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the catalogue #338

1978 Country Style 5 ft 5" * Shaped by Rodney Dahlberg.

#338

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Country Style Surfboards, Angourie NSW
SHAPER: Rodney Dahlberg
DESIGN:
DESIGNER:
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank, 1/16'' cedar stringer, spray decor, r/h legrope plug.

DIMENSIONS

**Length :***	5	ft	5	inches	**L2:*** 5ft 4''
*Width :*	19 3/4	inches		*Wide Point :*	+ 2	inches
*Nose :*	12 1/2	inches		*Tail :*	13 1/2	inches
*Thickness :*	2 1/2	inches		*Pod :*	0	inches
*Nose Lift :*		inches		*Tail Lift :*		inches
*Weight :*		kilos		*Volume :*		litres
*Other:*		inches	@

NOTE* The board was originaly shaped as a rounded pintail but when the tail was repaired it was converted to its current swallow tail configeration and the length was shortened by 1 inch.
All the relevant dimensions have been adjusted to the probable original measurements.

FEATURES
Nose: rounded pin
Tail: rounded pin (subsequently swallow tail)
Deck:
Bottom: flat
Rails: down and harder in the tail.
Rocker: medium

FIN
7 1/2'' x 5 1/2'' base x 7 1/2'' span.
White laminated fibreglass.
The fin tip has been damaged and slightly reshaped.
Fin box .8'' @ 4 1/2''.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck
Country Style Surfboards Angourie - blue script around surfrider graphic, offset right at the sweet spot (large).
Handshaped by Rodney Dahlberg - black text with dolphin graphic in circle, offset left at the tail.
Bottom
Country Style Surfboards Angourie - blue script around surfrider graphic, at sweet spot (small).
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom: -GRUB- (above) and 5'5'' x 18 1/4'' (below) - pencil along the stringer below finbox.
COLOUR
Deck: Clear with blue and pink spray wave/swirl decor from nose to tail.
Bottom: Clear with blue and pink spray wave/swirl decor from nose to tail (mirrors the deck decor).

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Dimensions and photographs May 2008.
Item submitted by John Embery, Shoalhaven Heads, NSW.
Previous history unknown.
Many thanks to John.
The tail has been reshaped, as previously noted and the dimensions adjusted.

DESIGN HISTORY
A stock rounded pintail of the late 1970's, although in this case the very short length may indicate a small or juvenile rider.
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.

REFERENCES:
Other Rounded Pintail Surfboards

1976 #207 Barry Bennett Roundtail by John Forster

1979 #64 Freeflight Col Smith Channel bottom 5 ft 11

Film
Books
Nat Young : History, Page
Walding, page
CONDITION: 7