ok, i confess, there is no surfing sensation like surfing a single fin, i cant get enough of them. just wondered if there were any old board gurus out there on the forum, my 2 singles cost me fairly little and i love them to death but i was wondering how much i should look after them, the mal in particular as it is a little something different.

my little red rocket is a 78/79 Carabine 5'8" she owes me $120 to begin with including de-laminated deck and rough as hell glass, but came with the original box and tri-coloured box fin fitted right at the tip of the board. she has a flat as hell smooth bottom, double flyers and is a really nicely shaped board, an absolute rocket in hollow surf. unfortunately i had to reglass the whole thing to make it rideable so i doubt its worth anything at all but its fun to ride and is shaped near identical to Chene Horan's '78 Bronzed Aussies board.

the one i would like some views on is my long board. technically i believe it is called a Pigboard, 8 - 8 1/2' signed and shaped by Rob Teys about 1967, stock original glass, except for a patch on the bottom of the front of the nose about 30cm long which had been ripped out (the foam was still fine beneath) and it has copped a minor fold at the nose, not bad enough to damage the stringer or foam, just crease the 'glass. 2 experts i have shown this board to believe that a Wolseley badge used to reside under the missing 'glass. the board seems real radical for its time, i have been told it is an earlier board hacked down to size by Teys as was common to do in the late 60s, it has a narrow nose, wide pointed tale, convex (yes CONVEX) bottom, and one of the most savagely raked plastic fins i have ever seen. Rides like nothing else on the planet.

i ride both boards whenever possible but just recently i have gotten a bit paranoid about losing or badly damaging the Teys pigboard. it only owes me $80 but Id hate to destroy a piece of history. do you recon the old girl is worth something?
if anyone else on here still rides old singles i would love to hear from you, would be great to know there are some other people just as nutty.

i bet they go nice sitting on a dub roof cruisin' to the beach. Dubs and surf seem to go hand in hand.

I'm no surfie guru, but if the boards are vintage dude, and they are of good names and original styles, they could very likely be of some value. U should go to a pro surf comp and walk around with it, see if any one comments.

certainly do go well ontop of a dub, but they scare me even more on the kombi because they sit so far back on the roof that i cant tell if they're still attached or not!

hey yeah i have a few oldies but the one i ride is a fully restored 9'8" log/gun with bugger all rocker and huge D fin, i picked it up in refurbed condition from a board auction and it weigh's a ton..
love it but its such a bicth to ride.. it would be optimum in 2' mush at 1st point noosa or alikes..
its like riding on ball bearings when you can get it goin but a bitch to turn with 3 acres of D fin to play with..
its a '63 pacific star.. been thinkin now ive had a bit a fun with it it may be time to put it up on the wall as a thing to admire..
btw, i thought longboards start at 9'.. so would that make your 8 - 8 1/2' a mini mal? sounds like a gem all the same..

Yeah i have a few...both boards would be worth a bit, but unless boards are in mint condition then they are worth substantially less...I always ride mine, and the surf shops wont give you the right advice, they want bargains that they can sell on for profit...

I have a very early mctavish bluebird, Bob offered me 1k for it, must be worth more but still ride it...

A mate of mine in Byron died earlier this year, but he had the biggest collection of vintage and classic surfboards youve ever seen...he was always a good help in knowing the value...he used to trade around the globe. RIP BK

I have an old 1965 Hayden 9"6 mal Had a nose repair but i still ride it but it weighs a tonne. I have been offered $400 for it by a collector but i just love the old style board and well hopefully i will keep it and pass it onto my little girl. There is a place on the Sunshine Coast that restores them but i tend to like it original.

worth a fair bit if you can keep them in good nick... nothing better than finding an old single/twin fin in the council clean up!

just remembered, do you guys know anything about experimental stringers? the pigboard has a stringer made of foam sandwitched between 2 bits of veneer.

cmon, surely theres some other vintage surfers out there! even those who own vintage boards, lets see some pics

Fair enough Kid heere is the site check it out.
http://www.surfresearch.com.au/ 

I have a few early Farrellys including a sideslipper a Scot Dillon transition mal a nice Gordon Woods and abot 10 early knee boards including one george greenough.

the first board is not worth much perhaps $150
the second board is more valuable it looks as it has been repaired from a snaped off nose? hard to tell. If its in good shape it gains its value from its experimental nature. could be worth several Hundreds if its in OK nick pristeen a lot more the real collectors are after very special boards in very good condition of the shaped or riden by a NAME surfer. Ring Mick Mock or contact him via surf trader he is very helpful .
Didntnt you have that wild fang tail you sold on ebay?
Regards Mitchell

yeah, the crazy beast went to a collector in geelong way, not my sort of board unfortunately. thankfuly no actual break to the nose of the pigboard, just a fold, glass on the top is creased but not broken and glass on sides is still untouched.
good to see some kneeboards, would love to try kneeboarding one day for something different, they are such cool looking stumpy little things.

Just finished restoring a Mcgrigor single and luv'n it, but my all time is my Mark Richards twinnie I got off a Pommy mate who knew nothing of Australian surf history.

here is my Farrelly quiver

some more

that first farrely looks like it would be a little ripper to ride! real nice shape to it. nice to see the old fin boxes living on as well, theres actually a place a little south of Narrabeen that you can still get some real nice replacement fins for those at real decent prices ($45?) picked up a clear one for the Carabine which just made the board so much more flexible.
surfncam, beut resto on the McGregor, do you ride it? if so whats it like with that real pointy tail?

A little south of narrabeen ? Do you mean collaroy? I haved lived at North narrabeen to collaroy for most of my life at Northy now, where are you Bay boy? sounds like you are nearby not in Chirnside? Mitcl

nah, just have friends up there, stayed with them a while when i was there and picked up a fin whilst i was there.