The list below should be fairly accurate in capturing the Dextra-related advertisements in USA 1st and 2nd tier surfing magazine, 1960-1979. There are still a few issues that have not been reviewed, scanned or have some missing pages. Some of the entries below include more information than others.
International Surfing ISM 1966-Apr v02n03 p66 Dextra shows bellyboard pic. Costa Mesa, CA.
International Surfing ISM 1966-Jun v02n04 p73 Dextra bellyboard in full-pg color advert.
International Surfing ISM 1966-Aug/Sep v02n05 p69 Dextra bellyboard in full-pg color advert.
Petersen’s Surfing Mag PSM 1964-Sep v01n07 p52 Dextra Doodl’ Board. Marketed primarily as a towing and wake surfing board; also a body surfing board.
Surfing Illustrated SIL 1966-Jun v04n01 p61 Dextra advert
Surfing East SNE 1966-Jul v02n01 p34 Dextra bellyboard (Accurate Systems, Inc.). Costa Mesa, CA
Surfing East SNE 1967-Jan v02n03 p66 Dextra bellyboard. Costa Mesa, CA
Most of the Dextra adverts were black/white, partial page style. Their big splash advertisement in color appeared in International Surfing, Vol 2, No 4, p 73 (June 1966). The photograph/advert below is more of the “Mod” style of the 1960s, but not what I would call psychedelic. It could be that the Cocran Chase created a non-Dextra psychedelic advert in Surfer magazine. Or, I missed something rather significant (maybe one of the missing pages out there but I believe my Surfer Magazine coverage for paipo-related content is 100 percent now for 1960-1979.
