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H Surfboards 1960 ? Phone: 82-3825 Terry Glass brought a beautifully restored balsa wood Malibu board to the 2006 surfresearch exhibition to see if any one could identify the manufacturer. The logo design is cleary based on the O'Neill (USA) decal, circa 1958. Adhesive foil decal right |
H & H Surfboards
1970 First dated as 1972, this entry was backdated after Geoff Fischer noted in September, 2014: My very first
board, second-hand
and pretty well used, was an H&H which I got for Xmas in 1972.
Many thanks to Geoff for his contribution.
Decal image contributed April 2011 by Sammy, Nambucca Heads. |
Hales & Star
Bardwell Park, Sydney. 1975 ? Anthony Star. Decals forwarded by Thomas Foster, October 2015. Laminates forwarded November 2015 by Jayne Connell, who reported: Paul Hales and Anthony Star began making surfboards in 1969, at their homes in Bardwell Park, Sydney. They continued making boards for the next seven years. During this time they perfected the art of applying decals with invisible borders to their boards This technique was passed on to Gordon and Smith Surfboards. |
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Hall Surfboards
? 1974 Bill Hall Noted: Spoon-decked knee-board, see #68 |
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Hancock Custom Surfboards
30 Hardwicke St Riverwood. 1964. Right: Decal, circa 1969 thanks to Mick Mock, Surf Auction 2010. Below: Decal, circa 1967. Decal image forwarded by gerry.z, November 2013. |
Hannah Surfboards, Hastings, North Coast, NSW 1969 |
Hansen
Surfboards, Cronulla, Sydney NSW 1970 Bob Hansen (identified by John Blanch) No connection with Hansen Surfboards, Cardiff, USA. |
Happy Valley
Surfboards
?
1971 |
Harbour Lines
Surfboards
Port Stevens
Peter Mahaffey1986 |
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Hard Rock Surfboards
?? 1988 ? |
Hardy Surfboards
PO Box 118 Margaret River, W.A. 1977 Tony Hardy |
Harmony Surfboards
72 Musgrave Street, Kirra, Queensland Phone (076) 36-3672 1973 Keith Paull (Australian Champion, 1968) and Michael Peterson Tracks, November 1973, page 26. 1974 Michaell Peterson, back from overseas rambling, and Keith Paull - Tracks February 1974 1975 Featured surfers: Keith Paull, Rabbit Bartholomew and Guy Ormerod. Tracks #54, March 1975 1976 Keith Paull, Gill Glover Additional notes by Jason Connell, March 2017: Gil Glover later shaped for Mt Woodgee and Hot Stuff Surfboards in Burleigh Heads. Other shapers for Harmony included Michael Peterson. |
Decal thanks to
Snazzy, June 2019.
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Harmony Surfboards:
Michael Peterson and Keith Paull Tracks, November 1973, page 26. |
Harro Surfboards ? 1975 Gary Harrison Noted: Stinger circa 1975 6ft10" x 20", fin box, heavily damaged tail (swallow to square?), post-production leg-rope plug, yellow spray with orange Bertlemann swirl on the deck. Designed & handshaped by haroo. 1993 |
Harvey Surfboards
Queensland? 1988 Richard Harvey ? |
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Hartleys Surfboards: High Rider
Swanson and Flinders Streets Melbourne, Victoria 1964 ?: Contract production model. Hartley's were a large and long-term retailer of a vast range of sporting goods operating from the late 1920s up to the 1960s, perhaps later. The main stores were in Swanson and Flinders Streets Melbourne, but supplied throughout Victoria by mail order catalogue. Image contributed by Chris Day January 2006, with thanks. He also noted that some sources contribute this model as manufactured by Gordon Woods Surfboards For detailed correspondence and other examples, see Contact Production Boards, 1960s. |
