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| posted on June 11th, 2006 at 08:54 PM |
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Any vintage Surfboard guru's on here?
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.
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| posted on June 11th, 2006 at 08:57 PM |
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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.
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| posted on June 11th, 2006 at 09:14 PM |
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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!
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| posted on June 11th, 2006 at 11:10 PM |
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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..
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| posted on June 11th, 2006 at 11:29 PM |
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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
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| posted on June 12th, 2006 at 05:21 AM |
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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.
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| posted on June 12th, 2006 at 09:56 AM |
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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!
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| posted on June 12th, 2006 at 11:08 AM |
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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..
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yeah, from what i understand they came shooting down in size in the late '60s so from what one guy told be this was about the shortest board you
could get in '67 so technically not a long board at all, but when u sit it next to the 5'10" it sure doesnt look short 
can definitely simpathise with the turning on the 9footer. the pigboard actually has a comparatively very thin fin with a huge rake (will have to get
a pic up) bu unlike other mals i have ridden it doesnt 'pivot' from the rear, you have to paddle it from the middle of the board and attempt to turn
more like a modern shortboard. definitely a fat wave only board, but the bigger the wave the better.
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| posted on June 12th, 2006 at 11:10 AM |
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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!
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man, would love to find a gem like that! a mate of mine near sydney has some rippers off cleanup, but down here in the land locked victorian suburbs
there isnt anything around.
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| posted on June 12th, 2006 at 01:37 PM |
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just remembered, do you guys know anything about experimental stringers? the pigboard has a stringer made of foam sandwitched between 2 bits of
veneer.
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| posted on June 13th, 2006 at 06:04 PM |
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cmon, surely theres some other vintage surfers out there! even those who own vintage boards, lets see some pics
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| posted on June 13th, 2006 at 06:29 PM |
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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?
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| posted on June 13th, 2006 at 06:55 PM |
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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.
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| posted on June 14th, 2006 at 09:01 PM |
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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.
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| posted on June 14th, 2006 at 11:06 PM |
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here is my Farrelly quiver
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| posted on June 14th, 2006 at 11:12 PM |
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some more
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| posted on June 15th, 2006 at 05:00 PM |
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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?
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| posted on June 15th, 2006 at 09:28 PM |
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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
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| posted on June 16th, 2006 at 10:20 AM |
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nah, just have friends up there, stayed with them a while when i was there and picked up a fin whilst i was there.
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