Surfing Waves

Hey everyone! So, I recently came into possession of a vintage longboard. That's really all I know about it! I'm totally ignorant when it comes to hardware, new or old, so any help in identifying this board would be appreciated.




In terms of condition, it generally looks fair, but has definitely seen some action. The worst damage is in the form of splitting between the top and bottom of the board, mostly towards the nose, where the split is about 3/4" wide. There is smaller and shorter splitting along the sides.

Hi skaneverdies, good to see you've backed up with another question after all this while, this board could be a bonanza for you.
A couple of questions, as it does look vintage, the material it is made of , it looks like foam from the pictures but if it is balsa the boards value has gone way up.
Are there any makers names on it? They will be important, also look for penciled names and dates by a stringer although the lines look to be painted on, the board may be a spray job renovation and under that lies the real board,
There looks to be a centre hand hold or is it somestrange decoration painted on, not sure about that.
The fin is vintage, a couple of pictures of the damaged areas will help too, don't do anything to repair them yet as a bad repair will hinder values and identifying the board.
Finally tidy up your storage area it's a mess.

Jaffa, thanks a lot for getting back to me so fast. It'd be really cool if I did have something special here, but honestly I'm happy to have something that I think is super gorgeous either way.

So I'll just go right through what you asked and answer to the best of my knowledge.

-Definitely foam. The splitting towards the nose exposes the inside, which is foam.
-Having trouble finding any names on it. I'm going to keep looking, but there are no obvious ones so far as I can tell. I understand this is probably the most critical piece of info. Will keep searching!
-That is not a hand hold in the middle, just a graphic.
-Added a picture of the splitting. The part that is shown is by far the worst of it, the rest is pretty minor.

Finally, I added a picture with the convex shape highlighted in blue. The parts in blue are raised. Not sure if maybe this design was specific to a certain shaper or not, but there it is!

Hahaha, I knew as soon as I posted those that someone was going to comment on the state of my basement. It keeps flooding! No sense in cleaning it! But I took some pictures outside which hopefully are a little more aesthetically pleasing.

It is kind of weird how it split down the rail like that. The board needs a lot of work.I am not sure if it is polyester, or some kind of molded board, or a thin wood veneer board. You might take it to your local surf shop and have them take a look at it. It is hard to tell from the pictures what you have there. You could also get a quote on having it repaired. Good luck!

Mate a friend of mine collects old boards . He has some old Australian made boards made in the early 60 s with the same fin as yours . If you can't find a name on the board or some info from our experience it is going to be very hard to trace the board back to it's origins .
Why don't you get it professionally repaired and take it out for a surf . Should be a great nose rider do you agree Jaffa.

I think it it is an conundrum surf board, they could one of two types the home made conundrum with a paint job or less likely an early Polystyrene board with a molded plast jacket, the fin is correctly identified by everyone as an early sixties fin,look in the split, if you can see fibre then it is fibre glass the foam if it is PU foam it may well be yellowed and compacted , causing the split, big repair!.

The blue raised area may be a step deck features it seems to regular to be a delamination bubble.
Squeeze the nose covering together if it goes easily it may show you the extent the surface shave separated.

Hard to help much but get yourself to a surf shop and seek hands on advice!

Yes it will be a nose rider but a lot of modern riders will find the fin and lack of rocker will challenge their skills.