Hawaiian Pro Designs
Sydney? 1977 Larry Bertlemann Model - possibly made under license in Australia. Image thanks to Mick Mock, Sydney Surf Auction 2010. Hawaiian Pro Designs - Anything Is Possible - Designed by Larry Bertelmann Noted: Used 6ft1" Larry Bertlemann swallowtail twin fin surfboard. Shaped by "M.A." and purchased new around 1977 in Yamba. Louie Ferreira Model Shaped by Michael Cundith Noted: Reproduction Hawaiian Pro Team Larry Bertlemann Twin-fin 6ft 2”, purchased new in 2000. The ying-yang symbols have been replaced with surfing photographs of Larry. |
Hawke Surfboards
21 Wilcox Avenue, Tuart Hill, WA. Phone: 29-2922 1954 Peter and Len Hawke Plywood wooden boards before moving onto balsa and fibreglass boards in 1956. 1962 Scarborough Beach Road Osborne Park, Western Australia. Phone 24 3853 #97 In August 2021, David Hawke reported: In 1954 two teenage brothers, Peter, thirteen, and Len, fifteen, hit the surf at Watermans Bay with a borrowed wooden longboard. The experience inspired the pair so much that they continued their involvement in the water sports equipment industry for fifty years. (Surfing WA) See Jim King:1960s Hawke Surfboard decals In 1962 they moved their surfboard business from a shed in their parent’s backyard in Wilcock Avenue Tuart Hill and established Hawke Surfboards in Scarborough Beach Rd Osborne Park. Over the years Hawke Surfboards evolved into Hawke Brothers Pty. Ltd and moved to the Frobisher Street showrooms and factory in Osborne Park. A widening range of products that serviced water sports other than surfing began to develop. The Frobisher Street showrooms and factory in Osborne Park have been expanded on three occasions – testament to Peter and Len’s ability to produce high quality products in fibreglass and other plastics. Also see: Surfing Down South - Hawke Surfboards 1972? 396 Scarborough Beach Road Osborne Park, Western Australia. Phone: 24-3852 Decal courtesy of Snazzy, August 2021. Green Hawke decal courtesy of Snazzy, January 2019. Hawke Surfboards decal circa 1968 contributed June 2009 by Steven Jones. |
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1964
1966
1967 : LP4149 1972
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Hawkins Surfboards
? 1970 Decal thanks to George, May 2020. Stringerless single fin (Side-slipper?) |
Hayden Surfboards Click the decal for extended manufacturer's details. |
Head Surfboards
1968 New Zealand |
Headland Surfboards
1973 Alexandra Headland, Queensland. Brett Peacock Hibiscus decal, circa 1973, contributed June 2009 by Terry Brown. 1976 Paul Pascoe Bruce Fitzgerald 1990 Kent Manning (see Manning Surfboards) |
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Head Strong Surfboards
Brookvale 1995 Russell Head |
Heart
and Soul Surfboards Byron Bay 1995 Brett Monroe |
Heatwave Surfboards
Sydney 1983 Steve Wilson Designs 1984 Richard Evans Decals thanks to Snazzy, May 2020. |
Heneker
Surfboards Gold Coast, Queensland. 1998 |
Henri Surfboards
1972 North Curl Curl, NSW - Tracks, October 1972 1973 Moved to 53 Griffin Road, North Curl Curl- Tracks Number 32 June 1973, page 29. 1974 230 Harbord Road Brookvale Previously Farrelly Surfboards premises. Chris Henri, 1976 Chris Henri: Fang-tail, marked Mumbles 6ft 6 / Fang-V1. Nick Daly ; 1977 Terry Clarke. Decal images c1972 and c1978, contributed 2009 and 2014 by Terry Brown. |
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Henri,
Original Design
Handshaped by Chris Henri, 1976 |
Henri
Fangtail -V1, 1976.
