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Shane Steadman and Twin Fin 1, 1970
Cropped from ad, Deep magazine
Vol 4 #4 Winter 1999 page 52.

1963
First surfboard

1965
116 Rowe Street Eastwood Sydney. Phone 85 1360
Shane Stedman

1965
December first ad in Surfing World

1966
116 Rowe Street Eastwood NSW ph.885 85
Russell Hughes' Excellor , Dick van Straalen, Kevin Brennan , Neil Purchase
Markings noted: 21 9'6'' N.P.

1967
Corner Mitchell and Sydenham Roads Brookvale NSW
Bob Kennerson (sanding), Peter Cornish (Dee Why), Richard Kavanagh,
Peter Cornish' Crystal Vessel,
Ted Spencer White Kite model,

Shane Stringerless, 1967
Thanks to Snazzy, 2020

1968
Butch Cooney, Frank Latta , Terry Fitzgerald

1970
Factories in Cronulla, Brookvale, Cresent Head and Gold Coast, Queensland.
Extensive surfer/shaper/glasser stable includes...
Butch Cooney, Steve Cooney, Terry Fitzgerald, Simon Anderson, Bob Kennerson, Peter Cornish, Peter Cornish (DY), Richard Kavanagh, Judy Trim, Michael Hall, Russell Spencer, Glyn Ritchie, David 'Baddy' Trealor, Richard Harvey, Tanya Binning, Jack Knight, Gordon Knight, John Fleck, Chris Young, Chopper Fred, Peter Twain,John Harris, John Irwin, Trevor Hewtson, Tony Hardy, Josette Legarde, Phyylllis O'Donnell, John Otton.

1970
The Standard (popout), reported as produced at 200 per week.

5ft7" SHANE Single fin S-deck, marked P71 5'7"

1970
The Shoe - Spoon decked Knee Board
A sparkle of blue is for you .... Richard Harvey at Shane's, Brookvale.
Surfing World Volume 13 Number 4 1970

6. SHANE WHITE KITE MODEL
- 6'1/2'' early '70's design by Ted Spencer ''

Notes, dimensions and photograph :
Sydney Surf Auction,
Mona Vale Hotel, Sydney, 30 October 2005
Catalogue No. 6.
Thanks to Mick Mock.

#321 - Decal and fin images only.

Dimensions :
L : 6 ft
W : 21 1/2''.
N : 14 1/2''
T : 15 3/4''
Pod : 10''
Fin :
7 x 9 x 11 @ 6.5 inches

Markings :

SHAPED BY 153
PETER THAIN 6'0''

Originally transcribed as Twain, following an email from Melanie Haddock, Peter's daughter, in 2020, it has been corrected to Thain.
She also noted: He was a ghost shaper for Ted due to he didn't surf along with many others.
He made most of the great boards and trained Fitzgerald.

Shane The White Kite by Ted Spencer, 1970. #212 Shaped by Peter Thain Simplex fin system 6'7" x 21 1/2" x 2 1/2".

	SHAPED BY 212 PETER THAIN 6'6''

Shane
The White Kite by Ted Spencer, 1970.
Fixed single fin
6'6"

Shane is Evolution, 1970.
In conjunction with Paul Witzig's 1970 film, Evolution.
Image thanks to Snazzy, February 2019.

Shane Twin-fin, 1971.

Shane S-Deck Single-fin, Squiggled Stripes, 5ft 7"1970.

Shane Twin-fin by Terry Fitzgerald, 1971.

1971

Tracks Number 13 October 1971, page 2.

Custom Built from $89.
You're paying for the shaped-in experience of surfers like Terry Fitzgerald and Simon Anderson.
Shane Surfboards Mitchell Road Brookvale
Phone 937 840.

1972

Noted: Wilderness Design by Dewey.

1972
Shane Coolite

Tracks
Number 17 page 22
February 1972.

Shane Standard 1970-1972
The Standards now have stringers and pinlines and at 6'4'' long are $69.
Customs are shaped by Bob Kennerson, Simon Anderson, Glen Brown, Larry Levin or Bill Cilea (sic) and are attracting alot of comment.
Shane Surfboards
Corner Mitchell and Sydenham Roads, Brookvale NSW Phone: 93-7840, 93-7261
- Tracks October 1972

1972
Richard Harvey Avatar model.

Contributed with thanks, by Kim Hancock, December, 2011 (edited):
Dick Harvey made boards for 3 years for Shane Stedmann under AVATAR/HARVEY SHANE from 1972 to 75 at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast Hwy, I worked with him there for a year before heading to France.

