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c1850 Royal Alaia 5ft 11''
#00000537

1914 Duke Kahanamoku, Alaia 8 ft 6"
#00000100

1917 O. E. Downing Surf Shooting Board  8ft 5 1/2''
#00000175

1920 Risby Bros. Prone board (Lamaroo), 3ft 6''
#00000335

1930 Solid wood Bellyboard 4 ft 5''
#00000172

1930 Solid wood Bellyboard 4 ft 3''
#00000173

1930 McLaren Surf Ski, 
#00000334

1933 Surf-o-plane ,  Dr Ernest Smithers
#00000146

1933 Lou Morath's Paddleboard 14 ft 1"
#00000191

1938 Lou Morath's Alaia, 8 ft 8"
#00000105

1940 Racing 16 Paddleboard 16ft
#00000315

1948 Prot Surf Ski  11ft 6''
#00000328

1949 Kilvin - Quigg - Velzy 9 ft 10" Multi laminated balsa 
#00000101

1950 Lamaroo 5ft 1''
#00000166

1950 Lamaroo 5ft 6''
#00000233

1956 Paipo, Balsa  3ft 8"
#00000113

1956 Balsa Malibu 9ft
#00000330

1958 Balsawood Bellyboard 4ft - Ridden by Leigh Tingle
#00000345

1958 Unknown Balsa Pig 8 ft 8''
#00000060

1959 Skipper Hollow Okinuee   10 ft  3"                                                        
#00000382

1959 Scott Dillon Pig Malibu 9 ft 1''
#00000099

1960 Paipo Bellyboard  2 ft 8''
#00000194

1960 Plywood Bellyboard Twin fin 'Rocket'  4ft 6''
#00000204

1960 Paipo by Farfor, 3 ft 5''  Tapa cloth laminated bottom
#00000193

1960 Bill Wallace Balsa Bellyboard 4 ft
#00000307

1963 Shane malibu 9 ft 7''
 #00000159

1963 Shane, Malibu 9 ft 3" 
#00000120

1963 Ron, Malibu 9 ft 7"
 #00000121

1963 Surfboards Hawaii, Gun 11 ft 6" 
 #00000102

1963 Wally Caryle, Malibu 9ft 6" Balsa
#00000002

1963 Wally Caryle, Malibu 9 ft 3" Balsa 
#00000024

1963  Barry Bennett, Bellyboard Twin fin 5ft 1"
#00000050

1963 Skimboard by Blue Pacific 24'' (Diameter)
#00000237

1964 King Step Tail
 #00000190

1964 McDonagh Twin Fin Kneeboard 4 ft 9''
#00000311

1964 Wallace Belly/Knee board  5ft 3''
#00000313

1964 Pacific Star by Dunlop Malibu 9ft 7''
#00000236

1965 Ron Export Quality #4998  9 ft 7''
#00000182

1965 Barry Bennett Malibu Double stringer 9 ft 4" 
 #00000169

1965 Gordon and Smith, Noserider 9 ft 7"
 #00000109

1965 Gordon Woods, Stringerless Malibu 9 ft 4"
 #00000110

1965 Hohnesse, Stringerless Malibu 9 ft 
 #00000074

1966 Gordon Woods Surfboards - Sam by Nat Young, 9 ft 4 ''
 #00000522

1966 Keyo, Malibu 9ft 5"
 #00000036

1966 Keyo - Bob McTavish Tailor Made 9ft 4 1/2''
 #00000224

1966 Gordon Woods,  Malibu  8ft 10"
#00000170

1966 Gordon and Smith Bobby Brown model. Shaped by Floyd Smith. 9 ft 3''
#00000157

1966 Bay Area Belly board 5 ft 5''
 #00000197

1967 Barry Bennett  Kneeboard 5 ft 7''
#00000219

1967 Farrelly Stringerless, 9ft.
#00000350

