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| Dahlberg Surfboards
Angourie, NSW 1985 Rodney Dahlberg Also see Rodney Dahlberg Surfboards    |
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| Daktari Surf Designs
Cronulla?? 1983 Tri-fin (three boxes) Knee-board decal thanks to Tim, August 2019. Daktari was an American family drama television series set in Africa. Based upon the 1965 film Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion, it aired between 1966 and 1969. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daktari |
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| Dale Surfboards circa 1963 Dave Passinger and Les Patterson (Entry adjusted thanks to Denis Wright, April 2009) 18 Powells Poad, Brookvale. Phone 93 4965 - Surfabout, Volume 2 Number 10 c1965, page x. 236 Harbord Road Brookvale, NSW 1965 Les Patterson ; Dick van Straalen; Ron Wade, R.P.   73 Winbourne Road Brookvale 934965 Safeset Fin System Barry King- B.K. shaper markings   1968-1969 # 228 1969 Dale 7 ft 10'' Round-tail shaped by Bob McTavish  7ft 10"
by John Otton, 1968.Bob McTavish, , John Otton, Steve O’Donnnell, John Blanch, Chris Beecham, Brian Ingham and Robby Barnes. Decals: Top: circa 1963. Centre: Triangle circa 1964, contributed by snazzy, April 2015. Bottom: circa 1968. Below: 1970    |
      Dale Surfboards, McTavish
Forms, circa 1968.
Surf International Volume 1 Number 10 page 36. October 1968 ? |
| Dale Surfboards 1976 Port Elliot, South Australia. Mike Brown emailed in December 2008 (edited): DALE Surfboards were made by Wayne Dale at Port Elliott near Victor Harbour in South Australia. Wayne worked with Sig Kwiakoski at John Arnolds through the 60s and opened his small operation in the mid 70s at Elliott. Beautiful boards with great shapes and colours, Wayne was a master shaper. He now designs golf courses. |
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| Dale Chapman
Surfboards Gold Coast, Queensland. 1996 Dale Chapman |
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| Dale Egan Surfboards
? 1980 Dale Egan Spiral Designs, Australia Decal courtesy of Snazzy, January 2019. |
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| Damin Surfboards
circa 1973 Decal image emailed by Noddy H., May 2014. |
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| Daniell Surfboards
1970 Surfboards, kneeboards and skateboards in the family’s back yard shed. 1974 Narrabeen 1979 St Ives 1982 Nova Designs by Michael Novakov Shaper: Bill Waters 1992 Company renamed Division Surfboards. 2000 Division Surf Mona Vale, later shaped in Byron Bay. Rob Saunders reports December 2003, with thanks: Another board manufacturer not listed is Daniels. Peter Daniels started selling surf gear from a shop in St Ives, Sydney then moved to Mona Vale. I’m pretty sure he made surfboards or at least had them made with his name on them under contract.           |
     
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| Darby Surfboards
Currumbin Qld 1976 Geoff Darby (see Geoff Darby Surfboards) Darryl Bolger. Mike Perry 1978 White Heat Surfboards by Kevin Links 1981 Competition '81 1982 Made for Sea level Surf Centre, Maroubra   1978    1982 
  1990 |
 Contributed by Shazza, with thanks, September 2013.      1982   |
| D'Arcy Surfboards ?? 1985-1990 Martin "Pottz" Potter model See Sea Flight Surfboards, Jefferys Bay 252, South Africa   |
 
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| Darcy Burge (Surfboards)
Byron Bay 1974 Right: Designed by Darcy Burge, circa 1974 - emailed, with thanks by John, November 2011. |
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| Darren Rookers
Surfboards ? 1982 Darren Rookers |
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| Dave Jackman Plastic
