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| Candelworks Surfboards
circa 1973 Fortitude Valley, Queensland. Norman Park, Queensland. Denis Reinhardt Mark Pridmore indicated by email in February 2009, that his father, Robert, had something to do with Candleworks. In December 2015, Michele Bayada noted: Candleworks Surfboards was owned by two guys one being Denis Reinhardt in the early seventies. He later went on to becoming a journalist . I worked for them as a secretary when I left school. A fire started in the shaping room and then wiped through the two story building in Fortitude Valley, Queensland. It was a great loss, we started up again at Norman Park, but went broke, the fire took its toll. Great boards, good guys. |
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| Carabine Surfboards
30 Flinders Street Wollongong NSW Previously the address of Collins Surfboards 1974  36 Flinders Street Wollongong NSW Phone 29-9462 1977 Mick Carabine; Robert Allen and Kevin Parkinson 1979 Terry Bishop
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| Carey Surfboards
Mick Carey Surfboards Currumbin Qld 1965? 1967 Peter Jones 1977 Mick Carey, Dave McDonald, Eddy Sawden.  Carey's Cool Companion,1967.  Custom by Carey, 1967.  Decal thanks to Snazzy, January 2019. |
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| Carey Surfboards ?
50 Bay Road Taren Point, NSW |
| Carey Surfboards
1980? Warrilla, NSW Warilla. Warren Carey Warren previously shaped at Spot Surfboards.     |
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| Caron
Surfboards (a division of Coast Fibreglass Works) 615 Princes Highway Wooona NSW Phone Wollongong 84-5497. Surfing World Volume 13 Number 4 1970? Thanks to Snazzy June 2020. |
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| Carroll Surfboards
770 Pittwater Road Brookvale Phone 93-4914 1969 Trevor Manning Trevor Manning, passed away in 1993. - Contributed, with thanks, by Shonny Clemesha. John
Henneberry: "The Inexpugnable Model".
I
have a 7'10'' Carroll double ender 1968, green and
purple flowered deck only about 2'' thick and
enough nose and tail lift to make Al Merrick look
twice.
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| Cascade Surfboards Brookvale? 1978 Bryan Newton 1987 Retailed by Powerlinez Surf Shop, North Narrabeen. |
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| Casey Surfboards
See Norm Casey Surfboards Surfboards byNorm Casey,
Image
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C.C. Farm Surfboards circa 1973 ? Decal image thanks to Mick Mock, Surf Auction, November 2011, #198. |
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| CD Surfboards circa 1998 ? Primitive Surfing, Australia Shaped by Erle Pederson |
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| CDL Surfboards Surfboards by Butch Cooney CDL = Curves, Designs and Lines: noted by John Gibson, October 2008:. 1975 Butch Cooney. 1976 Moved to: 57 Pacific Highway, Urunga, NSW. Butch Cooney and Steve Duffy. -Tracks Number 69, June 1976, page 38. |
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| Central
Surfboards Mount Waverly, Victoria. 1975 Andy Carr In September 2021, Christian van Rijn reported that his uncle (Andy Carr) shaped around 80-100 boards in Mt Waverly in the 1970s. |
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| Central Coast Surf Design
Handcrafted by Bill Cilia & Friends Central Coast NSW 1978 Handshaped and glassed by the Bindi ad Mock. 1983 Central Coast Surf Design - Nirvana A. Underwood
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| Chad Surfboards
1968 26 Chard Road, Brookvale. |
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| Challenger Surfboards
circa 1973 52 Flinders Street Adelaide Phone 22 2263 |
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| Challenger Surfboards
1986 Noosa Drew Froud |
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| Change Surfboards -
Kneeboards 1972-1976 ? Happiness is a Warm Bus, thence Eden, NSW. Spoon images thanks to Mark D., January 2018.  In October 2019, Warren
Newton of Spade Surfboards
recalled:
In 1972 Dee Why local Gary
McKenzie-Smith teamed up with a guy called Russ
who was the finisher at Farrelly’s in Brookvale.