Shapers: Bob Kennerson, Simon Anderson, Frank Latta, Larry Levin, Bill Cilla.
Factories: Brookvale, Crescent Head, Mermaid Beach.
- Shane Surfboards Advertisement Tracks Number 26 December 1972

1975
Michael Peterson Model - Tracks # 57, June 1975, page 1.
Most of these boards were not shaped by Michael Peterson.
1976
Vaughn Riley, Timmy Rodgers and Bob Kennerson;

1977
Col Smith (Newcastle) Jim Pollard ;
Fluid Foils: Paul Peters, Tony MacDonald.
Shapes by Michael Peterson, Vaughan Riley, Peter Clutton and Paul Holmes.
Tracks January 1977, page 21.

1978
Shane Surf Ski, also marketed in USA.

1979
Jack Knight and Terry Richardson ;

1989
Epoxy sailboards made under license, also Shane Epoxy Boogie Board (?!)

1993 Spyder Surfboards

1996
White Kite mini mals, shaped by Shane Steadman

http://www.shane.com.au/
26 Sydenham Rd, Brookvale, NSW, 2100
(02) 99397840

Catalogue Entries

1963. Shane Malibu #120 9ft 3"

1963. Shane Malibu #159 9ft 7"

1968 Shane Vee Bottom #213 8 ft Stringerless

1969 Shane 7 ft 6'' Rounded Pin

1969 Shane S/b, Pintail x ft
Contibuted by Jordon, Jan 2006.
Not to scale.

1970 The Shoe by Shane 4 ft 11'' Rounded Pin

#377 Shane Swallow-tail, 6ft 6'', 1975.
Shaped by Simon Anderson

1970 Standard by Shane. Popout 5 ft 5 1/2"

1967 Advertisement

Russel Hughes Excellor Model
Shane Surfboards

Surfing World
November, 1966, Volume 8, Number 4, page 22.

Shane Surfboards advertisements:

Look up through a crystal vessel and get nailed to the wall
Available from Shane
"Crystal Vessel" by Hughes
From either Brookvale or Eastwood Factories.

Surf International
Volume 1 Number 6 1968?

Join the Shane Gang.
Surf International
July 1968, Back cover.
Mitchell Road, Brookvale.Phone: 37840

Left to right:
Russell Spencer, Ted Spencer
Shane Steedman, Peter Cornish,
Russell Hughes, Butch Cooney, Judy Trim.

JUDY TRIM at Dee Why beach, N.S.W., with her board.
She's been seeking sponsorship to compete in the 1968 international championships overseas.

Pictures by staff photographer Keith Barlow.

- The Australian Women's Weekly
Wednesday 16 October 1968, page 3.

Shane Surfboards advertisements

Cleanliness is next to Godliness
Surf International
Volume 1 Number 9
November 1968.
Back cover.

I love my Shane.
Surf International
Volume 2 Number 1
1969.
Back cover.

Ted Spencer's White Kite
Surfing World
Volume 12 Number 3, 1969

Notes
Ted Spencer's White Kite
Reported as a huge seller, this model in fact took many variations over a 4 year period. Initially decalled in circa 1968 it appeared as a stringerless Tracker/Pintail variation about 7 ft 6''. By 1970 it had evolved to "pointed nose, flat bottom and wide vee pod. It was also a wide board between the rails...And it was only 6 feet long, a foot to 18'' shorter than the previous season's boards - or two feet plus under the length of boards two seasons back." - Modern World magazine page 32. This design was very popular across most manufacturers,
see #46

Ted Spencer Creation

This board provides loose handling relative to any position or manouver the wave will a allow.
An even straightening from curve in the plan shape with constant curve in the bottom shape enables the board to be nose-ridden on small waves with clean entry in bigger surf.
It has constant curve in plan from widest point back, a semi-round tail for drive, a vee in the bottom and a low area-based fin.
Its drawn shape distributes thrust evenly around the rails with deck water flow enabling the board to battle beyond 45° giving powerful turns.

dig it at Shane's

- Surfing World Volume 15 Number 5 1971 December

REFERENCES
Magazines
Note: Shane Surfboards advertising (with strong input from John Witzig) in this period was known for its unusual images - unfortunately this meant very few boards appear. However due to the rapid variations in design it avoided the potential embarrassment of your number one surfer appearing with a brand new superseded model (from magazine lay-up to news stands was often three months). Similar advertising that deviated from the standard surfer/board/wave was used by many manufacturers in this period.

