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1959 Scott Dillon Pig Malibu 9ft 1"

#99

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Scott Dillon Surfboards, 41 Winbourne Road Brookvale 93 4303
SHAPER: Scott Dillon
DESIGN: Pig Malibu
DESIGNER: Velzy - Jacobs.

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION: Foam blank, 1/2'' Stringer, with Volan glass and resin gel coat.
DIMENSIONS:

*Length :*	9	ft	inches	*L2:*
*Width :*	20 5/8	inches	*Wide Point :*	-ve 16	inches
*Nose :*	15 1/4	inches	*Tail :*	17 1/2	inches
*Thickness :*		inches	*Pod :*		inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches	*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos	*Volume :*		litres
*Other :*		inches

FEATURES
Nose: round, with slight point
Tail: round
Deck: flat
Bottom: flat
Rails: round
Rocker:

FIN
9 1/2" x 12" base @ 0 inches
Dorsal fin, plain with orange gel coat, legrope hole.
Base ends at pod.
Image : Fin with partial paint removal

DECOR
DECALS
Deck
Adhesive Decal - 'Surfboard by Scott Dillon 41 Winbourne Rd Brookvale NSW' with surfer graphic/Oval at tail.
Redesigned from the O'Neill (USA) logo - Scott Dillon.
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Orange resin gel coat
Bottom: Orange resin gel coat

NOTES
HISTORY
Board purchased at Nowra tip, 18 November 2000.
1. Extemely dirty - motor oil (?) on the bottom, blue paint on rails and fin. Photographs18 Nov.
2. Board cleaned. Photographs 18 Nov 2000.
3. Paint removed from rails at nose, tail, obvious repaired areas, fin tip and base.
Inspection revealled :
Body filler in some ding repairs.
Original Volan repairs to nose and tail.
Major knee well delamination repairs - 5 drilled holes, injected resin, possible orange pigment.
Poor attempt to regloss/filler bottom and/or reaction with motor oil.
4. All paint removed from deck and bottom rails (not fin). Photographs 20 Nov 2000.
5. All paint removed, discoloured 'clear' resin coat removed from bottom and all dings repaired, August 2006.
6.
COMMENTS: Early example of Australian foam board circa 1960 - template, rails, gel coat and adhesive decal. The fin design is noteably futuristic.

REFERENCES:
1. Notes on Scott Dillon Surfboard Collection
See Plans and Specifications Pig 1959
Books
1. Pollard: The Australian Surfrider (1964) pages 28 - 29.
2. Farrelly: This Surfing Life (1965) page 62
3.Young: The History 0f Surfing (1983) pages 72 - 73, 88 - 90
4. Brawley: Beach Beyond (1996) pages 151 - 156
5. Thoms: Surfmovies (2000) pages 65 - 66
CONDITION: 4

Board portrait, Dee Why, circa 1957
Left to right,

Ron Perry and a Balsa Hawaiian board.

Ross Renwick and Gordon Woods Surfboards Balsa Pig.

Gordon Woods and Velzy-Jacobs Balsa Malibu
This board was purchased in 1956 from Bob Burnside, a member of the visiting US-Hawaiian Team for the Melbourne Olympics.

Wake Ward of Hawaii with Foam board.

Image courtesy of Mr. Gordon Woods.
Printed in Pollard The Australian Surfrider page 28, and others.

Geoff Cater (1999-2012) : Scott Dillon Pig, 1959.
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