Gary and Russ purchased an old Bus and decked it out as a home come board shop and planned to travel around Australia paying their way by making and selling boards along the way. They called their boards “ Change” - I've attached a scan of part of the story about their planned enterprise from Tracks, March 1972, a copy of which I still have and cherish. By 1972 I had returned to Sydney from Moruya to live and I painted the signage on the bus for them. They only got as far as Eden on the N.S.W. far south coast where Gary had relations in the fishing industry, they ended up staying in Eden taking up abalone diving and Gary again returned to sailing. By then I was married and on occasions would make the trip down to Eden to catch up, over time we lost contact again. I don’t know what happened to Russ but Gary stayed in Eden until his death from cancer in the early 70’s. |
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| Channel Islands Surfboards
California. Al Merrick. Made in Australia under license. Doug Bell Decal right: Trifin, circa 1982.  |
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| Chaos Surfboards
1990 Jon McLeay 2004 Russell Head   |
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| Chariot Surfboards
?? 1976 ? |
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| Chemical
Heart Surfboards 1994 ? Nathan Copland |
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| Cheyne Horan
Surfboards circa 2000 Moulded soft board |
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| Chizel Surfboards
Gold Coast, Queensland 1985 Richard Harvey. |
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| CHP
Surfboards (California Hawaii Promotions) Japan? 1990 Matt Haymes. |
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| Chris Brock Surfboards
Yamba?  Chris Brock 2017 Chris Brock Classic Designs Convert the Military to Earth Repair |
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| Chris Cornell
Surfboards Noosaville Qld. 1977 Chris Cornell |
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| Chris Crozier
Surfboards 45 Bassett Street, Mona Vale NSW Decal thanks to Snazzy, February 2019. Decal x3 thanks to Paul Patterson, March 2022. See Crozier Surfboards, below. |
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| Chris Garrett
Surfboards Burleigh Heads, Queensland. 1992 Chris Garrett. See Phantom Surfboards |
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| Chris Henri Surfboards
Curl Curl NSW 1972 Chris Henri, 1976 Nick Daly ; 1977 Terry Clarke, Decal image contributed June 2009 by Terry Brown. |
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| Chris
Horne Surfboards ? 1978 |
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| Christarn Surfboards
?? (Castle Hill?) 1974 Shaped and glassed by Garry Neave
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| Christie Surfboards
South Nowra 1975 Al Wilson John Bull Centre Bomaderry 1978 Al Wilson Nowra NSW 1976 Al Wilson Christie
was one of several Christian centered
companies in the mid-1980s.
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| Christie Surfboards
Gold Coast, Queensland 1984 |
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| Crystal Clear
Surfboards ? 1984 ? |
| City
Beach Surfboards Queensland? 1988 Robert Morely  |
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| CL Surfboards 1968 ? |
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| Clark Surfboards
Wilga Productions Pty. Ltd., Sydney, (phone number, 221-2411?) 1964 |
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| Clarke Surfboards
Taren Point, NSW 1966 - 1976 See Peter Clarke Surfboards |
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| Clean and Natural
Surfboards (Kneeboards) 1978 ? Stephen Zoeller Design at Energy Surfboards. |
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| Clearline Surfboards
Chelsea, Vic. "made for a very short time by trigger bros. as a second label" 1977 Mick Marchant |
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| Clean Line Surfboards
1978 Cronulla - Taren Point? Greg Melhuish Some decals contributed by snazzy, April 2015. 1980 Clen Line decals used by Greg Melhuish when shaping for Sky Surfboards, Byron Bay.   |
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Below: used by Greg Melhuish when
shaping for
Sky Surfboards, Byron Bay, circa 1980:  Sky
Surfboards-Clean Line,
Greg Melhuish, 1980:
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| Clear Sea Surfboards
1623 Pittwater Road Mona Vale NSW 2103. 1974 Rodney Ball Noted: 7ft "curves and conclaves" shape with deep bottom concave and George Greenough dolphin fin. Hand drawn and/or coloured decals? 1976 A 1976 advertisement notes "My newest shape is probably my most radical -- I've called it the SKI." Surfing World, Volume 22 Number 4. January 1976. Page ? See Rodney Ball Surf Design and #227 |
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| Clearwater - Clear
Water Surfboards WA 1981 Col Ladhams In August 202, Paul Denboer contributed decals from 1994 and reported: Steve Del bought CW in 1997 after it kicked in 87/88 and Col left in 2003.   1994 |
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| CO2 Surfboards
Maclean 1983 Chris Octen ? |
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| Clifford and Smith
Surfboards ? 1984 |
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| Cloud Surfboards
? 1977 |
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| Colin Bell Surfboards
2 Cheltenham Road Black Rock, Ph 598-8333. 1974 |
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| Colin
Ladhams Surfboards Colin Ladhams Creative Surfing Designs Margaret River, WA 1992 Colin Ladhams Also see Clearwater Surfboards, above. |
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| Collins Surfboards
30 Flinders Street, North Wollongong NSW Phone 26380: 1963-1974 Colin Biggsy Ashford Noted: 8ft stringerless rounded pintail with Safe-Set fin and box, 1968. 1971 Barry Andreas- shapes, Swanny- glasser, Harry Hoffman- sander, Col Ashford- Finisher Also note: Collins Green Island Hollow Wood Surfboards  Collins Custom Surfboards, 1970.  Collins Surfboards Advertisement,
Tracks, circa 1971.