1967 Gordon Woods Stringerless Wide Tail,  8ft 7'' 
#00000301

1967 Scott Dillon Spoon nose - Diamond Tail 8 ft 11''
 #00000144

1967 Keyo The Virgin, 8ft 4'' shaped by Neil Purchase
 #00000346

1967 Wallace, V bottom 7 ft 8"
 #00000115

1967 Hayden  8 ft Vee Bottom Robert Conneeley Spaceship
 #00000317

1967 George Rice, Vee bottom 9ft
 #00000168

1967 Gordon and Smith,  Vee Bottom 7 ft 7"
 #00000026

1968 Shane Stringerless Vee bottom 8 ft
 #00000213

1968 WM, V-bottom 8 ft 3"
 #00000003

1968 WM, Pin tail 8 ft 1" Stringerless
 #00000107

1968 Scott Dillon, Stringerless Pintail 8 ft 3"
 #00000111

1968 George Rice, Double ender 7ft 10"
 #00000037

1968 Gordon Woods Fineline Pintail 8ft
 #00000349

1968 Gordon Woods Tracker 8ft
 #00000229

1968 Gordon Woods  8 ft Stringerless  Tracker
 #00000305

1968 Shane 7 ft 6" Round tail 
 #00000096

1968 Wayne Lynch Double Ender  8 ft 2" #00000265

1969  WM Tracker, shaped by Bill Morton 7ft 2"                                             
#00000385

1969 Wallace, Tracker 7 ft 3" Stringerless
 #00000108

1969 Scott Dillon  Roundtail 7 ft 10"
 #00000171

1969 Hayden  8 ft Stringerless  Pintail
 #00000303

1969 Wayne Lynch Involvement/John Arnold 7 ft 9" shaped by Wayne Lynch
 #00000103

1969 Dale Roundtail - 7ft 9'' Bob McTavish shape
 #00000228

1969 Hayden  7 ft  5''   Round tail  - A Robert Conneeley Expression, Foam Stringer
 #00000304

1969 Surf Design, Tracker/Mini gun 7 ft 
 #00000067

1969 Keyo, Bullitt 7 ft
 #00000069

1969 Peter Drouyn Diamond tail 6ft 3 '' Shaped by Peter Drouyn
 #00000218

1969 Surf-o-plane Marlin model, surfer Nick Carroll
 #00000147

1969 Farrelly, Square tail  6 ft 4" 
 #00000046

1969 Age, Egg 6 ft 7" 
 #00000042

1969  Keyo Egg, 6ft 2", shaped by Geoff McCoy                                             
#00000384

1969 Keyo, Egg  5 ft 8" shaped by Geoff McCoy
 #00000045

1969 Jackson Egg, 5 ft 5'' Shaped by Laurie Byrne.
 #00000133

1969 Farrelly Side Slipper 6 ft 7.5''
 #00000306

1969 Keyo Slide Slipper 6 ft 2''   Shaped by Steve Lennard
 #00000217

1970 Bing Auga Board, Tom Warren and Steve Barger,  4ft 10''
 #00000353

1970 Peter Clarke Round tail 7ft 
 #00000239

1970 Wilderness Diamond tail 6ft 8'' Shaped by Chis Brock
 #00000326

1970 Odin Side slipper 6ft 2'' Shaped by Rick
 #00000212

1970 McCoy, Twin fin I 5 ft 7" 
 #00000318

1970 Walsh, Twin fin I  5 ft 4" 
 #00000071

1970 Farrelly Twin Fin #1 6ft 1"
 #00000134

1970   
Farrelly Twin Fin #1  5ft 2"                                                                                                              
#00000266

