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| Pacific Designs
Surfboards ?? 1986 Bruce Rea. Slugger model  |
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| Pacific Dreams Surfboards
Newcastle 1978 Roy Lee. 1982 Wave Blaster by Roy lee 1985 Neal Purchase. 1988 Ken McDonald Anti Ski Pig Association  1985    1988 |
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| Pacific Foam Systems
December 19 Industrial Estate Byron Bay, NSW Shapers : Bob Margrets, Warren Cornish, Mark Plater Glasser :Billy McClean Designs : Twin fins, Round tails, by Mark Richards, Reno Abellira, Warren Cornish See Cornish Surfboards |
| Pacific Star Surfboards by Dunlop
Roger Street, Brookvale 1964 Factory of Crest Surfboards run by Bruen Finey. 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 http://blogs.hht.net.au/surfcity/ Many thanks to Garry and Bruen Finey.   |
 Pacific Star by Dunlop - Surfer decal, circa 1964 Contributed by Alex, Nelson Bay, April 2012, many thanks.  |
| Pacific Surf Designs
Byron Bay, NSW. 1983 Mark Plater. |
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| Paradise Surfboards
Victoria.? 1978 |
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| Park Surfboards
? 1996 Colin Eagle  |
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| Parkes Kneeboards
Byron Bay. 1987 David Parkes |
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| Parkinson Surfboards
Sorrento, East Coast, Victoria. 88-8311 1973 G.Coker 1975 Glassed by Mick - Sanded by Keith 1978 Designed and Hand Shaped by Mick    |
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| Pascoe-Hopper Surfboards
Sunshine Coast, Queensland. 1978 Paul Pascoe, Brett Peacock  1980 Mick Grace (Gary 'KONG' Elkerton model twin fin)  |
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| Pat Morgan Surfboards
17 Anderson Street Torquay Vic. Phone Torquay 720 Torquay 612 720 1968 Pat Morgan, Wayne Lynch Waveset Fin System. 1973 Kym Thompson Decals: Pat Morgan Torquay, yellow, circa 1967. Decal image contributed with thanks by Snazzy, April 2015. Pat Morgan Torquay, green, circa 1973. Pat Morgan Surfboards Three Rings, circa 1974 ??? Image contributed with thanks by Simon, September 2011. Far right: Pat Morgan Block Decal, circa 1968. Boards: #106 1971 Pat Morgan Twin fin #1 6 ft 7'' #336 1971 Pat Morgan Keel fin 7ft 8 1/2'' #242 1972 Pat Morgan Keel fin 6ft 8'' #1631973 Pat Morgan Swallow tail 6ft 9'' Kym Thompson. Decals thanks to Snazzy.  |
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| Paul Callanan
Surfboards Ocean Grove, Victoria. 1958 Paul Callanan Paper decal laminated to the fin of a 1956-1959 pig board, possibly added to identify the board's owner, and not the manufacturer. Image and info thanks to Snazzy, February 2019. |
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Nichol Surfboards Nichol Surfboards Nichol Surf and Sailboards 23 Flinders Street, Wollongong 1984 Paul Nichol Karl Schaefer  1989  |
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| Pedro Surfboards
Lake Munmora, Central Coast, NSW. 2020 Rice-paper decal thanks to Peter Derwin (Pedro), August 2020. |
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| Pegasus Surfboards
1982 Pt. Cartwright, Queensland. Peter (Stumpy) Wallace 1982 decal courtesy of Gary O'Donnell, March 2018.  |
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| Peking Duck Surfboards
1986 ? |
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| Peter Anderson Surf Equipment
PO Box 79 Miami, Queensland 4220 Phone: 35-6311 Factory: 10 Hibiscus Drive, Miami. 1972  |
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| Peter Berry Kneeboards
1970-1980 Maroubra- Daceyville Peter Berry Bottom image courtesy of Swami Sam, November 2013. (KAOS was "an international organization of evil'" opposed by "the forces of goodness and niceness," CONTROL agent 86, Maxwell Smart, 1965-1970)  "a bit of early 70's design
weirdness"
Tracks : 20 Years Edition, October 1990, page 94 (Tracks Archives). |
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| Peter Bilte Surfboards
1973 Sydney Peter Smith 1975 Lake Tabourie, NSW. Decal images courtesy of Snazzy, May 2011 and January 2019. |
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| Peter Clarke Surfboards
Clarke Surfboards 53 Bay Road Taren Point NSW 1964-1976. Click decals for full entry. |
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| Peter Colless
Surfboards Cnr Gipps and Flinders Streets, Wollongong. 1966 Peter Colless
Images
forwarded with thanks by Peter Kane, April 2019. Decal thanks to
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| Peter Cornish Surfboards
PO Crescent Head, NSW (065) 642-643.  Peter Cornish, Newcastle
Contest, 1968, 4th place.