Henri: Advanced Design Model, 1976. |
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Heritage
Surfboards ? 1975 ? |
Hermit Surfboards ?? 1978 Matt McDermott. Noted: 5ft 10" single fin in box. Hand drawn decals? |
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Hewston Surfboards
Sunshine Beach, Queensland 1965 Trevor Hewston 1967 Warrick Smith 1968 Kevin Platt Hewston,- Noosa thanks to Snazzy, december 2019. |
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Hi-Beam
Surfboards ? 1982 Phil Murray |
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Highlight Surfboards
1977 An offshoot or model for Gordon and Smith Surfboards, Taren Point. Highlight Surfboards by (Geoff) Solness. |
High Performance Design [Surfboards
] South Australia 1976 Wayne Dale -previously at John Arnold Surfboards. |
High Pressure Systems
Surfboards Victoria? 1997 Sam Hodges |
Hohensee Surfboards
Miami Qld. circa 1964 Laurie Hohensee, Also over time: Bob McTavish, Peter Drouyn, Keith Paull, Ron Woodward, Paul Neilson, Rick Neilson, Geoff Darby, Tony Dempsy, Michael Peterson, Nev Hyman; El Sahuato Nick Maresin 1969 Tony Dempsey Peter Mallard Model Decal image contributed with thanks by snazzy, April 2015. 1971 Michael Peterson, Kevin Williams, Laurie Hohensee, Roger Firehock, Billy Grant, Chris Douglas. - Tracks, February 1971, page29 1972 G. Simpson R. Evans 1975 Ronnie Woodward, decal image below. 1979 Terry Vosper; Phil Myers. Sea Shells decal, circa 1979, left. Handcrafted in Australia - Kangaroo decal, 1979, below. 1981 Large H decal, circa 1981. Free Fight model by R. Evans, 1974. |
1979 1974 1980 |
Holmes
Surfboards 1977 Darryl Holmes Holmes Original Surfcraft Patents. Decals courtesy of Andy Maunsell, January 2018. |
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Home Grown Surfboards 1972 Noted: Backyard shaped 7ft x 20" x 3" foiled template, diamond tail, single fin. Stencilled decal, elaborate spray decor (bird on deck, multi-coloured star on bottom) and hole for a leg-rope drilled in the fin. Possibly an early example of Homegrown Surfboards, below. |
Homegrown Surfboards
by P.J.T. Plenty Road, Bundoora, Victoria, 45-1509 1973 Russell Smith M. Pearce Ted Radiziewski |
Decal thanks to Snazzy, January 2020. |
Honey Surf Surfboards
Honey Surf Shop, Kirra, Queensland (Kent Ladkin). 1978 Honey Surfboards were manufactured by Sky Surfboards or San Juan Surfoard factories in Byron Bay and retailed fom Kent's Kirra shop and also from (brother) Brad Larkin's shop in Gerringong NSW. Shapers included Steve Goddard, Bob McTavish. 1980 Strawberry Fields Surf Shop, Kirra, Queensland. Kent open a second shop, a few blocks away from the Honey shop that retailed boards with Honey and/or Strawberry Fields decals, which were the brands of a popular surfwax. Both shops were sold circa 1982. - information courtesy of Kent Ladkin, January 2011. |
Courtesy of Mick Mock
Sydney Surf Auction, Harbord Digger's Club, 19th October 2008. Catalogue # . |
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Honey and Strawberry Fields decals, circa 1980. Contributed with thanks by Llewellyn Stephens, January 2011. Honey and Strawberry Fields were two surfwax brands, initially from Gerringong, NSW. The Honey graphic is of Werri Point, Gerringong. 1979: 6ft Honey Surfboard - Single fin, double flyers and tail channels. The deck has a Strawberry Fields decal. |
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HonkiTonk Surf
Designs Albany, WA 1967 Alan "Barny" Tonkinson Information and decal courtesy of Trevor Pocock, November 2016. HonkiTonk Surf Designs were shaped from about 1967 by an Alan "Barny" Tonkinson (dec), who previously shaped Eclipse Surfboards in Albany in the '60's. I have an Eclipse but the logo is pretty hard to see. Both of his boards that I have are initialled BT. |