1970 Farrelly, Pin tail 6 ft 6"
 #00000056

1970 Hansen-Cronulla Twin fin 1. 5ft 11''
 #00000161

1970 The Shoe by Shane, 4 ft 11''. Spooned deck kneeboard.
 #00000195

1970 Shane standard,  (Popout) 5 ft 5 1/2"
 #00000196

1970 Shane Standard Twin Fin, 5ft 8''.
#00000348

1970 Wallace Egg Pop-out   6 ft,  Marbling
 #00000179

1970 Keyo Standard 6ft 
 #00000231

1970  Hodgman Surf mat, 4ft                                                                                
#00000375

1970 Zippy Board Small 'Hunters Toyline' 16''
 #00000203

1970 John Arnold - Wayne Lynch International Involvment Model 6ft 4''
 #00000225

1970 Rip Curl Pintail 
 #00000230

1970 Plastic Mini-Malibu, 5ft 4'' #00000365

1971
Klemm Bell Double Ender, shaped by Wayne Lynch in May 1971,  6ft 10" #00000371

1971 Farrelly Diamond tail 6 ft 3 1/2'' 
 #00000214

1971 Hutchinson Diamond tail 6 ft 7" 
 #00000044

1971 Farrelly Pop-out 5ft 5"
 #00000054

1971 Pat Morgan Twin fin #1 6 ft 7''
 #00000106

1971 McCoy Twin Fin 6ft 4''
 #00000234

1971 Plastic Fantastic Tri fin - Danny Calohan (USA) 6 ft
 #00000211

1971 McGrigor Diamond Tail Tri Fin 6 ft 5''
 #00000209

1971 Barry Bennett, Bob McTavish Tri fin  6 ft 8"
 #00000009

1971 Pat Morgan Keel fin 7ft 8 1/2''
 #00000336

1972 Bennett-Nat Young Surf Design, 7ft 6''
 #00000341

1972 Bluebird Pintail 7ft Shaped by Bob McTavish
 #00000215

1972 Lightnining Bolt Pintail  8 ft  Shaped by Gerry Lopez
 #00000181

1972 Bennett Round nose -round tail. 6ft 10''
 #00000162

1972 Pat Morgan Keel fin  6ft  8''
 #00000242

1972 Midget Farrelly, Coolite 4 ft 10" Rubber fin
 #00000034

1973 San Juan Nat Young Design, Square tail, 6ft 8''
#00000260

1973 Dick van Straalen Square tail 7ft 3''
 #00000199

1973 Jackson, Greenough Spoon 5 ft 10" 
#00000076

1973 Ron Wade Spoon 4ft 8''
#00000320

1973 Blaxell Swallow tail 7ft  4''  Shaped by Chis Young
#00000333

1973 Pat Morgan Swallow tail 6ft 9'' Kym Thompson
#00000163

1973 Mystic Expressions  Pintail keel Fin,  7  ft.
#00000222

1973 Wave Creation Surfboards Swallowtail 6 ft 8''
#00000192

1973 Barry Taylor Pintail 7 ft 6"
#00000090

1973 Barry Taylor, Flextail Kneeboard 5 ft 6" Hand made fin box
#00000083

1973 Zippy Board Large 'Super Surfer' 3ft
#00000202

1974 Michael Peterson’s Swallow-tail Gun, 7ft x18.5" x 3"                              
#00000386

1974 San Juan Flyer Pintail, shaped by Frank Latta, 7'3" x 19 1/2" x 2 1/2". #00000380

1974 Cooper Bonzer 6ft 11''
#00000221

1974 Weber Bonzer 6 ft 8''
#00000198

1974 Gordon and Smith Surfboards Bonza, shaped by Peter Townend, 6ft 8''
#00000352

1974 South Coast Surfboards Bonzer  6 ft 8'' - shaped by Terry Cooper.
#00000180

1974
Skipp Surfboards Bonzer, 6 ft 9"- shaped by Terry Richardson
#00000364

1974 Henri Rounded Pin,  7ft , with seascape mural.                                          
#00000379

1974 Henri Rounded Pin,  6ft 10 1/2'', Shaped by Chris Henri.
#00000337

1974 Hot Buttered, Flyer swallowtail 6 ft 10"  Terry Fitzgerald/ Martin Worthington
#00000104

1974 Hot Buttered, Square tail 6ft 10'' Frank Williams
#00000092

1975 Shane 6ft 6.5" x 19" Shaped by Simon Anderson, spray mural
#00000377

1974
1974 Pipeliner Junior single fin, 5ft 5'' #00000367

1975 Rod Ball Design Ski tail Kneeboard 5ft 8
#00000227

1975 Backyard,  Spoon deck Kneeboard 5ft 6"
#00000068

1975 Ron Wade Moulded Greenough Spoon,  4ft 10''
#00000339

1975 Belly Bogger 3ft 7''
#00000150

1975 Scott Dillon, Stinger 6 ft 8"shaped by Billy Urbany (USA)
#00000043

1975 Morning Star, Swallow tail Spray art 6ft 10''
#00000208

1976 Barry Bennett 7 ft shaped by John Foster
 #00000207