1976
Surfing World September 1968, Volume 11 Number 3 page 43. 1984 1990 PCD- Peter Cornish Designs  |
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| Peter Crofton (Custom Surfboards by)
circa 1961 C/o The Surf Centre Adelaide. Noted 2018:.  Foam and four stringer
twin-fin bellyboard, circa 1963 |
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| Peter
Davies Surfboards St. Kilda, Melbourne Victoria. 1964 Robbie Lane (Manly ) and Ken Bate (Manly)  Images and
information thanks to Snazzy, January 2019.
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Davies
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| Peter Drouyn Surfboards
International Surf Centre Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach, Queensland. Phone 1969 Peter Drouyn Shapes by Des Neille Glassing by Bob Knight 1977 Peter Drouyn Also note Drouyn Surfboards, 2005:  |
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thanks to Snazzy, December 2019.
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| Peter Hill Surfboards
East Coast, Victoria? Phone: 921932 circa 1968 Marshall Lightowlers noted a 7ft 3'' pintail example, circa 1968 located at ? (February 2007) |
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| Peter Lennox Surfboards
circa 1965 117 Dundas Street East Preston Victoria Ph. 44-4151 |
| Peter Mann Surfboards
? 1971 |
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| Peter McCabe
Surfboards 1988 Newcastle |
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| Peter Mercer Surfboards
1975 Capel, Western Australia. Peter Mercer Alf Jeffries Left: Peter Mercer Surfboards, circa 1975. Decal image contributed with thanks by Snazzy, April 2015. Far left: Mercer- Shaped by Peter Mercer, circa 1978. |
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| Peter Ryan Surfboards
43 Mitchell Road Brookvale Phone: 93-4478 1970 Peter Ryan Bob Kennerson From $85.00 - Agents Enquires Welcome Bob Kennerson and "Jasper" now combine their 15 years experience in all phases of surfboard design and construction. As partners in Peter Ryan surfboards they offer you Australia's highest quality and lowest priced custom surfboard. Surfing World Volume 13 Number 4 1970? Thanks to Snazzy June 2020. |
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| Peter Ryan Kneeboard Design
Gerringong, NSW 1977 Peter Ryan 1978 Peter Ryan Kneeboard Design at Christie Surfboards Nowra. Decal thanks to Snazzy, December 2019. |
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| Peterson Surfboards
Surfers Paradise, Queensland 1987 Tom Peterson Since 1968 Also see Michael Peterson Surfboards   |
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| Peter Sheely
Surfboards Newcastle 1979-1988  |
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| Peter Wallace
Surfboards ??? 1978  |
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| Peter White Surfboards
??? 1975 |
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Way Surfboards New Zealand 1964 to 1972 Peter Way Bob Tinkler: Creamachine model, 1968.  |
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| Phantom Surfboards
Gold Coast, Queensland 1987 Chris Garrett Peter Hitchens  1999
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| Phil Donoghoe Surfboards
??? 1979 |
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| Phil
Grace Surfboards Seaford, Victoria. 1973 Phil Grace In Search of Another Swell See Pierce-Grace Surfboards, below. Noted: 1975 Phil Grace 7ft 2" x 20" x 3.5" swallow tail, yellow tint, rail lap, textured deck, semi-keel fin. The swallow tail is scooped; while the fin has no leg-rope hole there appears to be remnants of a leg-rope bridge on the tail. The owner suggested It was built in the mid 1970's for a surfer heading of to Mauritius, as this shape went well in the quality hollow waves back then. |
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| Phil Usher Surfboards
Queensland Phil Usher and Nev Hyman were originally based in Western Australia working at Odyssey Surfboards. 1978 New Wave Model for John Neilsen Surf Shops Gold Coast, Mermaid Beach. 1980 Star Bus    |
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Grace Surfboards Rye, Victoria. 1990 Phil Grace Shiny Seal Pro-Finish  |
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| Pilgrim Surfboards
? 1974 Mal Hockey |
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| Pinson (?) - Lynch Surfboards
? 1968 Decal contributed by snazzy. |
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| Pipe Dream Surfboards