Hookway
Surfboards ?? 1975 Chris Pearl |
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Horizon Surfboards
? 1977 Marked: Pearl 1987 LC Shapes |
1986
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Hornet Surfboards
Sydney (?) 1977 Greg Webber See Aloha Surfboards |
Hot and Glassy
Surfboards Broken Head, Byron Bay, NSW. 1986 Mark Thompson Torpedo Model |
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Hot Brewz
Surfboards Western Australia 1990 Adrian Shepherd Decals thanks to Snazzy, January 2109. |
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Hot Buttered Surfboards
Mitchell Road, Brookvale NSW 1972 Col Smith, Andrew McKinnon and Terry Fitzgerald Tracks, August 1972. 1973 Flyer Progression: Roundtail 6ft 10" June, Fat Pin 7ft 7" March, Pin 7ft June, Semi (Pin) 7ft September 1973. Tried, tested and proven by Terry Fitzgerald. Tracks, September, 1973. 1974 One Step Ahead- Brewer, Hawk, Chapman, Cooney, Fitzgerald. Design: Vees, concaves, platforms by Butch Cooney and Terry Fitzgerald. Tracks, April 1974. 1976 Frank Williams and Steve Artis; 1977 Rod Ball Glen Red Johnstone Glen contributed a HB/Red decal in February 2020 and noted (edited): I was taught to shape at Hot Buttered Surfboards by Terry Fitzgerald around 1977. Most of my shapes were sold around Maroubra, my home-beach. Because Terry was teaching me they came out a lot like his boards, plus I was using all his beautiful templates. Darrel Homes was glassing them. 1979 Stuart Campbell, Russell Lewis, Grant Miller, Ron Woodward and Steve Artis; #92 Wayne Dean Greg Webber 1980 Derek Hynd Model 1981 Michael Pitt: The Hornet, a flyer square tail with a large centre fin and two small rail fins. Reprised 1970 Tri-fin design. Albert Whiteman: Knormal Kneeboards 1983 John Harris, Steve O'Donell Hot Buttered Tahiti, shapes by Patrick Juventin; including boards for David 'Poto' Vatea,Tahiti's first pro, 2nd in the 1989 and 1994 Pipe Masters 1986 Phil Murray, Brandon McDonald, Iain "Ratso" Buchanan 1990 Larry Levin 2010 Spawn Fish: Designed and Tested at North Narrabeen, Australia, Made in China, 2010. www.hotbuttered.com.au/...History www.hotbuttered.com.au/galleries7 Tracks,
May 1972, page 30.
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by Terry Fitzgerald, 1976. Decal image courtesy Mick Mock, Surf Auction, November 2011, #201B. Click decal for catalogue entry #104. |
Designed
& Hand Shaped by Terry Fitzgerald, circa
1976.
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Designed
& Hand Shaped by Frank Williams, circa
1976.
Click decal for catalogue entry #92.
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Hand Shaped by Ronnie Woodward, 1976. |
Designed & Hand Shaped by Terry Fitzgerald, 1978. Rainbow and Winged dot, circa 1978. Image contributed by Jim Swinton, July 2006. |
Designed and Hand Shaped by Red
Johnstone, 1977.
Decal thanks to Glen Johnstone, February 2020. |
Grelim Shapes: Sailboard, 1988.
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Designed & Handshaped by
Albert Whiteman, 1981
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Hand Shaped by Russell Lewis, 1980. Handshaped by Steve O'Donell, 1983
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Handshaped by Grant Miller, 1983 Right: Hornet, Shaped by Michael Pitt, 1983 |
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Designed and Hand Shaped by
Brandon McDonald, 1986
Designed and Hand Shaped by Iain Buchanan, 1988 |
Designed and Handshaped by Stewart Campbell, 1979 Designed and Handshaped by Phil Murray, 1988 |
Hot
Buttered Surfboards
Designed by Terry Fitzgerald, As
Surfed by Derek Hynd, Twin-fin, 1979.
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Hot Buttered, 1985. Hot
Buttered - Knormal
Kneeboards, 1981.