1976 Gordon and Smith, 7 ft shaped by Peter Townend
#00000072

1976 Gordon and Smith Rounded Pin, 6ft 11'', Shaped by Steve Griffiths 
#00000340

1976 Christie Rounded Pin  6ft  2''
#00000240

1976 Handbord -Molded plastic 15 1/2''
#00000226

1976 Merrin, Air mat twin fin 5 ft 4"
#00000066

1976 McCoy, Rounded Pin 6 ft 6" 
#00000025

1976 McCoy - Reno Aberellia Design, 7 ft 2''
#00000210

1976 San Juan, Pintail 6 ft 8" shaped by John Blanch 
#00000063

1976 Shane Ski Tail 6ft 9''
#00000327

1976 Crozier, Kneeboard  Slab 5 ft 4" Tri boxes
#00000058

1978 Nat Young, Pintail 6 ft 5" 
#00000038

1978 Nat Young Surf Design Pintail 6 ft 5''
#00000174

1978 Mark Richards, Twin fin II 5 ft 10" 
#00000040

1978 Bronzed Aussies, Flyer pintail 5ft 10" Cheyene Horan Model
#00000084

1978 Country Style Rounded Pin,  5ft 5''*, Shaped by Rodney Dahlberg.
#00000338

1978 Natural Flow Double-flyer Rounded Pintail 5ft 10'' - shaped by Peter Hitchen #00000263

1978 Windsurfer 12 ft
#00000089

1978 Kerrawa Jet Bottom by Erle Pedersen 5 ft 5''
#00000223

1978 Friar Tuck Twin-fin Kneeboard 5ft 6'' - shaped by Craig McDonald. #00000262

1979 George Greenough Designs Kneeboard  Shaped by Chis Brock 5ft 6 1/2''
#00000235

1979 Byrne Twin fin II,  shaped by Laurie Byrne 6 ft
#00000039

1979  Hawaiian Pro Designs by Larry Bertleman, Twin fin II.  6 ft 1"
#00000119

1979 Mark Richards Twin Fin 2  6 ft ?  K.P.
#00000165

1979 Mark Richards Twin fin, double flyer swallow tail,  5ft 4'' Shaped by Mark Platter
#00000302

1979 Freeflight, Col Smith Channel model 5ft 11''
#00000064

1978
Natural Flow Surf Design Double-flyer Pintail 5ft 10'' - shaped by Peter Hitchen
#00000263

1979 Nat Young Surf Design, 6 ft 4''
#00000356

1979  
Power Surfboard by Simon Anderson, 6ft 3"                                                                
#00000381

1980 Sky Kneeboard 5 ft 8 1/2"George Greenough Design Shaped by Chris Brock 
#00000310

1980 Coolite Twin fin adaptation 
#00000088

1980 Morey Boogie, Mach 7
#00000030

1980 Sky, Mini Mal 7ft 2" shaped by Bob McTavish
#00000023

1980 McCoy Lazor Zap 5"8"
#00000112

1980  Crozier Tri fin Kneeboard, 5ft 7'', Shaped by Peter Crawford.
#00000342

1981 Gordon and Smith, Lazor Zap 6 ft
#00000073

1981 Energy Thruster Flyer round tail 5 ft 9 "Scott Beggs
#00000095

1981 Nat Young, Tri fin 6 ft 1"
#00000027

1981 Nat Young Design,  Tri fin 6 ft
#00000057

1982 Aloha, Thruster 6 ft shaped by Greg Clough
#00000033

1982 Town and Country, Thruster 5 ft 10" shaped by Gunther Rohn
#00000041

1982 Nirvana No-nose Bat tail Twin with stabilizer fin 5 ft 8" Ronnie Woodward
#00000093

1984 Town and Country Quad Fin 5ft 8 1/2'' shaped by Gunther Rohn
#00000238

1985 Express Four fin Kneeboard 5 ft 7''
#00000206

1986 Bare Nature,  Mini Mal Thruster 6 ft 10" Wayne Riordan
#00000031

1987 San Juan, Malibu 8 ft 7" shaped by Dennis Anderson
#00000032

1989 The Pod - Molded Handboard 12''
#00000205

1990 Jackson, Mini Mal  7 ft 10"
 #00000035

1990 Zero Utra Light (Thruster Coolite)  5 ft #119
 #00000091

1993 Al Merrick, Thruster 6 ft 6"
 #00000081

1995 Hobie (USA), Malibu Classic by Phil Edwards 9 ft 1" 
 #00000048

1999 MAC - T Designed by Bob McTavish 6 ft 5 1/2''
 #00000312

1999 McTavish, Mini mal  Thruster 8 ft 3"
 #00000080

2000 McCoy Nugget 6 ft 11 1/2''
 #00000167

2001 McCoy Nugget 7 ft 7 1/4'' Shaped by Geoff McCoy
 #00000316

2003 Surftech McCoy Nugget 7 ft 7 1/4''  - Epoxy
 #00000319

2004 Jackson Noserider 9 ft 1'' Shaped by Jim Parkinson
 #00000216

1935 Tom Blake's 1935 Quiver and supplementary images
 #00000200

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