List of Board Model Names.

General Discussion
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Every time I log on to the Sways Home page theres a list of boards for sale and they have Model Names like...

 The Peck Penetrator

Anderson Thruster

Bing Silver Spoon

 Velzy Pig

 

 In Australia, we havent named models until recently and Im always interested/ amused/ fascinated by the ingenuity and creativeness of the names, esp the older ones and what the names would have meant back then or where they came from.

Can anyone add to the list of model names from the US and other places from all eras please ??

And maybe a bit of history/ dims about the model if possible.

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Just off the top of my head, Gordon and Smith Australia had a Bobby Brown Model, produced in the mid sixties. I am sure that others existed, but since I always liked the surfing of Bobby Brown, this particular model is an easy one for me to remember.

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Not true. There were Aussie “models” in the 60s.

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At my age the 1960's are recent.

Got any names for those models ?

 

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This could be quite a long list…

Greg Noll: Da Cat, Johnny Fain Model, The Blob

Morey/Pope: McTavish Tracker, The Blue Machine, Camel

Surfboards Hawaii: Model A

Greek: Eliminator

Rick: UFO, Cosmic Vehicle

G&S: The Skate, Midget Farrelly Stringerless,

Dusty Rhodes: Spider, Code 20, Springer, Love

Con: Ugly, CC Rider, Butterfly

Hansen: 50/50,Mike Doyle Model

Gordie: Lizard,

Yater: Spoon

Im sure that others will come up with much longer lists

 

 

 

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Just one OC brand I am familar with:

Harbour Surfboards:

The Banana (1963)

Trestle Special (64)

Cheater (66)

San-O (196?)

Sol (67)

Spherical Revolver (69) Shortboard!

Drifter (68?) Shortboard, originally a singlefin

More recent models & descriptions of the above and more

are to be found on the website:

http://www.harboursurfboards.com/surfboards.asp

Google some of the older names like Bing, Hansen, and newer

names like Stewart, etc. and you will find many of their old & new models & names.

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surffoils wrote:
In Australia, we havent named models until recently

 

  keyo’  mac t    tailormade.   gordon & smith  b brown   hayden robert connelly

**a lot of shapers had there name as a model that was how it was.
**

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Here are a few others that come to my mind :

Perfecto (G&S)

Performer (Weber)

Stylist (Weber)

Red Fin (M. Hynson)

Pipeliner (Brewer)

Corky Carroll (Hobie)

Maui model (Greek)

422 (Hap Jacobs)

Bump (Velzy)

Feather (Weber)

Chivas Monster (Surfboards Hawaii)

Honolulu (Phil Edwards)

 

There are so many more …

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a mate of mine had his dad’s old Nat Young model by Gordon Woods.

i have a Brother’s Neilsen Australian Champion Model and a mate of mine has one too. from early 70’s i think.

i have a Scott Dillon board that says Glenn Ritchie but i can’t remember if it’s a Glenn Ritchie model or design…

does the Shane White Kite count? a mate of mine has a couple of those and they seemed to have a few different variations.

i have a Sky Gary Timperly Twin Fin, don’t know about that though…

i also have a Dale “Pintail” and i know Gordon Woods had the Pocket Rocket.

John Arnold Wayne Lynch Involvement perhaps…?

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G & S

Stretch, Skip Frye, HY I, HY II, Hot Curl, SS, Frye Double Eagle, Magic, Gypsy, Small Frye, Fast Frye, Waterskate

 

Hobie

Noserider, Edwards Model, Joyce Hoffman " , Gary Propper ", Corky Carroll, Mini, Super Mini, Deadly Flying Glove, Positive Force IV, GP Wedge, Tri Plane, Silver Bullet, Slug

 

Hansen

Doyle Model, 50/50, Competitor, Powerflex, Master,Superlite, Derringer, Doyle Eagle, SF 360, Gerry Lopez.

Morey Pope

Snub, Peck Penetrator, Blue Machine, Sopwith Camel, 3/4 Camel, Camel Gun, Magnum, Big Mac, Tracker, Swift, Stradivarius, Camel Dart, Camel King, Island True, Camel Minipepper.

