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[sde0202]

Hey guys,

Recently found this belly board in my late uncles shed as we were cleaning out. The only thing it says on it is "Oceanside". Asked my father about it and he said my uncle purchased that in South Florida sometime in the late 60's early 70's. Anybody ever seen a board like this or ever heard of an Oceanside surf company? I am passing it down to my 4 year old who is already starting to surf and boogie board and would love to be able to pass on some history with it. Thanks in advance for any info.

[oldmansurfer]

What does the bottom of that board look like? I have heard of boards that were used both for skateboarding and surfing. Does it have mounts for skateboard trucks on it? What I found on the internet is that Oceanside was a surfboard shop in Cocoa beach Florida. Prior to Oceanside the shop was called Hawaii Surfboards or something like that

[jaffa1949]

There was a time when foam and glass versions of bodyboards paipo boards, smaller than knee boards = belly boards.
We had Coolite boards Polystyrene boards

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Guaranteed. Severe gut rash if you didn’t wear a tee shirt. Many were lost by being dissolved by oil paints ( attempting to counter the rash.),
Acrylic paint was not widely available.
Ordinary glassing just made a soggy remnant of your board. My first board before 1958 was one of these.

[dtc]

At least when those boards broke you could use the pieces to repair the old stubby esky

[oldmansurfer]

One of the few guys I knew who went semi pro (sponsored) used to surf on a styrofoam board like jaffas one when he was a kid. Him and his brother would trade off riding the board until it broke then they would get another one. They could handle waves with 5 or 6 foot faces with the darn things. Eventually they tried coating it in fiberglass and resin (not epoxy) and that was the end of that board. I think it was then they figured out the spent so much money on all these cheap styrofoam boards they could have saved up for a real one so they did and were the first kids from the neighborhood to have a surfboard