Craig Joubert reported 5 May 2003
"I was amazed to see one of my old boards in your catalogue.
The above board was the first board that I ever did a 360 on!"

Further details were requested and supplied, used in various sections and below...
Date (my guess was 1985) ? 
Not to far wrong. From my recollections maybe '84, '83 absolute earliest.
Custom or stock ? 
Custom
Decor design and/or spray by ? 
Paul Armstrong (shaper & owner of Express). I used to let Paul have free range on spray jobs. 
They were always colourful.
The board did not have the trailing fins when I purchased it - any idea of their dimensions? 
All of the fins look unoriginal. Paul always used white fins and I'm certain that's what was on this board. As for size they look from the photo to be bigger than the original. I can't remember the sizes but the ones in it now look wider at the base and the trailing fins look about 30% ?? bigger.
Do the numbers CO684 mean anything to you? 
No. I think this would have been some sort of order/job number for Paul. 
NB. Last I heard Paul Armstrong was living in Sans Souci and making boards out of his garage for friends
while working at Qantas but last board I got from Paul was around 1990 when he was living in Engadine and
making boards in his garage.
Thanks to Craig Joubert for his contribution.
DESIGN HISTORY
Following the success of Simon Anderson's Thruster in 1981, several variations in fin placement and size were tried, one being the Four fin by Glen Winton from the Central coast, NSW in 1981.