Vintage Surfboards
Vintage surfboards are wonderful pieces of history. Build your own mini-musuem.
Polynesians rode solid wood surboards hundred of years ago. You probably won't find one here...or anywhere. Much later in the 1920's came the hollow wood surboards. In the 1930's Tom Blake added a fin to that design. Also in the 1930's came the varnished-waterproofed balsa surfboards. 1940's surfboards were typically made out of pine, balsa, and redwood.
The end of the 1940's saw the construction of the first use of fiberglass. Mostly fiberglass over balsa wood but the first fiberglass/foam surfboard was made by Bob Simmons in 1949. He dissappeared mysteriously a few years later...and some conspiracy nuts think it was a plot by the old wood surfboard guys.
The 1950's saw the widespread acceptance of the fiberglass/polyurethane foam longboards....same basic materials in use today, although epoxy is gaining speed.
Shaped began to change rapidly in the late 1960's. The 1967 shortboard revolution led to short single fin surfboards. Then there were the even shorter but wider twin fins of the 1970's. In 1981 Simon Anderson introduced the shortboard thruster...and the story continues. Of course the newer non vintage surfboards are for riding, not collecting, so the story ends here.
Polynesians rode solid wood surboards hundred of years ago. You probably won't find one here...or anywhere. Much later in the 1920's came the hollow wood surboards. In the 1930's Tom Blake added a fin to that design. Also in the 1930's came the varnished-waterproofed balsa surfboards. 1940's surfboards were typically made out of pine, balsa, and redwood.
The end of the 1940's saw the construction of the first use of fiberglass. Mostly fiberglass over balsa wood but the first fiberglass/foam surfboard was made by Bob Simmons in 1949. He dissappeared mysteriously a few years later...and some conspiracy nuts think it was a plot by the old wood surfboard guys.
The 1950's saw the widespread acceptance of the fiberglass/polyurethane foam longboards....same basic materials in use today, although epoxy is gaining speed.
Shaped began to change rapidly in the late 1960's. The 1967 shortboard revolution led to short single fin surfboards. Then there were the even shorter but wider twin fins of the 1970's. In 1981 Simon Anderson introduced the shortboard thruster...and the story continues. Of course the newer non vintage surfboards are for riding, not collecting, so the story ends here.
VINTAGE Wayne Brown Single Fin Surfboard SURF Hayward |
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16 | $301.00 | 5h 33m | |
STEWART Classic 80's Surfboard SURF Board VINTAGE |
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4 | $24.94 | 5h 58m | |
surfboard longboard vintage bing David Nuuiwa noserider |
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7 | $2,950.00 | 1d 7h 23m | |
OLD GUYS RULE VINTAGE LONGBOARD SURF SURFBOARD SHIRT SS |
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$16.95 $19.95 |
1d 8h 32m | |
Vintage Custom Surfboard |
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6 | $100.99 | 1d 22h 38m | |
Vintage Surfboard '70's Hawaii surf surfer surfing RARE |
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$750.00 | 2d 21h 49m | ||
Vintage 60's Surfboard surfing surfer Jacks Velzy |
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$1,700.00 | 2d 22h 16m | ||
Bunger 360 Vintage Surfboard 9' 10" Long 1960's Surfing |
3 | $230.39 | 3d 2h 11m |
