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| 1970 John Arnold -
Wayne Lynch International Involvment Model 6 ft
4" |
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Length:
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6
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feet | 4 | inches | ||
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Width:
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21.25
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inches |
Wide Point:
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+ve 5
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inches | |
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Nose :
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17
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inches |
Tail :
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15 .5
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inches | |
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Thickness:
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3 .25
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inches |
Pod:
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0
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inches | |
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Weight:
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Other
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| FIN
8.5" x 6''b x 9.5'' span Black, moulded "glass filled nylon". Adjustable in a slotted wedge. Rear post-production leg-rope hole. Finbox : 12'' @ 5.5'' When new, the system used several plastic locking clips that filled the exposed section. The fin and box probably manufactured by Simplex Fins, South Australia, see below. Similar designs were also used by Waveset and Guidance Systems in California, circa 1969-1970. The design was short lived and was replaced with now universally adopted Bahne box. |
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| DECOR
DECALS Deck: John Arnold Surf Machines, Adelaide South Australia - Wayne Lynch International Involvment (sic) Black at sweet spot. Badly de-laminated, see alternative legible decal below. 'Made in Australia' in black map, on tail. Bottom: MARKINGS Deck: 6' 4" WAYNE LYNCH 2416 - pencil near tail. Bottom: COLOUR Deck: laminated red with darker 2/3rd volan deck patch Bottom: clear with 1.5'' red laminated rail overlap and black 'pinlines'. |
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| NOTES BOARD HISTORY: Located in the Bronx, New York City, USA, the board was purchased from online in 2006 and despatched to Peter Hitchen, Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Peter kindly brought the board to Australia in December 2006. Many thanks to Calliope (the Bronx) and Peter. DESIGN HISTORY: John Arnold Surfboards John Arnold Surfboards started in South Australia in the late 1950s and, principally through licensing O’Neill Wetsuits (USA) and Golden Breed clothing (USA), was a major company in the 1960s Australian surf industry. An advertisement for John Arnold Surfboards, late 1969 lists the shapers as Wayne Lynch, Wayne Dale and Sig Kwiatkowski. See below. I assume Dale or Kwiatkowski were responsible for the majority of the Involvment production boards as Wayne Lynch had a number of interstate competitive commitments and was also travelling the world with film producer, Paul Witzig. 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". (reference?) A Klemm-Bell Surfboards, Torquay, advertisement for mid-late 1971 offers "Wayne Lynch Hand Shapes and Designs". (reference?) Presumably at this time the contract with John Arnold Surfboards had ceased. Wayne Lynch subsequently shaped boards for Rip Curl Surfboards, Torquay.(reference?) Wayne Lynch and Involvment model by John Arnold Surfboards, 1968. |
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| REFERENCES
Other John Arnold Surfboards #103 1969 Wayne Lynch Involvment 7ft 9'' Books Carter (1968) Cover photograph, with Keith Paull (going right). Paull was the 1968 Australian champion, Wayne Lynch the Junior champion. Nat’s Nat (1998) page 177, and following. Magazine Ad : Surf International 1969 Vol 2 #6 Film Evolution (1968) Paul Witzig Sea of Joy (1971) Paul Witzig On Any Morning (1974) David Sumpter Fall Line (1979) Nat Young CONDITION: 5 |
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John Arnold Surf Machines, Adelaide South Australia Wayne Lynch International Involvment |
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 Decal courtesy of stanleys surfcrazy logo library |
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Finish
coating: John Arnold Surf Machines - Wayne Lynch
International Involvment Model,
Adelaide, South Australia, circa 1969. Finish coat. But it's inside that counts. And it counts, when groovy guys like Wayne Lynch, Wayne Dale and Sig Kwiatkowski get together with the J.A. team. Time you started counting...into the 4th dimension with a Wayne Lynch 'involvment' model or a J.A. surf machine. Ask at your local surf shop or contact John Arnold's Surf Shop 142 Gawler Place, Adelaide, 5000 Phone 23 5505 Surf International
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Simplex
I Fin system.
No bolts, keys or any hardware.
So simple, the fin can be changed in seconds. The precision box allows six positions over a five inch adjustment span. Three fin shapes in glass filled nylon, colours green, blue, red, yellow, white and black. SIMPLEX Fin Systems
142 Gawler Place, Adelaide, 5000. Phone 23 5505 Surf International Magazine Volume 3 Number 3, circa 1970, page 2. |
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Adjustable
fin and fin box with fore and rear locking clips.
Burford Surfboards, South Australia, circa 1969. Contributed, with thanks by Mike Brown, Adelaide, January 2007. Mike noted The Burford fin box and fin has no stampings. I reckon Don had these made up. My Arnold/Lynch boards which have the same setup are identical, but some fins have 'Made in Australia', others haven't. |
 Unusual J.A.
Surf Machine Dragon (?)
decal and board photographs,
thanks to Mike Brown South Australia, July 2020. |
 Markings: Wayne Lynch 6'8" 2001 BC Simplex Fin-box.
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1969 J.A. Surf Machines
Wayne Lynch International Involvment 6ft 8"
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 Simplex Fin-box.
The fin appears to be slightly ground down. |
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Surfing
Volume 16 Number 12 December 1980 Photograph by Aaron Chang. Autographed, 2005. (Wayne's only international magazine cover photograph?) |
 Surfing World
v10 n6 1968 June |
 Wayne Lynch
Surfing World v10 n6 1968 June, page 5. |
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