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the catalogue #96

1969 Shane 7 ft 6'' Rounded Pintail

#96

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Shane Surfboards, Mitchell Road Brookvale
SHAPER:
DESIGN: Rounded pin
DESIGNER:

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Stringerless foam blank, Volan glassed with reverse scallop deck patch, gel resin and gel resin/glitter decor, pinlines, SAFE set fin box, post-production legrope plug.
DIMENSIONS

*Length:*	7	feet	6	inches
*Width:*	21	inches		*Wide Point:*	+ 6	inches
*Nose :*	xx	inches		*Tail:*	xx	inches
*Thickness:*		inches		*Pod:*	0	inches
*Weight:*		kilos		*Volume:*		litres
*Nose/L:*		inches		*Tail/L:*		inches
*Other*

FEATURES
Nose: Rounded pin
Tail: Pin
Deck: Rolled
Bottom: light roll
Rails: thin : high, 50/50, low
Rocker:

FIN
9'' x 8'' base,
clear molded plastic,
Allen key bolts,
legrope hole.
SAFE set finbox,
See other image below.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: 'Shane' , green kidney at tail
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Clear with green foil pin-lines and blue rail pin-lines
Bottom
Clear with two Blue gel resin Foil designs :
1.Large nose to rear, added glitter, green pinlines.
2.Small around fin box. See below.

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Purchased Geoff Petty, Balmain October 2000.
Picked up 2 November 2000 - heavily waxed, no available history.
COMMENTS: glitter additive to gel resin is very unusual.
REFERENCES
Magazines
Note: Shane Surfboards advertising in this period was known for its unusual images - unfortunately this meant very few boards appear. However due to the rapid variations in design it avoided the potential embarassment of your number one surfer appearing with a brand new superceded model (from magazine layup to news stands was often three months). Similar advertising that deviated from the standard surfer/board/wave was used by many manufacturers in this period.
1. 'Shane Surfboards' (Shane Steadman/Terry Fitzgerald?) : ''Surfboard Designs''
in Modern World magazine July 1971 pages 30 - 37. Editor: Dick Levine
2. Mick Mock : "The Summer Millionaire (Shane Steadman)"
in Deep, Vol 4 #4 Winter 1999 pages 50 - 61
CONDITION: 6

Bottom with Foil decor

Safeset Fin box and fin bases