Aloha
I have been scanning and cataloging old photos & Slides for my website (which will get on line someday) but I thought you guys might like to see a sneak preview. I will post more as I get time to edit them.
Please feel free to post your own photos of Vintage boards or surf history and add to this thread. I love check that stuff out!
This photo is from 1975.
Bill,
You have confirmed for me that I was born too late…
Lovely boards.
Josh
what pics i got in those days arent much good
71-72i think bill was knackers working at bolt when you were there
Aloha Josh & Hui
Cool boards guys. Thanks for participating. I hope others find some to post…
I always liked your airbrush work Josh, I like the humor in it.
Here are 3 from about 1981 What a contrast!
If you love color the 80s were way fun! If not… you probably are getting a headache just looking at them. HA!
I pulled some more of my old quiver out from the rafters…
These two are what I was riding in 1975 Bill, when you were shaping those Bolts…
The foamie is by the legendary Colonel Sanders…Check the radical Vee!!! That one lost the tail end with the “built-in skeg” in heavy dumpers at Newcastle beach. In fact, the squared off busted end was my dad and my first shape…
The yellow one is way ahead of its time, a tuflite type construction by the obscure Aussie shaper “Zippy”…its got an interesting bottom contour, a crazy two-phase rocker and a rail profile thats’ “fine yet boxy…”
No kidding now…
No Joshing now…
Hey Josh, I know Zippy, I think he still makes few boards around Byron.
Hang on, must be a different Zippy, he couldn’t be that old…no offense.
And his rails weren’t that boxy.
ah the early eightys
does this look familiar & we even managed a clear one
It takes some courage to post here: when BB posts photos of vintage Barnfields, they still are Barnfields, i.e. great boards.
If I post some of MY vintage boards, they are just junk… Oh well, here is a jump back in time to 1978/1980 and, yes, you can have a good laugh:
And my quiver, circa 1976:
Balsa, don’t be shy to post some other interesting vintage of yours (I remember seing some funny rockered boards and a beautiful curved stringers blue gun).
I have a few photos that may be of interest. But, I do need help on how to add photos to the body of the post. The only way I have found is to have it as a link to click on. Any help for this senior?
Bing
Pierre, that curved-stringer blue gun of Balsa’s now lives with me. And yep, it’s a beauty. If I can get the photosizing down, I’ll post a shot or two.
Bing, the easiest way is to first upload your photos on a “hosting” site (I use ImageshackUS, but there are plenty of others). With each photo that you upload, you get a code. Then you just put this code between in your text and there you are. We are all anxiously awaiting your photos.
Hello Bing. Here’s one way you may post photos :
Step 1 :
click here : http://imageshack.us/
Step 2 :
Select your picture on your computer’s hard disk.
If your image is really large, check the option “resize image” and set it to 640x480.
Click the “Host it!” button
Step 3 :
Step 4 :
Go back to swaylocks, start a message and then paste the code in your message (Ctrl+V)
Hit the button “Preview Post” to see how your picture will display.
heres an 80’s Sunline from HB
shaped by someone named Becker
5’5" twin
I pulled some more of my old quiver out from the rafters…
I pulled some more of my old quiver out from the rafters…
These two are what I was riding in 1975 Bill, when you were shaping those Bolts…
Amazing Josh, I can’t believe you still have that stuff hanging around!
The foamie is by the legendary Colonel Sanders…
HUH!, did he move to the USA to sell Fried Chicken??..[:)]
Sip
Hey Bill,
Yes, the great Colonel Sanders, same one…the father of comp-Sanders! heh…
Many many Aussie kids learned to surf on a Kentucky Fried Chicken foamie. I can’t remember if the boards were free with a Family meal-deal… They were coveted because they actually had a “built-in Skeg” that worked where some other foamies went side-ways…
If only there were rash-vests back then…the polystyrene caused severe rash.
EPac - Keep those shots coming…Classic!
Josh