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surfresearch.com.au  the catalogue #337

FIN 8.25'' x 6'' base x 9'' span @ 8'' Dark purple laminated fibreglass. The fin base has been badly damaged.

DECOR DECALS Deck:  HENRI - black block script at sweet spot along the stringer. original design handshaped by CHRIS HENRI - black script across stringer, image below. Bottom: MARKINGS Deck: 6'11'' x 19 1/2'' (above) and C.H. COUNTRY VIBE (below) - pencil along the stringer. Bottom: COLOUR Deck: Clear with green pigment laminated rail lap, 2'' at the nose and reducing towards the tail. Thin black pinlines. Bottom: Green laminated pigment.

NOTES BOARD HISTORY Dimensions and photographs April 2008. Item submitted by Jackson Mahoney, Shoalhaven Heads, NSW. Previous history unknown. Many thanks to Jackson. There is  severve damage to the finbase and the bottom has many depressions and some areas of delamination and foam shrinkage. The tips of the nose and tail are damaged. The board has a massive repair across the deck above the fin, the cause of such severe damage unlikely to be in the surf. DESIGN HISTORY A stock rounded pintail of the mid 1970's, although in this case possibly a bit more gunnier at 6ft 11'' than most of the Curl Curl shop's orders. Hence the markings: "Country Vibe" which in this case probably refered to the point breaks of northern NSW. In the late 1970s, the design was most identified with South African professional surfer, Shaun Thomson, who was seen as representing the Single Fin Coalition against the evil Axis of the Twin Fin and it's leader, Mark Richards.

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