Finally got around to pulling this out for a restoration. Wanted to know if anyone knows who might have shaped it/glassed it based on the markings. Never seen this Surfboards Australia logo before. “Love, Sweat, & Tears”.
fin box appears to be made out of fiberglass panels fused together, haven’t seen that either. S-Deck with very foiled rails and lots of nose rocker. color work appears to be resin not airbrush, which surprised me as well.
Has to be around 69 / 70 right? You can really see that shapers were trying to find their way with the new shorter smaller plan shapes and just taking their best guess with rocker, rails, etc. Some did work pretty well, my guess is most did not, but it was all part of the evolution chart. Definitely a piece of surfboard history there.