Hi Josh ! [and other 1980s board fans !!]
I just thought you might like to see the roadkill board I got today , mate !
A 1980s [around america’s cup year] thruster …
it’s …
12 1/2" n x 5’10 x 19 1/2 x c. 2 5/8" x 15 1/2 t [double bump squash tail …‘pod’ is 5 3/8"]
nose rocker 4 3/8"
tail rocker 1 1/4"
fins …
…at 2 1/2" [!] and 11" from tail tip
side fins …
4" base , 4 1/4" depth , 1 1/2" rake
back fin …
4" base , 4 1/2" depth , 1 3/4" rake
colours …
…very “fluoro '80s” !!
rails…
logos …remember the “Australia 2 'boxing kangaroo” ???
the logo on the bottom of the board …
deck logo …[attachment]
So , “Mr. Bazzo” , eh ?!
…it was either a board for a grommet , or Dave Lewis can’t spell !
rocker photo [attachment]
so , yes …
there ARE some dings to fix , a bit of missing nose to rebuild , and some light sanding to do [to get rid of sharp fibreglass bits .
But , all in all , for $5aus from a friend , can’t go wrong !
[at least now I have a shortboard thruster with glassed on fins , one from the 1980s , and one from the 1990s …STOKED !!!
Can’t wait to ride this , once I have made it watertight ! …“yewwwwwwwwwwww !!!”]
And I hope seeing this brought back some good memories for bert burger , gary nicol , ‘kiricore’ , and maybe even hicksy …
cheers !
ben
cheers
ben
okay , then , THESE are the last two shots …
…caio for now !
ben
Here’s a 5 7 i have. Its a 4 channel bottom thruster, with a finboxed centre fin, and glassed on side fins. Way too small for me, took it out a few months ago, and was waaaaaaaaaaay too skatey. Didn’t paddle too bad for such a small board. Maybe i’ll try it again.
woo!
cool board! im stoked for you Ben!
let us now how it goes eh?
nice colours too.
Josh.
I thought you’d like the colours Josh !
too bad my [hicksy’s old] blue and yellow fluoro wettie gave up the ghoat , eh , or I could have slapped on the green zinc nosecream , put on the flouro wettie , and paddled out on THAT , singing duran duran or human league or flock of seagulls songs eh ?
beery ,
I would LOVE to have a go on that skipp !!
[maybe if you lose the beergut , it will float ya matey ?]
cheers [but no more beers ?]
ben