gavin007, 1407812160

Man, now I'm wishing so much that I had hung on to all my old boards..
Great page, keep it up Stu!

zenagain, 1407813464

Don't worry Gav, me too.

Another great Board Bazaar for July. Keep 'em coming Stu.

I'd love that Zap.

Jelly Flater, 1407814023

There was also a mint 80's HB board shaped by Terry Fitz that sold on ebay last week

stunet, 1407815040

Think I might've seen it JF, though there's been a couple of good HB's go in recent weeks. They're kinda the collectors fave so always sell for top dollar. I'd have a bid myself otherwise.

Here are a few recent acquisitions sitting in the Swellnet office. I'm stinging to get the Hot Dot at far left in the surf, it's got a great shape and foam distribution, however I'm also a bit wary as it's in immaculate condition.

udo, 1407816436

Stu have you surfed the board far right ? lots of adjustment with those fin boxes....interesting to move the whole tri cluster around, even offset the rail fins .
Eh that office is untidy.

stunet, 1407818663

Nah, only got that one a week or so ago Udo. It's a big beefy board with big boxy rails so subtle adjustments might be lost on it. The yellow Hot Dot though...

uplift, 1407832745

Its funny seeing those McCoys with the Lexan winged keels, he didn't like them, and would never make a fin like that. He made his own winged fins, that were like the gull fins, with wings, that worked really well with his boards.

stunet, 1407833614

McCoy gull fins with wings? Haven't seen any of those.

Anyway, I've come to believe the whole collecting thing is more about iconography of famous boards than the functionality of them.

uplift, 1407834792

Yeh, he made me a few of them, and I loved them and would pester him for more, but he used to hate it, so much work. 2 sizes, a little one for narrower tails, bigger boards, and a big version for shorter, wider. I got Roger (Mathews) to make few copies for me, he did a deluxe job too, but he also moaned about all the work. They were almost like a little lazor zapped shaped wing on the top of his gull wing fins, felt awesome at blacks. Don Johnson saw them in indo, and really liked the concept.

uplift, 1407835735

Yeh, thats also the funny thing, when Horan first used the Lexan fin, it wasn't in one of Geoff's boards, that was his own board that he was trying. They just look wrong in Geoff's boards, I used to talk to him heaps about fins, his fins, and he would never shape anything like that.

blindboy, 1407838762

Hi Stu Grant Miller shaped the first thruster I ever had when he was at Hot Buttered. He is based down around Ulladulla these days and is still producing boards under the Miller label. My wife surfs them! I reckon the Hot Dot will live up to your expectations!

gavin007, 1407848468

I think you have spent too much time either hunting down boards or in the water - that paperwork sure looks like it's building up!

Dicky Knee, 1407884597

Love the Board Bazaar, keep up the great work!!

surfstarved, 1408188924

Couple of points of interest in this month's edition for me...

Water Cooled: I've got an old mid-70s single shaped by Kym Thompson in the shed. It's been retired now and is a bit water damaged on the bottom, with a couple of delams along the rails. But it still comes alive in overhead point breaks. Perhaps your collector might be interested?

[img]http://seadragonsurfboards.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=452[/img]

It had some nose and tail damage when I first bought it, so I had it repaired at the Maddog factory about 10 years when I was still living up that way.

Which provides the perfect segueway to point no. 2.

That Maddog board in your SW quiver shot takes me straight back to the era I started surfing. There were three shops in town - Maddog, Sky and Bay Action (San Juan was still there, but on the way out by then). I always leaned towards Maddog, and all my school books, t-shirts and boards had that logo splashed across them. Got my first custom from them, had no clue back then and would have been just as well off buying off the rack.

Who's signature is on that one Stu?

surfstarved, 1408189085

Tried to post a photo, but it obviously didn't work. Let's see how this one goes...
[img]http://seadragonsurfboards.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/screen-shot-2014-08-16-at-9-02-06-pm.png[/img]

stunet, 1408225694

@SS,

Mark Plater is the shaper of my Maddog. Also, if Mal Stafford - the fella keen on Watercooled boards - doesn't respond on here I'll email him directly.

