vintage surfboard collector UK
A trip into the history of British surf design
Thursday, 15 April 2010
The mark of a man - apparently
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These Old Spice aftershave ads were probably the most regular surfing to be shown on British tv in the late 70s / early 80s, I certainly rem...
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Wednesday, 14 April 2010
surf rummage coming up
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Monday, 12 April 2010
late 80s Wavekraft thruster
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Here's Jim's first board, a 1990 ish thruster shaped by Nigel Woodcock for his Newquay based label Wavekraft. Nigel grew up in East...
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80s surfing in Cornwall
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Here's some classic footage of surfing in the 80s produced by John Adams' Three S films. Some local surfing at Leven and Sennen and ...
Saturday, 10 April 2010
listen up kook
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Have you got your Kook yet? A surf mag along the lines of the good old days, created by the intellectually talented Dan Crockett and layout...
Friday, 9 April 2010
Curren Occy 1986 showdown
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Haven singlefin
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Here's a singlefin I picked up recently, its not quite mint and I don't bother with rating the condition out of ten, I'll just ...
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early 80s Tris twin fin
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Here's a Tris 6'4 twin /tri fin from the early 80s. This used to be my board and then I sold it to Alex a year or so ago, before I ...
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Monday, 5 April 2010
Tom Curren at Fistral
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I saw this Al Merrick mid 80s Black beauty 6'2 on ebay the other day and it reminded me of the board the legendary Tom Curren rode when...
Saturday, 3 April 2010
Sennen surf film 1970s
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Here's a great little film showing the surf scene down at Sennen in the late 60s and into the 70s, at the height of the Skewjack era wh...
Thursday, 1 April 2010
Zuma Jay twin fin
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Here's my Zuma Jay late 70s/early 80s twin fin which I picked up from a car boot a few years ago. Its 6'4 x 20 1/2 x 2 1/2 and uses...
Friday, 26 March 2010
More Bilbos
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Some more Bilbo longboards beautifully preserved in the Gul collection, showing the variations in stringers, logo and design. I think this...
Bilbo longboard
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Here's my first vintage board, a Bilbo 1966/7 longboard, 9'8 x 23 x 3, shaper unknown. It says Roy Clerk on the stringer, CJ says t...
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Atlantic surfboards St Ives
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Living near to St Ives you'd think I would stumble on the odd Atlantic every so often, but no they remain very elusive. Atlantic was a ...
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