SYD WILMOTT ,,,,,,,WILD CATZ..........Victor Harbour
WEZZLE / O'callahan Cutloose / windforce..........Mid Coast
SUNNY / PAUL GRAVELL ..............Far west coast
HARRY.......Glenelg fella may have made a slalom / speed board
ANOTHER shaper in 80s with shop in the mid coast SA???? Bret Yardely
Hi to all from the 80s
Ampro masts .........to aluminum in the surf ,,,,,,,,,rocked
Can I add a "Where are they now ? "
Not a board shaper, bought my first board from a shop in the Middleton area around 30 years ago, the owner/operator of the shop was a Blatchford, Glen I think, does anyone know where he is now days?
ABC was my Hang out spot as a groom. I used to bug Pete and Desi for rides home after I had rode on my pushie with my Bombora Antartica on a trailer to the beach and was too knackered to ride home.
Dave Marsh was the shop owner. Any one know if he still wind surfs?
Berno your giving this topic legs Trip to the brain .......Late 80s early 90s board
Great board when i was 85 90kg
Note WF1317 signed with WF windforce BUT Stickered up under Windenergy
Interested to know the total number these crew made or are upto
Mike sagan had this made in the mid 80s, which was way ahead of the time 710" floaty fish / pig for real waves from the innovators Paul and Sunny on the far west coat of SA ..........the rest says it all
Those Gravelle fish/pigs were well ahead of their time. I saw a couple that Dion Griffiths has lately and they look pretty relevant to todays designs.
I'd love to get Sticko to paint some boards for me. He did some really cool stuff. His tshirts were awesome!
Here is an all time Sticko / Jump City classic. It was originally made for Dave March at ABC. Yours truly picked it up in the late 80s I think.
It never sailed very well, but it does a good job on the poolroom wall.
Yeh, still alive and well.
Gday to Seabreeze crew. Thanks to all the South Aussies for getting a board off me. I made about 1600 sailboards, 2 per week, 100 per year, for 16 years, 1981-1997. Sailed with and made some good boards for some talented young sailors, Geoff Hillwood, Jason Coonan, Maris Naish, Scott McLusky, Andrew Lang, Ben Severne. OMG! The good ‘ol days! Made boards for Kim Symonds dad Murray and Ty Andrews dad Ian, dates me a bit. But had a good blast at Sellicks last night with Russ and a few crew, on my Starboard Acid 80, second board I’ve ever bought since the Windsurfer One Design in 1977. Thanks for your support in between.
Doing all the Hobie stuff now at Binks Marine, sailing, fishing, kayak and sup.
Good luck to all and see you down the beach, Regards Shane O’Callaghan.
Hope you are looking after that board Langy, WF1317, I'm coming over to get it back! You still 85kgs? SOC
G'day S.
Yes it is DT. How have you been? I get the odd update on you from Whiteway. We are living in Victor a few streets away from him. Been down here for about 4 years. It's a cool place to live with kids who love the beach. Better than the Melbourne rat race we left behind !!
first post (couldn't resist this topic)
Shane mowed my first board in '97. Which was 8'7" and about 90L ( anyone's guess really) This was sailed to death and eventually snapped in 1/2 landing a jump about 5 yrs ago. (should have asked Shane for my money back... ha ha)
Leading edge fins ( from WA) and tuttle fin box. + Gaastra sails
Still own 3 wind energy boards.
had 4 Sails this week including all three W.E. boards ( 8'9" 85L ; 8'10" 100L and 9'2" 120L).
Biggest board Sunday 12-17 knots. Smallest on Tues in 25-30 kts
they'll certainly outlast me, ( I sail around the waves these days).