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#103
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1969 Wayne Lynch Double Ender 7 ft 9" |
#103
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Length :
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7
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ft |
9
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inches | L2: | |
Width :
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23.25
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inches |
Wide Point :
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n/a
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inches | |
Nose :
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n/a
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inches |
Tail :
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n/a
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inches | |
Thickness :
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2.75 (est.)
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inches |
Pod :
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0
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inches | |
Nose Lift :
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inches |
Tail Lift :
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inches | |||
Weight :
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kilos |
Volume :
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litres | |||
Other :
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inches |
FEATURES
Nose: round Tail: round Deck: rolled Bottom: flat? Rails: 50/50 tending down in the tail Rocker: |
DECOR
DECALS Deck: Large Wayne Lynch Involvment/J.A. Surfboards red/yellow at front sweet spot, above. Decal image right, courtesy of http://www.surfcrazy.com/stanleys/html/logos.html Bottom: MARKINGS Deck: Wayne Lynch 7' 9" 1007 - pencil on blank. Bottom: COLOUR Deck: clear Bottom: |
DESIGN
HISTORY:
John Arnold
Surfboards
John Arnold
Surfboards started in South Australia in the late 1950s and,
principally through licensing O’Neill Wetsuits (USA), was a
major company in the 1960s surf industry.
An advertisment
for John Arnold Surfboards, late 1969 lists the shapers as
Wayne Lynch, Wayne Dale and Sig Kwiatkowski.
I assume Dale
and Kwiatkowski were responsible for the production boards.
An J.A.
advertisment late 1970 notes the 'designers' as Wayne Lynch
and Wayne Dale and they are available in "All states of
Australia - East and West coast USA - England - France".
Export models
were often fitted with fin boxes to faciliate freighting,
first with Waveset (one USA circa 1969 example noted, August
2008) and later Simplex fins and boxes.
A Klemm-Bell
Sufboards, Torquay, advertisment for mid-late 1971 offers
"Wayne Lynch Hand Shapes and
Designs".
Presumably by
now the contact with John Arnold Surfboards had ceased.
Wayne Lynch
Said to have
single handedly revolutionised backhand surfing, Wayne Lynch
won the European Title in 1968, the Australian Junior Men’s
Title 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970, and the Bells Beach Junior
Title 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969.
After an
outstanding competitive record as a junior, began shaping
circa 1967, see below.
He starred in
Paul Witzig’s films Evolution 1968 (Wayne Lynch
rides at least seven different boards in this film, shot in
about12 months; illustrating the rapid design changes in this
period) and Sea of Joy 1971.
COMMENTS
An excellent
example of this design in near original condition (except for
the leg rope plug, still waxed) by one of Australia’s most
famous surfers.
Note that
"Invovlment" is spelt incorrectly on the decal and in
advertising copy, it should be Involvement.
The template
image is not square due to obsuring objects on display.
Template image
is poor and there is no image of the markings.
REFERENCES
Other John Arnold Surfboards Recorded pencil markings indicate the progressive reduction in length of 16'' from 1968 to 1970: Wayne Lynch 7' 9" 1007 (this board) WAYNE LYNCH 7'1" 1603 David Grimshaw 6' 4" WAYNE LYNCH 2416 #225 Books
Magazines Film : |
Scanned
photograph is a rare early shot of Wayne Lynch, circa
1965 Probably Barrie Sutherland from Pollard, Jack (ed.) :Ampol’s Sporting Records, page 607. Needs to be bigger.-ed. |
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