Tweed Heads NSW 1974 Murray Burton, Dominic Zappa Wibrow and Richard Wood; 1979 Gerg Webb, Lance Murphy 1978 Rabbit Bartholomew model, shaped by Murray Burton Followed Wayne Bartholomew's 1978 world title, the Pipe Dream model was short lived and rare, although the decal, without identifying Rabbit, was used into the 1980s. In 1979 Hobie Surfboards produced a Rabbit Bartholomew model in California with a similar decal. 1986 Darren Handley, Erle Pederson, Ken Reimers, Ray Dalton.  
Pipe Dream: Rabbit
Batholomew Model,1978.
Rabbit Bartholomew, Hawaii, 1977. Photo: Jeff Divine.  Pipe Dream,1978. 
 Pipe Dream: Zappa, 1978.   Pipe
Dream,1984.
 Pipe Dream Z, 1984.  High Performance Light Weights 1987.   Pipe Dream: Erle Pederson Jet Bottom,1987.  Pipe Dream: Shaped by Murray Burton, 1989. 
 1989  Pipe Dream: Burton Shapes, 1990.   Pipe Dream: Lance Murphy, 1991.  
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 Pipe Dream,1974.  Pipe Dream,1974.  Pipe Dream Hooka,1975.   
 Shaped by Greg Webb Shapes,
Murray
Burton, 1978.
1978.
Pipe
Dream,1985.
 Pipe Dream,1988.  Pipe Dream: Erle Pederson Jet Bottom,1987. 
 Pipe Dream, Erle Pederson, 1988  Pipe Dream, 1989.  Pipe Dream, 1990.  Pipe Dream, 1995.  Pipe Dream: Gold Coast Number 1, 1991. |
| Pipeline Surfboards
Brendan Rose, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria reports February 2004... a "Pipeline Surfboard" which was purchased in 1959 from the sports department owned by Lindsay Hassett , ex Australian cricket captain. Its about 9"6 , triple stringer with a "D" fin. Futher information requested. Shaped by Tom Keogh 'decal', right contributed by Simon Chipper, Phillip Island Victoria. He comments ... "These are not decals but resin pigment (I think) on top of filler coat". Personal correspondence, April 2006. |
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| Pipeliner Surfboards
1974 ??? Moulded plastic juvenile board manufactured by Willow, Australia. Decal image contributed with thanks by Snazzy, December 2010. |
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| Piping Hot [Surfboards?] Torquay [Wetsuit company, Australia] 1978 Mike Patterson Decal images contributed with thanks by Snazzy, April 2015-2020.  |
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| Pirate
Kneeboards ? 1979 Mick Carpenter |
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| Planks Surfboards
1988 Taren Point? by Glasso - Peter Glasson? Decal from a 9ft 3" Malibu, thanks to Glenn Murphy, August 2020. |
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| Plantation
Surfboards 1984 Maroochydore, Queensland. J.S.  |
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| Point Break
Surfboards Wollongong 2000 Ralph Riddell  |
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| Point Leo Surf
Lifesaving Club (Surfboards)
1958 Pt. Leo, Victoria Noted: A balsa pig board said to be built my surf club members. |
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| Pollard Surfboards
1976 Maroochydore, Queensland. Jim Pollard Also see Jim Pollard Surfboards. |
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| Pottz Surfboards
2000 Queensland? D'Arcy Handshapes |
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| Power Surfboards
David, Sydney (02) 919 5508 1979 Simon Anderson David Anderson See Tracks, April 1979, page 31. Also see Shane and Energy Surfboards. See #381. |
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| Power Surfboards
Scamander, Tasmania. 1978 Steve Jory (Later Jory Surfboards, Noosa) Mario Aguis Decal and details courtesy of Dale, Scamander Beach Surf Shop, October 2015. |
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| Power Surfboards
Geelong?, Victoria. 1978 Leigh Middleton 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. |
| Power Design
Surfboards 1988 Sunshine Coast |
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| Power Force Surfboards
39 Nacooma Road, Buff Point, Budgewoi, NSW. 1975 Gordon Knight 1985 Glen Winton Designs - Mr. X Gordon Knight : 3-Fin Design   
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Linez Surfboards -
PLZ Surfboards? Leg-rope company? 1982 Frank Latta Also see Animal Surfboards. |
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| Prana Surfboards
Coffs Harbor NSW 1981 Craig Naylor 6-1-1983 1991 Brett Munro Noted: Board marked as 6ft 10" and dated as May 1991 ... 5/91.  1982
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Precision Equip Surfboards.
