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1980   Shane Epoxy  Belly Board       4 ft 9" #373

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Shane Surfboards Mitchell Road Brookvale Sydney 
SHAPER:  Tony McDonagh
DESIGN:  Epoxy Belly Board 
DESIGNER: Shane Stedman
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Stringerless Hydro Foam (?) blank, glassed with epoxy resin, nose and tail leg-rope plugs.
DIMENSIONS
Length:
4
 feet 9
 inches

Width: 
20.25
 inches
Wide Point: 
+0 
 inches
Nose : 
17.5
 inches
Tail:
18
 inches
Thickness:
2.9
 inches
Pod:
 0
 inches
Nose/L:
inches
Tail/L:
inches
Weight:
inches
Volume:
inches
Other





FEATURES
Nose: rounded pin
Tail:  square 
Deck:   flat 
Bottom:  flat
Rails: round, low at tail
Rocker: medium
FIN
No Fin, but fin-box.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: Shane, LCS- Lite Composite Systems, Hydro-Foam,  SP115 Epoxy Laminating System.
Bottom: Shane, LCS- Lite Composite Systems, Hydro-Foam,  SP115 Epoxy Laminating System.
 Shape and Design Tony McDonagh at tail.
MARKINGS
Deck: 
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck:  white
Bottom: white




NOTES
DESIGN HISTORY
A common design, this stringer-less epoxy version was produced by Sydney's Shane Surfboards in 1980 Bellyboard by Tony McDonagh
One of the earliest examples of epoxy resin used in the surf industry, Shane Stedman reported that very few of these were ever made.
 
COMMENTS:

REFERENCES
Other Shane Surfboards
See Paipo Catalogue for other Bellyboards

Magazines
Deep
Mick Mock : The Summer Millionaire (Shane Stedman) 
 Vol 4 #4 Winter 1999 pages 50 - 61

 CONDITION: 9





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Geoff Cater (2019) : Catalogue : Shane Epoxy Bellyboard , #195.
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