pods for primates : a catalogue of surfboards in australia since 1900
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surfresearch.com.au 
guide 

To maximise the resources of surfresearch.com.au please read the following...
surfresearch.com.au is an on-line data base calatoguing Australian surfboards since 1900
-  plus some other things.

It is a work in progress, updated approximately every three months.

Boards are entered in the catalogue  in chronological order.

Entries comprise template photographs, details on construction, dimensions, decor, history and references.

The  majority of entries are before 1982 - before the domination of the Thruster.

The first entry is....
1914 Duke Kahanamoku, Alaia 8 ft 6" 
The catalogue number on the right links to the entry.
Always use the browser to return.

Each entry can be advanced to the next by clicking the left hand image in the title bar...
Click for catalogue entries by date - start 1914 with Duke's 8ft 8''
The link also appears at the bottom of each entry (Links to #100)

Alternative access to the Catalogue is via the catalogue menu which has the following options...

1. list by text  (fast)...

paipo* catalogue - a list of Prone and Kneeling Craft from the catalogue.

catalogue master base   - catalogue entries by number, for filing purposes.

manufacturer/shaper index  -  manufacturers'  details and decals,  listed alphabetically.
Decals link to applicable catalogue entries, occassionally to a individual manufacturer's entry...


Bill Wallace Surfboards
 

This links to an entry for Bill Wallace Surfboards, Brookvale.


Again, each page can be advanced to the next by clicking the left hand image in the title bar or at the bottom of the page.

2.  list by image (slow)...

surfboards - linked chronolgical catalogue entries by scaled template photograph (links to #100)...


1914 #100 Duke Kahanamoku's fFeshwater board

paipos*   - linked chronolgical paipo catalogue entries by scaled template photograph (links to #172)...



fins  -  chronolgical fin entries (image and details) - some linked to catalogue entries (links to #101)...



board portraits  - chronolgical board & rider images - some linked to catalogue entries (links to#101)...
Note  : adjust side bar, scroll across page.



OTHER RESOURCES

history
Largely incomplete   -  most of the sections are skeletal  only

references


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