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 Surfboards by Collins, 1968. Contributed by Rob T., April 2012.  Surfboards by Collins, 1968. Contributed by Dylan Randall, August 2017.  Collins Custom Surfboards, 1969. Contributed by Rob T., January 2013.  1974 |
| Col Smith Surfboards
Newcastle 1978 Col Smith 1987 Col Smith Channel Design Decal and markings circa 1983 forwarded by Bill H., November 2014. Many thanks.  This maybe Col Smith of Narrabeen? |
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| Combat Surfboards
Dee Why Beach, Australia. Phone (02) 971-2087 1980 Performance Surfboards MH- Henderson Glassing |
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| Concaves Surfboards
1978? ? Rod Hocker Courtesy of Ken Grieves, March 2016. |
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| Connexion Surfboards
Caloundra, Queensland 1969-1972 Indian Headdress, + Caloundra, decal. 1972 Gold Coast: Indian Headdress, no Caloundra, decal. Greg Clough. 1970 Les Purcell - contributed, with thanks, by Les Purcell. Noted: Circa 1972 Hohensee-Connexion shaped by Michael Peterson. 1973 Geoff Darby  |
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| Cool Curl
Cruisers Sussex Inlet 1975 Brian Cregan |
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| Coolite
Surfboards 1970 Hardie Rubber Company Corner Lygon and Earl Streets, Carlton, Victoria. Noted: 7'4" X 21 1/2"X 4" with wood fin |
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| Cooloola
Longboards Sunshine Coast, Queensland 1998 Peter Cochran I don’t know much about him other than he also shaped wind surfers and I think he also shaped for another guy here on the sunny coast, Les Purcell Thanks to Nick Taylor, September 2020. |
| Coon
Surfboards ? 1972 One example: purported to have been shaped by a local aboriginal man at Tabourie, south of Ulladulla. |
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| Cooper Surfboards
Bob Cooper had an indelible influence on Australian surfboards. Coffs Harbor NSW 1970 Bob Cooper (USA); Billy Tolhurst 1971 Cooper Summer Gun 1972 Ronnie Goddard (see Summercloud Surfboards) John Blanch Cooper Spear Bob Cooper was the first manufacturer to promote indigenous surfers.  Bob Cooper (USA); Billy Tolhurst and Richie West (USA); 1980 Richie West, Steve Friedman. 1996 Master Series Model Numerous decals contributed with thanks by Dingle, September 2013 |
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 Cooper, Coffs Harbour, circa 1973. |
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 Richie West Bullett, circa 1977.
Cooper, Australia, circa 1977.
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| Cord Surfboards 1965? Bowman Road, Caloundra, Qld Alexandria Headlands Qld ? Bob McTavish, Kevin Platt, Decal left, shaper Kevin Platt circa 1965 Image and UK Link submitted, with thanks, by Dan. www.cordsurfboards.com.uk |
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| Cord Surfboards 1965? Bowman Road, Caloundra, Qld |
| Cordingley Bros -
Cordingley's
Surfboards 1958 Mosman Park Decal forwarded by Dan Barker, January 2015. Dan contacted esteemed WA board builder Len Dibben who suggested that the Cordingley Bros began manufacture in the family home in Mosman Park as early as 1958, the lion appearing in later decals. 1962 329 Hay Street Subiaco WA.  The attached logo is
apparently from about 1962 being the big V with the
lion on it.... But the address is not right.
