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the catalogue #322

1975 Crozier Flextail Slab Kneeboard 5 ft 8 1/2"

#322

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Crozier Kneeboards, Middleton Road, Dee Why Sydney
SHAPER: Unknown - possibly Chris Crozier, possibly Peter Crawford. Maybe Paul Connors.
DESIGN: Flextail
DESIGNER: Peter Crawford

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank with 1/8" redwood stringer. Resin tint. One 14" finbox. R/hand plug, possibly post production.
DIMENSIONS

*Length:*	5	ft	8 1/2	inches
*Width:*	23	inches		*Wide Point:* "	+ 3 1/2	inches
*Nose :*	18 1/2	inches		*Tail:*	17 1/2	inches
*Thickness:*	2 1/2	inches		*Pod:*	12 1/2	inches
*Weight:*		kilos		*Volume:*		litres
*Nose/L:*		inches		*Tail/L:*
*Diamond:*	2	inches

FEATURES
Nose: round
Tail: diamond flex tail
Deck:
Bottom: flat with six channels in tail
Rails: round with edge
Rocker:

FINS
Centre 8" x 4"base
Flex Greenough Stage III,

Laminated yellow and pink
In finbox.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: 'CROZIER, Crozier Surfboards ' Neon script at tail
Bottom: ?
MARKINGS
Deck: None
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Yellow tint or spray.
Bottom:Yellow tint or spray.

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Board images supplied with thanks by David, New Zealand January 2006, with the following questions..
Crozier - Friends brother bought it second hand in 1980 and been riding it ever since. Sold it to me this week. Amazing tail and fin set up. Never seen anything like them. Can you tell me what the idea is on the tail. Very long fin box Can you give me a rough idea on age and possible shaper.
Length 5'8 1/2"
My reply was the basis for this entry.
COMMENTS
Probably 1973 to 1976 (given second hand in 1980).
Resin tint (not spray) as shown in the flex tail more common in early 1970's.
Hard to tell if the plug is post-production or damaged and badly repaired.

DESIGN HISTORY
The basic Slab, originally designed by Peter Crawford in 1969 at Wallace Surfboards (the name credited to Midget Farrelly) was an alternative to the low floatation Greenough Spoon, circa 1965.

The Slab has been in constant production and has served as a base for extensive fin experientation.
Since 1973 they have appeared with a multitude of possible fin designs and configurations.

While maintaining the wide tail template many combinations of bottom/rail design were explored.
These included the Flute Tail, the Flextail, and cominations of channels and/or flyers.

The Flex tail was a relatively short lived continuation of Greenough's flex ideas.
Image right :Peter Crawford and Flextail , circa 1975.
Photograph : Peter Crawford ? Crockett (2005), page 69
It was also applied on some surfboards.

REFERENCES
Other Kneeboards
Magazine Articles
Crawford,Peter : ''Peter Crawford on Kneeboards''
Surfing World magazine, Volume 20 Number 1 October 1974 pages 17 - 20.
Books
1. McGinness : How to Ride a Surfboard Chapter 6.
2. McGinness : Surfing Fundamentals Chapter 6.
3. Nat Young :Surfing Fundamentals pages 112 - 115. Article by David Parkes
CONDITION: 4