Flashpoint
(Kneeboards), circa
1986.
HB - Hot Buttered Australia,1990.
(Hot Buttered) Tahiti - Patrick Juventin, 1983. Hot Buttered - Greg Webber, 1987 Hot Buttered Surfboards-Surfwear and Veta David, 1988. |
Designed and Shaped by Stuart Campbell, 1978. Dark Horse Designs by Steve Wilson, 1986. Queensland Original- Shaped by Wayne Deane, 1987. Hot
Buttered - Wayne
Deane, 1988.
High Speed Finish, 1988.
Hot Buttered Surfboards-Surfwear,
1986.
Hot Buttered Wings, 1987. Hot Buttered - Designed and Shaped by Brandon McDonald, 1988. |
Promotional
Board, 1997: Hot Buttered Surfboards: Coca-Cola Surf Classic '97. Enjoy Coke, Trade Mark Regd.
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Shaped by Wayne Clegget.
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Designed and Tested in at Narrabeen, Australia, 2010. Made in China, 2010. |
Spawn Fish, 2010. |
Hot Dot Surfboards
Handcrafted at 236 Harbord Road, Brookvale 1977 Narrabeen, Australia. Grant Miller |
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Hot Juice Surfboards
1977? Double Island Point, Queensland. |
Hot Lemon Surfboards
? 1981 Phil Murray |
Hotline Surfboards
1977 Wollongong Phil Byrne Kevin Parkinson Decals thanks to Snazzy, 2018. |
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Hot-Line Surfboards
Gold Coast 1977 Rob Buckingham |
Hot Lips Designs
1978 Queensland? Noted: Roket (sic) Fish Model, designed by Mike Purpus (USA), shaped by Nigel Perrow. Stinger, Hot Lips Designs - Mike Purpus of California, circa 1975 Image courtesy of
Dale Matheson, Scamander Beach
Surf Shop, Tasmania.
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Hot Roc Surfboards
Brookvale NSW : 1977 Chris MacCahon (Micky Mac) Brad Mayes Surf Design Ian Howard reported, April 2004: In your site under Hot Roc you have his name down as Mick McMahon. Sorry Bud, but it's Chris MacCahon. |
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Hot Stick Surfboards
?? 1987 Handshaped by Spitty |
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Hot Stuff Surfboards
Currumbin Qld 1973 Keath Hacker Neil Purchase 1979 Alan Byrne, Gil Glover Hamish Garham and Steven Reid; Tested by Wayne Bartholomew and balanced by Gill Glover. 1981 Drouyn, Rabbit (sponsored?); Alan Byrne; circa 1983 Neal Purchase (Senior) Bill Walters (Narrabeen) : 1988 Bill Waters (North Narrabeen) Noted by Sean Harris, March 2005: 5'10" by 21" and about 2.5" thick. Swallow tail, thick rails, channels and 5 fins all approx. 5", shaped in foam with a glass finish. John Mills 1999 Dale Wilson |
Wayne Bartholomew Model |
Balanced by Gill Glover, 1979.
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Hot Stuff, Gold Coast, 1980. Surf's Up At Gerringong:Board Display, August 2005. Thanks to Scott Andrews. Hot Stuff, Green, 1979. Hot Stuff, 1985. Hot Stuff, Yellow, 1986. Hot Stuff, 1988. Hot Stuff, Shaped by Gill Glover, Pro-Finish, 19887. Hot Stuff, 1989. Hot Stuff, 1994. Hot Stuff, 1994. |
Alan Byrne Designs (Hot Stuff), 1980. Alan Byrne Designs (Hot Stuff), 1985. Shaped
by Bill Waters (Hot
Stuff),1988.
Hot Stuff, 1987. Alan Byrne Designs (Hot Stuff), 1990. |
Hot Stuff channel bottom, circa
1985.