Western Australia
1985 Tube Tested Design By Hoye.
See: Tom Hoye Surfboards, Yallingup, Western Australia |
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| Pro Circuit Boards
Lennox Head ? 1990 Molded epoxy boards by Bob McTavish. Decal/Sticker, contributed by Scott Randall, Mornington. Victoria April 2007. Scott reported (edited): |
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| Promouldz
Surfboards Newcastle? 1992 Sam Egan  |
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| Public Image
Surfboards 1986 Bill Walters |
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| Pure Surfboards
1975 Phil Fraser |
| Pure Flight Surfboards
1975 ?  Decal image by John Baxter, October 2008 |
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| Pure Soul Surfboards
Vincentia, Jervis Bay, NSW. 1977 David Moore Decals from a multi-channelled, multi-flyer single-fin, later converted to a twin-fin. Thanks to Peter Derwin (Pedro) Lake Munmorah, August 2020. In August 2020, Brendan Carney reported (edited): David Moore (made Pure Soul) boards in a converted flat at his parents house in Vincentia. He hand shaped the boards, sprayed and glassed them, and even made his own fins. Some of us young guys would help sometimes. Dave was a great free hand shaper and a great artist, in those days (his boards often) would have full murals and full gloss finish. |
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| Pyke Surfboards
Fred Pyke Surfboards See: Pyke Perfection (2000) - Board collection, Narrator and Historian Bob Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsaAA2ZltBs 1961 107 Reynard Street, Coburg, Melbourne (Backyard: first board the Bulldog Board) Decals (rubber stamp) thanks to Snazzy, January 2019, August 2021. circa 1963 Custom Built Surfboards 578 Sydney Road Brunswick 386571 - Details from an early foam Malibu, reported by Leo Doyle, 30 Sep 2003. Follow up Leo Doyle, 26 January 2005: actually a very early Fred Pyke. 1967 35 Boston Road, Torquay, Victoria. Phone Torquay 719 Image right emailed by David, March 2012: Fred Pyke's surf shop on Boston Road the first of the Melbourne manufacturer's to move out to the coast - Wayne Lynch. Wayne shaped his first board at the Pyke factory in Torquay. 1968 David Nairn. Ray (the Germ) Wilson Glasser: Peter Ashley Waveset fin boxes. - contributed by Snazzy, October 2011. Doug Claw Warbrick    Noted: 8ft x 21" glue-line stringer round-tail with large tail patch,13" Waveset fin, with Pyke decal and marked 4-337 Dolphin Visions (shaped by) Claw. Claw was the nickname of Doug Warbrick, founder of Rip Curl Surfboards and Wetsuits and a major instigator and promoter of the Bells Beach contest. 1976 Jim Pollick |
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 Pyke Wave Rider - Wave
Ski 1975?, draining plug, foot-straps, seat-well, and
fittings for a seat-belt.
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| Pyramid Surfboards
Sunshine Coast, Queensland 1978 Mark Hewson |
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