Machines (Surfboards) Auckland, New Zealand. Phone: 580-233 1968 Dave Jackman Jackman was a famed Sydney big wave rider who worked with Bennett Surfboards before relocating to New Zealand at the end of the 1960s. See: Scott Dillon: Bombora, Surfabout Quarterly, August 1962, and Bob Evans: The Queenscliff Bombora, Surfing World, August, 1963. The floral decal is typical for the period, and copied from Bob McTavish's Plastic Machine model for Keyo Surfboards. From a deep-vee pintail with a dappled fibreglass laminate wide-base fin. Decal image contributed with thanks by Henry Knapp, September 2019. |
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| Dave Wallace
Surfboards ??? 1984 Dave Wallace Noted: Bao Surf Shop ... Tokyo |
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| David Surfboards
??? 19?? Decal image contributed with thanks by Snazzy, December 2010. |
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| David Chidgey
Surfboards Box 331 (?) Avalon, NSW. 1972 David Chidgey Ted Spencer Design Decals thanks to Snazzy, August, 2019, 2021. |
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| David James Surfboards
Ocean Grove, Victoria. 1973 |
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| Davidson Surfboards
? 1989 |
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| David Scully
Surfboards 2 Mason Street, Reservoir, Victoria? Phone 47-5811 1962-1964 David Scully Decal thanks to Snazzy, May 2020. |
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| Del Surfboards New Zealand 1972 |
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| Delany Surfboards
Byron Bay 1987 |
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| Dempsey Surfboards
Gold Coast, Queensland? 1992 Tony Dempsey |
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| Dewey Surfboards
1970 ??? Standard |
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| Dextra Surfboards
1963 California A major manufacturer of pop-out boards. In 2020, with a link to the fascinating history page below, CEO Ben Loper noted: We've been around since 1963, a family owned brand focused on sustainability, and featured prominently on several old TV shows like China Beach, and made the boards for Dale Velzy on his second build out. Many thanks to Ben. https://www.dextrasurf.com/history-of-the-dextra-surfboard/ |
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| DHD
Surfboards Kirra Point, Queensland. 1990 Darren Handley 2005 Mick Fanning Model  |
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| Dibben-Cole Surfboards
2 Stirling Highway, North Freemantle, Western Australia. circa 1964 Len Dibben? Also see Len Dibben Surfboards? Box with red panels derived from Gordon and Smith Surfboards. Decal thanks to Snazzy, February 2019. |
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| Dick Brewer Surfboards
1972 Hawaii California |
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| Dick Brewer Surfboards
circa 1990 Made under license? Gold Coast, Queensland? Greg Webb  |
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| Dick Harvey Surfboards
circa 1974 Gold Coast, Queensland. Richard Dick Harvey previously shaped for Shane and Ron Wade Surfboards. shaped
by dick harvey, circa 1974 1978 |
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| Dickson Boats
Builder circa 1950 96-9337 and 9-4010 (Victoria?) Metal badge affixed to timber hollow board, image forwarded by gerry.z, November 2013. |
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| Dick Van Straalen -
DVS Surfboards circa 1969 PO Box 267? Burleigh Heads, Queensland. 1972 Country Space Ships by The
Boys
 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. 1977 Ted Spencer and Dick van Straalen Surfshop Brisbane. 1998 Epoxy model
    1995  1998 |
 Dick Van Stralen Surf Designs, circa 1974, red. emailed by George, early 2009. Note Stralen mis-spelling.  Dick Van Straalen Surf Designs,
circa 1974, blue.
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| [The] Different Co. Surfboards
1978 |
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| Dillon Surfboards
Scott Dillon Surfboards Click
Scott Dillon decals to access manufacturer details.