 

Windansea

Panatella, Cheroot, Tiparillo

 

Carbonnell

Shape 47

Greek

Eliminator, Liquidator, East Coast Special, Maui, Maui Pintail, Outlaw, Macintosh Apple, Association.

Weber

Performer, Feather, Stylist, Iggy Model,  Professional, strato, Ski, Foil

Rick

UFO, Dru Harrison Improviser, Barry Kanaiaupuni, Noserider, Tempo, Surf Disc

 

Surfboards Australia

1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a, Fat Albert

 

Bob White Wave Riding Vehicles

Model #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

Gordie

Mark V, Assassin, Lizard

 

Surfboards Hawaii

Noserider, Model A, AA, Stylist I, Aquarius, Buzzy Trent, V Bottom, Stylist II

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Bing

Nuuhiwa** Noserider, Takayama **Model, Pipeliner, Nuuhiwa Lightweight, Foil, Vincent,

 

Jacobs

Lance Carson, Donald Takayama, 422, DT Stepdeck, Mike purpus, New Shape.

 

Con

Competition, Wing Nose, Ugly, Super Ugly, Baja, Iron Butterfly, Blue Morphos, Auzzie, Steve Bigler Classic.

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Great work SammyA. Thanks for all the names, I'll have a trawl on the net for more. Props to you.

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You’re welcome.

I could go on and on…

 

Holmsey

Ferndocker, Sidewinder, Kim Neilson model

 

Daytona Beach Surf Shop (Miller)

Traveler, Reflex, Nose Ryder, Wide Track, Something Special, Transition

 

Channin/Diffenderfer

Type E, Tear Drop, V Bottom Phase II, Rounder

 

Del Cannon

Ego Builder, Swift, Versatile, Total Involvement, Pocket Rocket, V Gun

 

Dave Sweet

Duo 10, East Coast Agressor, Step Model, Hustler, Flexer, Speedster

 

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Are you sure the Ferndocker was Holmesy? I was thinking it was one of the NY builders. Hannon? Bunger?

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Also at G&S: Quarter Speed, Farrelly Stringerless, Farrelly V bottom and the Farrelly World Contest model the short lived and never marketed Farrelly Curve (one of the first really short boards)  --and the series–Gypsy Rider, Magic Ryder, Easy Rider then the Little Gypsy, Super Gypsy,  and of course the Frye Egg and Frye Flying Fish.

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Scott Dillon Surfboards.....Bob Pike Pointbreak

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Yater:

Spoon, Noserider, Pocket Rocket

Surfboards Hawaii:

Model A, Model AA, Model AAA, Brewer

 

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These guys have some interesting model names

(from - http://www.cisurfboards.com/surfboards.asp)

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Walden

http://waldensurfboards.com/-2009-Walden-Surfboard-full-range-descriptions-C51.aspx

 

Proctor

http://www.proctorsurf.com/Surf-Boards/models-home

 

Probably more “model” names than you care to count all in all

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Here are a few that we’ve missed, I’ve tried to not double up on those previously mentioned

Bahne: Crystal Ship

Bing; Pipeliner

Challenger: Bump, Agressor, Semi Agressor, Aficianado,

Con: Wingnose, multi Board, Compettion, Steve Bigler

Gordie: Assasin, Middleweight

G&S: Frye V-Bottom, Frye Double Eagle,

Greek: Outlaw,

Hanson, Master, Hustler, Competitor, Super Lite

Harbour: Rapier, Sol,

Hobie: Corky Carrol Mini, Joyce Hoffman, Gary Proper, Pewter Pan Slug, G.P. Wedge, Deadly Flying Glove

MP: Blue Machine, Trisect

Rick;  Dru Harrison

Surfboards Hawaii: V-Bottom

Vardeman: Jackie Baxter, Tom Lonardo

Velzy: 7/11, Pig, Bump, Wedge

Windansea: Invincible, El Producto, Sandpiper,  Equalizer