Apparently the big V logo and lion was
when shaping was done at 350 Hay Street not 329 Hay St
which was around 1963/1964.1967 Jollimont, WA 1969 6 York Street, Subiaco.  Greg Laurenson, Craig Bettnay, Steve Nicholson 1979 Greg Laurenson; Bob Monkman, Colin Earle. 1984 Cordingley Surf City, 201 West Coast Highway, Scarborough Beach, Perth. FM shapes by Percy: Kneeboard Below : Hay Street Subiaco, circa 1966, note the Lion graphic in the bottom of the Vee. Cordingley Surfboards, circa 1977, contributed by Snazzy, October 2011. Cordingley Super Lite, circa 1978 Surf
Design by Cordingley, Eagle, circa 1974
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 Pintail Custom, circa 1968. contributed by Snazzy, April 2015 |
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 Image forwarded by Steve Williams in October 2019 who noted: Here’s an old longboard I came across in a garage here in Cairns, owned by a WA guy.   1968: Shaped by Greg Laurenson - Thanks to Snazzy, 2021.  1970? Thanks to Trevor Pocock, Albany W.A..  1972, thanks to Snazzy, June 2019.   Surf design by Cordingley, circa 1978. Shaped by Bob? Decal thanks to Snazzy, February 2019.   1995 |
   Cordingley Eagle, gold, circa 1975.  Thanks to Trevor Pocock, Albany W.A.  1984  |
 The Surforium, 1968.  Cordingley Eagle, blue, circa 1977.  1978  Cordingley Eagle, circa 1974.  Thanks to Trevor Pocock, Albany W.A.  |
| Core Surfboards
2000 Qld? |
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| Cornish Surfboards
See Warren Cornish Surfboards  |
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| Cornish-Richards Surfboards
1974 Industrial Estate, Byron Bay. Tony Cerff.
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| Corey Graham
Surfboards Torquay, Victoria. 1988 Corey Graham Glassing by Moonlight Laminating  |
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| Cory Surfboards
? 1998 |
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| Country Surfboards
Coffs Harbour, NSW. 1971 Billy Tolhurst: Progression Model. |
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| Country Space Ship
Surfboards ?? 1973 By The Boys Adrian Kerstens noted, August 2018: Country Spaceships by The Boys was an early 1970’s label for Dick Van Straalen. I recently located one on eBay for him- the first one he’d seen since shaping them back then. Keep up the great site. Also see: Surf Design Queensland Surfboards Spirit of the Sea Surfboards. Dick Van Straalen Surfboards |
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| Country Spirit Surfboards
Penkivil Street, Bondi, NSW. 1972 Image forwarded by Steve Williams of Clifton Beach, Cairns who noted: Love the site, old Bondi backyarder, Country Spirit (of all names)!!! Unusually, the decal is dated (?). |
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| Country Style Surfboards
Angourie NSW 1978 Barry Jones, owner and glasser. Noted, with thanks, by Emma Jones, April 2012. Shapers Albert Fox and Rodney Dahlberg. 1984 Others 1987-1988 Geoff McCoy Decals and entry adjustment, thanks to Carolyn Fox.  .
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| Country Woods circa 1972 John Blanch Rodney Judd A Coffs Harbor off-shoot of Gordon Woods Surfboards, Brookvale. Blanch later shaped at San Juan Surfboards, see #63. |
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| Cowley Surfboards
circa 1972 Redcliffe, Queensland. Kenneth Cowley and Eric Cowley (owners, noted by Iann Cowley, April 2012.) Shaping: Bruce Fitzgerald. Steve Fookes. Right: Early Cowley decal, circa 1972, contributed by Tony Willett, after he sanded some old paint off a old S-deck and found this. Mark Pridmore emailed the following (edited) comment in February, 2008: My father , Robert Pridmore worked for Cowley surfboards in the early 70's in Redcliffe. |
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Decal thanks to Snazzy, June 2019.