Shaped by Neal Purchase Snr,
6ft x 19.25" x 2.5" Six channels Marked in pencil : A9 6 ' 0 NP Fins 4 " deep |
Hot Wave Surfboards
Victoria? 1987 Noted: Computer Design decal and markings L.S.O. 27.11.87 |
Howard Hughes Surf Craft Airey's Inlet, Victoria (052) 896 335 1975 Howard Hughes Surf Club Paddle-boards? Decal image contributed with thanks by snazzy, April 2015. HH - Soul Surfing - Anglesea SLSC |
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Howie Surfboards Victoria (03) 5956-6188 1992 Eight Ball and CHP |
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Hoye
Surfboards Yallingup, Western Australia 1971 Tom Hoye (ex-California and Bennett Surfboards) |
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HQ Surfboards Cronulla 1990 Wayne Roach: Roach Approach |
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Hull
Surfboards Newcastle 1978 Hull Brothers Steve Hull noted in January 2017: I made that board to take to Europe in 1978. It was the only one we did with that decal. We were 3 brothers building boards in mums back yard, Newcastle, in the late 70's. (Decal, circa 1983, forwarded by MaxiK, September 2014?) |
Hummingbird
Surfboards 1984 ?? Geoff Horner. Geoff is currently shaping under his own label, Ochre Surfboards,and for Holiday Surf in Japan under the Cheers label. |
Hughes Surf Craft Howard Hughes Surf Craft Airey's Inlet, Victoria. (052) 89 6205 1971 Surf ski manufacturer, 1975 Howard Hughes Surf Craft Airey's Inlet, Victoria (052) 896 335 1976 Hughes Zapper, No. 13. Swallow-tail surf-ski Decals thanks to Snazzy, August 2019, 2021. |
Hummingbird
Surfboards Dee Why Beach, NSW Phone 938 2639 1988 Geoff Horner Dion blanks Noted: Mirco: unusually marked with a date and imperial/decimal dimensions. One board with two (McTavish) Bluebird decals (?) |
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Hutchinson Surfboards
20 William Street Brookvale NSW 1969 Paul Hutchinson, 1970 Dealers: The Surf Shop Brisbane, Chester's Surf'n'Gear Newcastle, Geoff's Surf Shop Adelaide, North Beach Surf Shop Wollongong, Summerland Surf Shop Casino, Paul Walton Taree, and Surf'n'Gear: Collaroy, Manly, Rockdale, Parramatta, Bankstown, Cronulla. Surfing World Volume 13 Number 4 1970? Thanks to Snazzy, June 2020. 1971 186 Harbord Road Brookvale Sydney Phone 939 1767 Robbie Holt: Twin Fin 1 Tracks Number 4, January 1971. Also see #44 1973 Central Coast NSW ? 1974 Ted Spencer Model PO Box 43 Bangalow NSW Phone Bangalow 159 Hutchinson pintails, Bangalow,
1975
Tracks #54, March 1975 The
advertisement notes that the boards are fully
shaped and glassed by Paul Hutchinson
and the Stickers are individually hand-coloured. Paul Hutchinson later shaped for Bear Surfboards. - Tracks ad and notes by Jason Connell, March 2017. Hutchinson, Brookvale,
1971.
Decal courtesy
of Snazzy, February 2019.
Hutchinson, Bangalow,
1975.
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Hutchinson, Brookvale,
1971
Bangalow 159: drawn and hand-coloured by L. Golebinsky? Decal thanks to Snazzy, December 2019. |
Huzza Wuzza Surfboards
"The Original Rock and Roll Surfboards" Cronulla/Carringbah? 1980 Richard Herbert Deceased February 2006? Decal courtesy of Sammy, April 2012. |
Hydro-Cool Surfboards
Gold Coast, Queensland.? 1986 Robert Morley 1989 Colan Hi-tech Glass Fabric Systems Hyrdo-Cool Longboards - Snap Pivoter by Bob McTavish |
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Hyper Surfboards
Gold Coast, Queensland. 1988 Phil McGregor |
Hyper
Active Surfboards 1988 ? Karl Hassel |
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