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Items are listed in order of the date they were added to the website collection, newest first.
Added to the website collection on Jan 31, 2012
Bought by David Yeo from Devon around 1970 or ’71 with his first leash (which had a clear plastic tube and a cord inner). Some people used ‘shock cord’ which was used on boats at the time. Unlike surf leashes today that go around the ankle, this rubber sucker would have been stuck to the ……»
Added to the website collection on Sep 07, 2011
This Matchbox VW Golf Mark 1 was made in England in the mid 1970s and featured a pair of plastic surfboards on the roof. It has ‘superfast’ wheels, so that it could be used on plastic racing tracks that were popular at the time.
Added to the website collection on Sep 07, 2011
The Deora is a wonderfully futuristic looking ‘surf truck’ first produced by Mattel’s Hot Wheels in the late 1960s, and based on an original design by Dodge. These toy cars were made to race down a plastic track and became hugely popular in the 60s & 70s. Hot Wheels still has a huge following despite ……»
Added to the website collection on Sep 07, 2011
This a rare 1970s skateboard produced by Surfer Magazine in California, featuring a beautiful collage of their classic magazine covers of this golden era. It has Continental trucks and a fibreglass deck and was found in Brighton – a hotbed of 1970s skating – in used, but very good condition. Skateboarding was invented by surfers ……»
Added to the website collection on Jun 30, 2011
1970 Corgi Toys Beach Buggy with surfboards and original box.
Added to the website collection on Jun 30, 2011
1966 Corgi Toys Mini Countryman with surfer model and two surfboards, including original box.
Added to the website collection on Jun 02, 2010
In the 1970s ‘crop-sleeved’ tops and vests were all the rage – here Nick Paden (Yorkshire, England) has created a home made version with his Skewjack surf camp t-shirt from the late 1970s.
Added to the website collection on Jun 02, 2010
Skewjack was a legendary surf camp at Sennen in Cornwall that started life in the 1970s – this is Nick Paden’s (Yorkshire, England) souvenir vest from that era.
Added to the website collection on Jun 02, 2010
Bought by Nick Paden (Yorkshire, England) on a trip to Hawaii in 1986 from the Local Motion shop in Honolulu these were the height of surfing fashion in the 80s, and some companies are now referencing the day-glo style for their ‘new’ designs.
Added to the website collection on May 26, 2010
Fashioned from the finest North Devon driftwood, this is a mixed media piece by local artist Katie Goodwin aka Shrimpy. It shows 1960s surfing icon Rod Sumpter on his trademark Bilbo longboard, inspired by a 1967 photo by the late Doug Wilson.
Added to the website collection on May 26, 2010
In the days long before computer games, and when the sea was flat, young surfers (and perhaps the not so young) would make jigsaws! This beauty dates from around 1968 and features a very lucky guy taking his ‘malibu board’ off the roofrack of his lovely Alfa Romeo while his ‘bird’ looks on – sweet!