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1968 Wayne Lynch Double Ender 8 ft 2"

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MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: John Arnold Surfboards, 142 Gawler Place Adelaide South Australia
SHAPER: Wayne Lynch (?)
DESIGN: Double Ender: Wayne Lynch Involvment.
DESIGNER: Wayne Lynch

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Stringerless, Volan glassed with marbled knee-patch, Waveset fin.

DIMENSIONS

*Length :*	8	ft	2	inches	*L2:*
*Width :*	23.25	inches		*Wide Point :*	+6	inches
*Nose :*	13.5	inches		*Tail :*	12.5	inches
*Thickness :*	2.75 (est.)	inches		*Pod :*	0	inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches		*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos		*Volume :*		litres
*Other :*		inches

FEATURES
Nose: semi-pin
Tail: round
Deck: rolled
Bottom: flat?
Rails: 50/50 tending down in the tail
Rocker:

FIN:
Waveset box and fin
Greenough Stage III, orange,12" (est.)
Leg-rope hole in the base.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: Large Wayne Lynch Involvment at front sweet spot, above.
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck: B.B.S.S. 8' 2" 971 W. LYNCH - pencil on blank.
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: clear
Bottom:

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY:
Mike Brown Collection
Adelaide
Comments:
Found out it was made obviously at John Arnolds Surf Shop and that it was a collaboration with Wayne and Wayne Dale.
The board was sent to Bells Beach Surf Shop to Claw and Brian Singer
And they made copies of it to sell under the early Rip Curl Branding ... One early Rip Curl Decal shows the Surf Shop Name
Strangely No mention of JA at all on the board.
Previous owner’s Nephew “apparently” showed it to Wayne a while back in Byron where
He identified it as his shaped surfboard But said he didn’t glass it....
All sort of tied in BUT maybe just a bit more Folklore...........

Response:
Many thanks for the photos, it certainly is an impressive board.

Very similar to the JA marked Wayne Lynch 7' 9" 1007

http://www.surfresearch.com.au/00000130.html

At 8ft 2" and number 971, your board probably shaped a month on two earlier (?).

Previous owner’s Nephew “apparently” showed it to Wayne a while back in Byron where he identified it as his shaped surfboard.

But said he didn’t glass it. (??!!??)
All sort of tied in BUT maybe just a bit more Folklore...

Hard to question Mr Lynch's memory, but in a personal interview (Gerringong NSW, 10 March 2005) Wayne noted that while boards of this period regularly have pencil markings with his name, these does not confirm that a board was shaped by himself.

a collaboration with Wayne and Wayne Dale

Apparently most of the Lynch boards were shaped by Wayne Dale, or Sig.

The board was sent to Bells Beach Surf Shop to Claw and Brian Singer
And they made copies of it to sell under the early Rip Curl Branding

This was recalled by the previous owner? Adelaide?

Very interesting, feasible but ideally should be confirmed by Claw or Brian.

Strangely No mention of JA at all on the board.

Unusual, but not unprecedented- glassers often cut or trimmed the decals to create a different look.

Lastly, the fin is very nice ... any idea if it is Waveset, or less likely Safeset?

Reply
Thanks for your reply Geoff    yes its another interesting board with a “Story” to tell .
Ive said the same about contact with Claw or brian as well
The collaboration between the Waynes   came up recently with one of JA’s workers who said When Lynchy came over he would only hang around and then take off to the West Coast surfing
With Wayne Dale and a few others ....The Fin setup is an excellent condition Waveset and Box System    An impressive board alright ...Now how does it go
All the best over there in Sydney Stay safe Mike

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 advertisement 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. advertisement 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 facilitate freighting, first with Waveset (one USA circa 1969 example noted, August 2008) and later Simplex fins and boxes.
A Klemm-Bell Surfboards, Torquay, advertisement 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 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.

REFERENCES
Other John Arnold Surfboards
Recorded pencil markings indicate the progressive reduction in length of 16'' from 1968 to 1970:
B.B.S.S. 8' 2" 971 W. LYNCH - (this board)
Wayne Lynch 7' 9" 1007
WAYNE LYNCH 7'1" 1603 David Grimshaw
6' 4" WAYNE LYNCH 2416 #225

Books
Carter: Surf Beaches (1968), Cover photograph of Wayne Lynch and Keith Paull (going right).
Paull was the 1968 Australian champion, Lynch the Junior champion.
Young: Nat’s Nat (1998) page 177, and following.
Walding: Surf-o-rama (2008) pages 42 to 45.

Magazines
Advertisement: 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: 9, shame about the plug.

Early Wayne Lynch shaped board, circa 1967- possibly the first.
Are You Experienced-Jimi Hendrix influenced art work by Simon Buttershaw.
7 ft x 23 inches @ 12 inches
Nose 17 inches. Tail 17 3/4 inches
Features : Full Vee bottom, deepest at tail. Chamfered diamond tail.
Note : Small square tail is obscured by grass.
Fin appears to be in a box (unusual for the period), or reset, or non-original.
Image cropped and digitally manipulated from
Australian Long Boarding Number 19 January/February 200? page 59
Photograph by Bob Smith

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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Geoff Cater (2021) : Wayne Lynch Involvment, 8ft 2'' 1968.
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