Cheers.

stunet, 1408225713

...and nice vege garden too!

billy, 1408239833

hi how do you ad photo's please

thermalben, 1408241792

Here's some instructions billy.

surfstarved, 1408329261

Plater, of course! Memory jogged (it takes a bit this days)

udo, 1408355090

Surfboards ebay; surfboard length 2450mm .
an absolute gem !

udo, 1408696486

Not second hand but cheap : Simon Anderson "spudnick" 5'6 epoxy ,brand new $399 ?
Seller says even cheaper if wish to deal without Ebay and direct deposit.
Way below cost..........?

uplift, 1409388461

'Anyway, I've come to believe the whole collecting thing is more about iconography of famous boards than the functionality of them'

Anyway, from here:

http://www.mccoysurfboards.com/mccoy-fins

McCoy Ben Lexcen Fin Disclaimer

This statement is to inform people that the Ben Lexon designed keel fin is in no way my fin of choice. I do not recommend it to be used in any of my Geoff McCoy designed surfboards.

Never have I had any involvement with the design and I certainly have not and do not recommend its use in a surfboard.

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Bizarre collective surfee ironicography.

indo-dreaming, 1409435734

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/iuxNtMs.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/PPYQLia.jpg[/IMG]

indo-dreaming, 1409437005

Heres two of my old girls below : )

Energy is early thruster by scott begs, must be very early as the thruster decal is airbrushed. (even though the circle pinline thing looks perfect? well looks airbrushed and a shaper i showed it too said it is?)

The other is an 80,s Island by Tom tyrrel, with a classic spray possibly by Al Colk.

Both water tight with original fins.

stunet, 1409529180

Awesome boards ID. I've never seen the airbrushed '3' logo before. Might be a rare board just for the very reason. Dig the first gen Gorilla Grip too.

Here are a few of my boards. I've got two Gordon Woods' from the 60s, one in very good condition, but they're under the oldies house.

L-R: Free Spirit backyard singley

Crystal Curl singley out of Hawaii

Maddog six channel thruster

HotDot mid-80s thruster, immaculate condition

Burford six channel thruster

Cooper four channel thruster

McCoy Tri-zap

KC six channel thruster

Sky thruster

G&S shaped by Bob Hansen singley, save for one blemish it's in amazing condition

Wilderness singley.

Blowin, 1409539723

What about the deck grip positioning on Indo' board.

indo-dreaming, 1409543844

Yeah i know there is others with the airbrushed logo, as i saw a pic and read somewhere about it online.

ha ha id like to think its very early in the thruster thing before they did up decals, but i don't know, i did read Simon didn't shape many at that stage as he was on tour and Scott begs did most of those early thruster era boards but don't know if its true.

BTW. Nice quiver, i did have a lot more but moved them on these two are just to hang up on the wall one day.

indo-dreaming, 1409544018

ha ha..yeah ive seen quite a few from the early days with the deck grip pretty far forward.

stunet, 1409545574

[quote=indo-dreaming]Yeah i know there is others with the airbrushed logo, as i saw a pic and read somewhere about it online. ha ha id like to think its very early in the thruster thing before they did up decals, but i don't know, i did read Simon didn't shape many at that stage as he was on tour and Scott begs did most of those early thruster era boards but don't know if its true[/quote]

If you wanted to find out join 'Vintage Surfboard Collectors' on Facebook, then post the photo and ask the question. There's a few fellas on there - Gavin Scott, Wayne Tomassi, John Adair - who are fully fledged surfboard nerds. The kinda guys you'd have as your 'phone a friend' if there was a surf version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. They Know All.

indo-dreaming, 1409547214

Cheers...yeah i applied to join so will ask the question.

Actually i was browsing through the comments on early energy boards there and someone made a comment about an early energy board with airbrushed thruster logos claiming it made it very early in the thruster thing.