72-2-1 Gordon Woods
Gordon Woods Gordon Woods is one of the Brookvale 6. Gordon was one of the original board builders on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, and was always helping the young grommets out, or training someone to shape, glass and generally become board builders themselves. Always a quality board, from a gentleman. I bought a […]
111-1-1 Ron
111-1-1 Ron This is a great example of the first mass-produced surfboards. Ron were made in a boat-building factory in Belmore Sydney mainly for retail stores like Waltons, Knock & Kirby’s which were major retail stores at the time. Ron didn’t have a great reputation but what people didn’t realise was that some of the […]
181-1-1 Norm Casey
During the early years of surfboard manufacturing, the Norm Casey label was as big as the Brookvale six, Norm’s boards could be found in most retail outlets of the day, which was totally different from today as you went to a Hardware store, A major retail chain such as Walton’s, (Today’s equivalent would be David […]
26-1-1 Unknown Reverse D Fin
This board is a great example of the early 60’s reverse D Fin. It has no decals or names on it except for the number 30. A lot of guys who worked in factories made boards for themselves or got the shaper to shape it and finished the rest themselves. They were not allowed to […]
101-2-1 Balsa Mal
As with a lot of these older balsa boards, they were made by some of the old masters. Great example and it’s very like the board I started on n 1962.
Duke’s 11′
This board m also it is still being researched. Must be considered a masterpiece in the journey of the surfboard. Found in New Jersey USA, it’s history is known to a few, but as yet they aren’t sharing?? This is mainly because of the considered value of this board. The known facts so far show […]