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1973      Senior Zippy Board           2ft  5 1/2'' - 30" Moulded Plastic
#202 
MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Ross Consolidated Industries P/L , Melbourne 
SHAPER:  Unknown 
DESIGN: Paipo/Belly Board
DESIGNER: Unknown
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Moulded hollow plastic 
DIMENSIONS
Length :
 2
 ft
5 1/2
 inches

Width :
   inches
Wide Point :
 0
 inches
Nose :
 16
 inches
Tail :
16
 inches
Thickness :
 2 1/2
 inches
Pod :
 16
 inches
Nose Lift :
 2
 inches
Tail Lift :
   inches
Weight :
   kilos
Volume :
   litres
Concave pod :
 1 1/2
 inches

 
FEATURES
Nose: round
Tail:  concave
Deck: Flat with moulded handles
Bottom: Five (5) bottom ridges
Rails: rounded square
Rocker: miminal nose lift
FIN/S:  none
DECOR
DECALS:
Deck: 'Super Surfer' and Whale logo - moulded on nose
Bottom
'Ross Consolidated Industries P/L , Melbourne' - moulded at tail
' Warning This is not a life preserver' - moulded at nose.
MARKINGS
Deck: 
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: yellow
Bottom:
NOTES
BOARD HISTORY: Purchased garage sale,  August 2000.
ZIPPY SENIOR Learners' Surf and Swim Board. 30ins. 39'6 (39 shillings and 6 pence)
DESIGN HISTORY
Common Australian juvenile craft, originally produced, under the Zippyboard brand, circa 1970 and still in production. 
In template design bares remarkable similarity to 1914 handboard, see History 1914 Detailed Analysis.
COMMENTS:
REFERENCES
The Australian Women's Weekly
16 December 1964, page 45.
COME ON, FATHER CHRISTMAS make a real splash with the gift of a
ZIPPY SURF BOARD

 FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ON BEACH, POOLS, LAKES
 SURE-GRIP HANDLES FOR COMPLETE SECURITY
 For any child, on anybody's gift list, there's no better present to pop under the Christmas Tree.
 Zippy Boards are unbreakable, don't chip, rust or fade, - never clog swimming-pool filters . . . thanks to the fact they're made of durable Hostalen high density polyethylene.
 In vivid, easily-seen yellow for added safety.
 (And prices help parents keep cool!)
 1. ZIPPY JUNIOR The Swim Board for young beginners. 17ins. long 12'11
 Keeps them afloat to practise arm and leg actions.
2. ZIPPY SENIOR Learners' Surf and Swim Board. 30ins. 39'6
3. ZIPPY SURFIE Here you have a real Surf Board- 38ins. long 57'6
-for your junior surfer who likes to ride the waves all summer long.
THE ZIPPY SURF BOARD IS MADE BY TOLTOY
Australia's Own Toys

Trove
1964 'Advertising', The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), 16 December, p. 45. , viewed 10 Sep 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51272943

Other Boards:
Smaller handboard model  # 203,  see below.
Large model 35.5" x 14"wide.
Books
Margan and Finney : Photographs  page
CONDITION: 8





Large model
35.5" x 14"wide.
Twin Keels

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Geoff Cater (2001-2022) :Catalogue: Senior Zippy Board, 2ft 5", 1973.
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