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| 1976 Gordon and Smith, Peter Townend 7 ft |
#72
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Length
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7
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ft |
0
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inches | L2: | |
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Width
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19
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inches |
Wide
Point :
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-ve
4 1/2
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inches | |
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Nose
:
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12
3/4
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inches |
Tail
:
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11
1/4
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inches | |
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Thickness
:
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inches |
Pod
:
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4
1/2
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inches | ||
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Nose
Lift :
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inches |
Tail
Lift :
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inches | |||
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Weight
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kilos |
Volume
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litres | |||
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Diamond
:
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+
3/4
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inches |
| FIN
8 inch x 6 inch base @ 5 inches Thick laminated plywood widebase. Image Right |
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| DECOR
DECALS Deck Large G and S Custom Surfboards red/black peusdo-rectangle at sweet spot. - rare, image below. Black dolphin and script Hand Shaped Tubeshooters by Peter Townend, on tail. at left. Bottom: Large Gordon and Smith enhanced script, multi coloured in shield with bird borders at sweet spot.Unusual -Image bottom. MARKINGS Deck: 5352 pencil above stringer Bottom: COLOUR: Deck Rail yellow spray Bottom: YellowSpray with darker rail spray |
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| Peter
Townend started his surfing career
on the Gold Coast of Queensland with peers Michael
Peterson and Rabbit
Batholomew.
In he mid 1970's he moved to the Cronulla area and produced a range of boards for long term manufacturer, Gordon and Smith Surfboards. While at Gordon and Smith Surfboards he used/promoted Bonzer designs and asymetricals and was the sponsored Australian surfer for Hollow Wave boards from the USA.. He was to go on to form the Bronze Aussies with West Australian Ian Cairns, and others (Mark Warren, Cheyne Horan - see # 84 - and Cronulla's Jim Banks). He won the first professional surfing title in 1976, based on points accumulated over a year. He played a main surfing role in the Hollywood production Big Wednesday, 1980? Despite many contest victories and reputable performances in large Hawaiian surf, he was often noted as a constant runner-up or The Shorebreak Kid. |
 Peter Townend Hot Stuff model,
Gordon and Smith Surfboards, 1977. Surf [Aust] September 1977 Volume 1 Number 5 |
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