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| Crawford Surfboards ? 1976 |
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| Crest Surfboards
Roger Street, Brookvale 1962 Bruen Finey Also manufactured Dunlop and Pacfic by Dunlop. The company was one of four Sydney brands featured in the Mick Simmons' Sporting Goods Catalogue of 1962: The "Crest" Incorporating a moulded rubber bumper band for maximum shock absorbtion. Replaceable fin, individually cartoned. (Pounds) 37/2/6. The others were Keyo (also Brookvale) and King and Casey from the south-side. See Source Documents: Mick Simmons Pty Ltd: Sporting Goods Catalogue, Sydney, 1962. After Crest folded, Dunlop moved the board making operation to St Mary’s, in western Sydney. This entry updated from notes and photographs posted by Gary Crockett on the Surf City Blog, June 20th, 2011 at 1:10 pm https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/surfcity/?p=2044 Many thanks to Garry and Bruen Finey. |
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| Crest Surfboards
1972 ? 'Shaped and Glassed by ... Peck 1437' |
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| Crooked River
Surfboards Gerringong, South Coast, NSW. 1978 Bruce Hennessy Glasser: Bob ? Crooked River is just south of Gerringong, entering the ocean at Gerroa at the northern end of Seven Mile Beach. Decals thanks to Andre Domingues , February 2020.  |
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| Crown Surfboards
? 1997 ? |
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| Crozier Surfboards
45 Bassett Street, Mona Vale NSW 1970 ? Chris Crozier; 1973 Ted Spencer Designs and Peter Crawford Design Kneeboards- Tracks Number 32 June 1973, page 6. 1976 Paul Connors; 1980 - 1982 Bangalow NSW Chris Crozier; 1982 - 1986 Middleton Road, Dee Why Kneeboards : Bruce Hart Chris Crozier died in 1985. azza wrote, January 2004 (edited)... Crozier boards, they're still going today. My mate's uncle is Russell Crozier who still shapes occasionally. Chris Crozier died in the late 80's i think he said (i have to check that out again). Various people are shaping for them at the moment. Thanks to azza.  Links to 1976 Crozier Tri Fin Slab Kneeboard 5 ft 7"     Decal thanks to Snazzy, February 2019. |
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| Cruise Control
Surfboards Ocean Grove, Victoria. 1980 Leigh Middleton Air Sprays by Craig Baird Leigh entered the industry in the mid-1970s opening Sunshine Surf, a hole in the wall surf shop in Barwon Heads, where he stocked Nat Young boards and was the Victorian agent for Mike Davis Surfboards, Kiama. Around 1977 he opened the Geelong Surf Centre on Moorabool Street, Geelong, and started shaping under the Power Surfboards label. This was followed by a surfboard factory in Ocean Grove making Cruise Control Surfboards where he sometimes got shaped blanks from Mike Davis, often sprayed by local Craig Baird. Leigh passed away in April, 2020. - Edited from Leigh Middleton Tribute by Craig Baird – Curator, Australian National Surfing Museum, Torquay. |
| Crystal Surfboards
Kirrawee NSW 1976 Bruce Bissell Images thanks to Mick Mock, Surf Auction 2010 and Snazzy, January 2019. |
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| Crystal Surfboards
? 1978 M. Preston |
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| Crystal Blue Surfboards
Rye, Vic 1979 Dave Morrison and Clyde Laird Glenbo (?) |
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| Crystal Clear
Surfboards ? 1978 ? Thanks to Snazzy, January 2019. |
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| Crystal Curl Surfboards
Queensland 1976 Hand shaped boards and Junior popouts (?). Decal thanks to Snazzy, 2020. |
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Crystal Curl Surfboards
1978 Tony Kuo Clark Foam, California USA 1986 Explosive Energy
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| Crystal Oceans Surfboards
Moolooaba, Queensland. 1976 Jim Pollard Below: Early design with four channels following the rail outline for almost the full length of the board .  |
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| Crystal Tube Surfboards
13 Pine Street, Manly NSW. Phone: 977-1715 1974 Doug Bell and Darryl Holmes Advertisements: Breakway, June 1974: Doug Bell-Crystal Tube Surfboards. Surfing World, 1975: Available from Sunshine Surfing, Manly, and Rip Curl Surf Shops (Victoria). Surfing World v23 n3 1976 June : Doug Bell Model - Double winger, available only with full spray or clear Graeme Wilson Kneeboards - winner of 1974 Australian Championships at Burleigh Heads Nat Young Surf Design - the agents for Nat's boards - the ones shaped personally by him. Crystal Tube Surfboards images contributed by Jonno, November 2011, with thanks.   Crystal
Tube - Doug Bell, 1974
Crystal
Tube - Doug Bell, 1978
,  Crystal Tube - Style, 1978 Crystal Tube - New Image, circa 1979 Crystal Tube Advertisement Surfing World, circa 1975. Spray designs by Martin Worthington. Far right: Surfing World v23 n3 1976 June |
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| Curl Curl Surfboards
Brookvale, NSW? 1978 Tony McDonagh C Lion Glassing Decals supplied by Jason Connell, with thanks, March 2017.  |
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| Custom Classics Surf
Designs ? 1984 Glenn Jenkins  |
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| Cut Loose Surfboards,
Brookvale NSW? 1983 Russell Lewis  |
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| Cut Loose Surfboards
? 2005 |
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| Cyclone Surfboards
Byron Bay? 1974 Dennis Anderson  |
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