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| Dingo Surfboards 1975 ??? |
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| Dolphin Surfboards (Surfboards by
Dolphin) 1964? Dolphin Plastics 60 King Street Mitchum, Adelaide, South Australia. Noted: Number 024 Decal image contributed November 2011 by Brownie. |
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| Dominator Surfboards ?? 1973  |
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| Donald Surfboards circa 1965 One example located by Brett in Perth circa 1992. Decal image, right, contributed by Brett (Perth/New Zealand??), March 2007. |
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| Don Burford Surfboards
1963 Adelaide, South Australia 1973 Gold Coast, Queensland. See Burford Surfboards |
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| Dora Surfboards 1965 Bay Side Surf Centre Melbourne 923774 Californian Style Model There was probably no design or financial negotiations with Mr.Dora in California Reported as manufactured by George Rice and Doug Warbrick. Snazzy reported (2019): Shaper Pat Morgan, glassed by George Rice, team riders Rod Brooks and Colin McDonald. Doug "the Claw" Warbrick had an involvement too....at what capacity, unknown to me? I suspect shaping??? |
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| Double
Shaka Surfboards 2576 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach, Queensland, 4218. 2010 Stuart Smith www.stuartsurf.com.au Volume is the amount of area (In litres) contained in a surfboard, calculated by its overall length, width, thickness & foil. (sic???) |
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| Doug Fuller Surfboards
? 1986 Doug Fuller |
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| Dove Surfboards Exmouth, Western Australia. 1976 Peter Dixon |
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| Down Under Surfboards
Central Coast, NSW 1984 Custom made for Long Jetty Surf Shop Egan (Surfboards) ? 
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   Decals
forwarded with thanks by John Burgess, Newcastle,
February 2017.
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| Dragan
Surfboards ?? 1987 Tony Dragan Noted: 1989 8ft x 22” triple stringer single fin with concaves and football fin.  |
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| Drew Anderson Surfboards ?? 2004 Drew Anderson |
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| Drouyn Surfboards
Surfers Paradise Qld 1969 Peter Drouyn 1977 Peter Drouyn 2005 Replica Models See Peter Drouyn Surfboards |
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| Duke Surfboards (Longboards) Australia ?? 1998 Dave Berntsen  |
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| Dunlop Surfboards
Roger Street, Brookvale 1963 Factory of Crest Surfboards run by Bruen Finey. Also manufactured Pacfic by Dunlop. After Crest folded, Dunlop moved the board making operation to St Mary’s, in western Sydney. Image right: Dunlop fin box, circa 1966. Vary the fin to different surfs. Remove it for easy transportation. Fin is held firmly in position with specially designed nylon slot attachment. Possibly copied or imported from a US design. Also manufactured the moulded plastic Dunlop Hand-Surfa, 1964. A replaceable fin system was also availalbe from Crest, See Source Documents: Mick Simmons Pty Ltd: Sporting Goods Catalogue, Sydney, 1962. This entry updated from notes and photographs posted by Gary Crockett on the Surf City Blog, June 20th, 2011 at 1:10 pm http://blogs.hht.net.au/surfcity/ Many thanks to Garry and Bruen Finey. Surfing World
November, 1966, Volume 8, Number 4, page 41. |
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| Dunlop Surfboards
New Zealand 1960s Dunlop also ventured into New Zealand production during the 1960s. Decal: Surfboards N.Z. by Dunlop, #001936. In 1966 Dunlop purchased the Sportex company which had marketed "pop-out" boards under the Kahuna label, built by Frank Wilkin who also built customs as Frank Wilkin Surfboards. - Williamson: Gone Surfing (2000 ), page 52. |
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| 1962 #107 1964 #25 #106 #109 #111 #112 1966 #6 #69 #110 |
9ft 4'' "one of the first fat rails" 9ft 4'' clear 9ft 5'' Island model 9ft 6'' "flying 'D' in yellow fin" 9ft 4'' "flying 'D' in blue fin" 9ft 4'' "flying 'D' in fin" 9ft 6'' "thin rail ...shaped by John Ormrod" 9ft 6'' "shaped by Tony White" 9ft 0'' "probably shaped by Tony White" |
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#108 1965 #23 #31 #99 #105 1967 #20 #27 #29 |
9ft 4'' "very fat rails about 4'' thick" 8ft 8'' "cut-down ... no fin" 9ft 9'': "by B.B.?" 9ft 4'': "shaped by John Ormrod" 9ft 0'': "shaped by Tony White" 9ft 1'': "thin rail ... shaped by Tony White ... Weber hatchet fin" xft x'': "thin rail ... Takayama fin" 9ft 6'': "probably shaped by Tony White" |
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