: Thank you f...

Celebrating 100 Years of Surfboard Riding at Manly Beach. 1909-2009. To celebrate the centenary of surfboard riding at Manly Beach the Manly Life Saving Club Australian Surfing Museum present an illustrated account of the early developments in surfboard riding in Australia by Geoff Cater at the Man...

From surfresearch.com.au Glossary: Stinger 1974 Ben Apia (Hawaii) design characterized by flyers/wings set 2/3 rds back from the nose (also see 442 by Hap Jacobs, 1962). Early models featured a stepped bottom (see Hydroplane by John Kelly Jr., 1965) at the flyers, not found on most copies, and a swa...

Regrettably, looks like am a bit late getting in with my congratulations to Nick Carroll and the team at the ABC for the excellent work in Bombora Part One. Given 50 years of Australian surfing to cover in one hour, this program successfully provided a balanced overview. Like many correspondents, I ...

While hardly comprehensive (and certainly not concerned with current builders) for an listing of Australian manufacturers since about 1957 and some of their shapers you may find something of interest at
http//www.surfresearch.com.au/ma.html
Geoff

Anecdotal (no references): Michael Peterson and brother Tommy decorated their teenage bedroom with surfing images cut from magazines. Michael insisted, occassionally with low level violence, that only top surfers be featured. For MP, this basically meant Nat. Tommy was finally allowed to post images...

offshore wrote: They missed the Coffin ride. In response to the initial question, only three of the five riding postions were discussed. The Coffin ride is considered a variation on the sitting position: On occasion, sitting was used by traditional Hawaiian surf-riders, see Wallis McKay's illustrati...

Nick (re-) wrote: Can somebody who understands it explain to me exactly what the technical and style advantages and disadvantages are in drop-knee bodyboarding -- what kinds of surf and physique does it suit best and why -- where it began and where it's going. My brief answer to the question (Why do...

Mick Mock's annual Surf Auction Saturday 18th October 2008 at Harbord Diggers Club, Sydney. Australia.

Details at http://www.realbeds.com.au/B_SurfAuction_2008.html

Note to Moderator/s: I assume listing in General is acceptable, perhaps also a post in Equipment?

A. Jimi initially wrote: "What is with some people measuring a wave from the back?" Despite a large number of posts, apparently nobody in these posts has yet described, endorsed or defended this ("illogical, inaccurate and pointless") method. As an alternative I have noted a method of estimating bre...

As my previous post (with link) appears to have little impact, I will summarize: A. Measuring breaking wave height from the back is illogical, inaccurate and pointless. The wave face is measured because: 1. the action of the wave face causes errosive action to the sea bottom and the beach. 2. the ac...

Measuring wave height (a moving object with constantly changing shape) has been a consistant discussion topic amoungst surfriders. John Kelly Jr.in Surf and Sea (1965) proposed two ways of measuring waves - "you can over estimate or you can under estimate". A basic scientific method was detailed by ...

re: "A Hawiian surfer cuts a fast right slide in standing crouch on the zippy skim or belly board at Kuhio pier, Waikiki. Photo by Val Valentine." Kelly (1965), facing page 192. Image now added to the foot of surfresearch Paipo catalogue previously noted above. (usure how to post directly into forum...

While this 1960s footage is an important find, such performance was not unknown at this period. The following image was printed in John Kelly’s excellent book in 1965. Possibly at the same location and (far less likely) may be the same surfrider and board. (Apologies, I have just realised I cannot p...

Reply Post # 6.1 Dave Kelly, Thank you for your important contribution to the discussion as posted in the forum thread. I have been able to track down in the State Library a copy of Conrick… Chris Conrick: The Northern District Surf Life Saver: A History of Surf Life Saving in the Newcastle Region....

Post Reply #6 Dave Kelly wrote: 1. I found in a publication called 'The Northern District Surf Lifsaver' published in Newcastle 1989 by Chris Conrick. One is an old newspaper report and the other is an old lifesaving 50th anniversary publication. I will type this as it appears in the publication abo...