'Shane Surfboards' (Shane Steadman/Terry Fitzgerald) : Surfboard Designs
in Modern World
July 1971 pages 30 - 37.
Editor: Dick Levine

Tracks,
1974.
Number 51, page 22

2. Mick Mock : The Summer Millionaire (Shane Steadman) in Deep magazine,
Vol 4 #4 Winter 1999 pages 50 - 61

Tracks, July 1975, page 4.

There's a new sticker at Shane's ...

Michael Peterson is extreme in one direction.
He is dedicated to extreme accuracy in his shaping and fin foils, and the rest of us are equally as serious in continuing the excellence through glassing, sanding and finishing, so as to produce the finest possible surfboards available.

There will be other shapers and other stickers at Shanes, 'cause there are lots of good craftsmen in Australia.
We'll utilise their abilities and provide variety to compliment Michael's shapes and design.
May we suggest that fastidious, discerning surfers check the range of surfboards, including the Michael Peterson's model, at ...

Shane Surfboards Cnr. Mitchell and Sydenham Rds
BROOKVALE
Telephone: 939-2628 & 939-7840

Decals and Other

Shane Flower 1967-1968- with old Eastwood decal. Decals thanks to Snazzy, January-November 2019.	Decal thanks to Snazzy, December 2019	Decal thanks to Snazzy, June 2019. Click for 1969 Shane 7ft 6'' Rounded Pintail.

Shane Surfboards:
Taman Shane model, circa 1969.
Taman Shud was a popular Sydney surf band of the era, recording the soundtracks for Paul Witzig's Evolution (970) and Sea of Joy with Tully in 1971.

Wikipedia: Taman Shud
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamam_Shud

Shane- The White Kite by Ted Spencer, 1970.

Shane Surfboards:
Terry Fitzgerald Model, 1971-1972.

Image contributed by Jim Swinton, July 2006.

Decals thanks to Snazzy, July 2020.

Decals thanks to Snazzy, June 2019-2020.

Shane Surfboards
Avatar
(Richard Harvey) Model, 1972.

Shane Aquarius Mark 2 circa 1972
Coolite decal?

Decal contributed by Snazzy, June 2021.

Shane Surfboards
(Russell) Hughes Crystal Vessel Model, 1967.

Shane Counrty Surf Design,
Shaped by Bob Kennerson, Crescent Head, 1974.

Shane - Fleur Decal,
circa 1972.

Shane - Shelleys Decal, circa 1973.
Promotional board in conjunction with Shelley's,
a Sydney carbonated drink manufacturer.

1971

Shaped by Simon Anderson, circa 1974.

Shane Custom

Images contributed by Snazzy, October 2011, March 2013.

Custom Shaped by John Lewis,
Crescent Head, 1975.

Fluid Foils Designed by Jim Pollard,
circa 1976
Shane Surf Equipment.

Newcastle's Col Smith and Shane-Fluid Foils,
featuring channel bottoms and bee-sting tails, 1977.

Fluid Foils (Shane Surfboards), circa 1977.

Decal courtesy of Snazzy, January 2019.

1973

Fluid Foils (Shane Surfboards),
circa 1977.

SP115
Shane surfboard epoxy vintage stringerless
single fin shaped by Tony McDonagh
Shane Stedman said there were very few of these ever made
and some of the earliest examples of epoxy resin used in the surf industry.

1990

1998
Spyder Surfboards Brookvale: Jack Knight, off-shoot of Shane Surfboards?

1998
Mini-Mal Designs by Shane Steedman.

Decal courtesy of Snazzy, January 2019.

1975

John Irwin Shape, 1976.
Courtesy of Snazzy.

Geoff Cater (2008-2021) : Catalogue : Manufacturer Index - Shane.
http://www.surfresearch.com.au/mshane.html