got a hold of this from my neighbor. Not sure if its worth restoring. Its probably like a 5’5 or 5’6 . The nose stays pretty full and the tail tapers thinner. the tail is super wide. Not sure if it was originally a twin fin or the trailer fin was broken off because there is different glass over that area but it doesn’t feel or look as if there was a fin there. All of the dark brown spots can be sanded flush. here are some pics. Any info on this board would be appreciated. Thanks.
go for it.
what would you do with it anyway? surf it as is? that’s legit, but it would be really fun to go through the process and come out with it as a nicer board. just my opinion.
, jeremy
To be honest I don’t know if I’d fix it up myself. I saw it at my neighbors and it reminded me of something I’ve seen on onw od the sites I browse through…not sure if the board was even good back in the day. As of now just trying to find out some info on the board with the possibility of either fixing it up or giving it away.
i’m just really down with old boards i guess. hehe. i’m not an expert by any means (just a crazy teenager), but i don’t think it would be worth it to get it restored by anyone but yourself. maybe someone else could chime in who would know more about the board.
i’d gladly take it from you if you lived anywhere near? : )
, jeremy
Just my 2c but it looks like a mid 80’s thruster,86? the wide rounded square tail and soft flyer looks similar to the ones used by a lot of Aussie shapers at the time before rounded pins came in.
Heres a Tom Carroll signature model, circa similar…
This one has squarer flyers and the removable fin dates it to follow MR’s shapes.
Your one has fins set below the flyer which could make it a late 80’s. Made in Victoria. Even the PIPELINES (legrope co.) stickers are from the 80’s, cool !
The shortness and area thru the middle are 80’s too.
Is it chunky too?.
6 oz and has a gloss coat? After that time retail boards started having the sanded finish.
Unless those fins are huge at the base, then its a thruster with a tooth missing. Im sure you could e-mail Wayne a pic and ask him. Still looks nice.
SF
As of now just trying to find out some info on the board with the possibility of either fixing it up or giving it away.
Give it away.
To me.
Surffoils has placed the era about right for that board. Its a classic early thruster, made In Torquay at a time when Ripcurl actually still ran a board factory, attached to the back of the retail outlet which was still a reasonably humble outfit back then.
That factory is long gone now, overrun by the need for warehousing, and imports, though the dude who almost certainly laminated it still runs a shop nearby, doing some Ripcurls on contract.
It would not have been a twinfin:- the squashtail with soft hips came after twins.
And Wayne…He still lives down that way and shapes at home. He’s almost a reluctant shaper…if you manage to get a genuine new board by him within your lifetime, you’re doing well.
Josh
I’d do both - fix it up, then give it away. Either glass on a little trailer fin or drop in a short box. clean up the brown crap. Keep it alive, give it to a kid who can ride a board that small. I think boards from the 80’s are worth something, regardless of the monetary value (??? who cares ???)
aloha,
Thanks for all the responses. Surffoils, The board is a bit thick through out the mid section, not sure what glass is on it but it looks as if it is a gloss coat. (theres just years of dust and crap on it) The more that I thought about it I’m not sure why i didn’t think it was a thruster. Those side fins are tiny as all hell. I still have to figure out what to do with it.
Dudeman, Ripcurl have their museum in Torquay, they might take it off your hands, esp if it has Waynes ID on it. Have a close squiz along the stringer, it might be a diamond in the rough… Not worth any $$ really but a potentially rare example of the 80’s by a respected surfer/shaper. There are certainly people out there who would treasure an original by W. L.
Be canny,show a lot of people and get a lot of advice before you do anything with it.
SF
Its not shaped by Lynch. On the deck it states it was shaped by BIll Shro’sbree. Not familiar with the name and not sure if this changes much about the board. regardless the board looks like it was a lot of fun.
…the board looks in good conditions
the foam looks white for that age board and the glass dont show stress cracks from here…at least
so get rid of those crapy repairs and wax
and get yourself a nice mid 80s shape sampler…
The only cracks on the board are just above the logo on the bottom. The nose probably hit the sand and made some stress cracks. Other than that its just excess resin that needs to be sanded.
Interesting, that bump wing squash tail looks a lot like todays hidden wing squash a lot of pro’s are riding. Certaintly not as dramatic or corky, but the outline release point and pull is there. Little history of consciousness there.
Got this from another site.
“That board is circa 81 or 82. My shop Moonlight glassing had the Ripcurl license and did all the Lynchies. Thats from Waynes temps but was shaped by either Ned Macmahon, Bill Shrosbree Dan Van Zanten or Gary Hanel should be a name on the stringer. Its a trifin not a twin. I sprayed it…God I got sick of those “rail sprays” that were all the rage. Glassed by Gary Stuber fins put on by “Elmo” sanded by Kenny Mann. Glossed and polished by Mark Donnellen. Clark foam. Probably was sold at Ocean Hut in NJ. Never could get Wayne to do any shop boards but he made me a couple I wish I’d kept. Hope this helped.”
90% sure I’m going to get rid of it. I don’t really have the space to keep it or the time to fix it up. Know of anyone who might be interested?
i’ll take it.
i’d love to have a go at fixing it up …
, jeremy
Just my 2c but it looks like a mid 80’s thruster,86? the wide rounded square tail and soft flyer looks similar to the ones used by a lot of Aussie shapers at the time before rounded pins came in.
Heres a Tom Carroll signature model, circa similar…
This one has squarer flyers and the removable fin dates it to follow MR’s shapes.
Your one has fins set below the flyer which could make it a late 80’s. Made in Victoria. Even the PIPELINES (legrope co.) stickers are from the 80’s, cool !
The shortness and area thru the middle are 80’s too.
Is it chunky too?.
6 oz and has a gloss coat? After that time retail boards started having the sanded finish.
Unless those fins are huge at the base, then its a thruster with a tooth missing. Im sure you could e-mail Wayne a pic and ask him. Still looks nice.
SF
Funny thing …go back and look at Pictures of T.C. and his boards had really square tails…not squash tails. That one looks more like an early Simon board to me.
thats’ right Solo, watch Stormriders (1981) and you will see the correct vintage of that board. One of the very first incarnations of the modern thruster (post other incarnations of the tri-fin). That movie is great to watch for that very reason. Very functional design.
JDM
One downside is that I’m located on the east coast and your in San Fran.
Does anyone have any links to footage of this board or similar shapes?
Dudeman, don’t have any links but I know Stormriders is available in the US, get a copy, it’s awesome and you will see Wayne Lynch ripping on a board similar to that one. If I were you I would hang on to that stick. are you sure it’s 5’6"?
It looks a bit bigger.