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Midget Farrelly Stringerless Vee-Bottom Model
Midget Farrelly Stringerless Vee-Bottom Model

Midget Farrelly Stringerless Vee-Bottom Model

Shaper
Donor
Date1968
MediumFoam
DimensionsBoard: 8 13/16 ft., 19 lb. (268.6 cm, 8.6 kg)
ClassificationsSurfboards
Object numberS.69
DescriptionThrough the ’60s, Midget Farrelly was arguably the most successful competitor in the world. Aside from the 1964 world title, he placed second at the 1970 world contest at Johanna behind Rolf Aurness. He learned to shape surfboards and produced three books - How to Surf (’64 & ’68), This Surfing Life (’65), and The Surfing Life (’67) - in collaboration with Australian journalist Craig McGregor. One of the truly great surfers of the postwar era, Midget Farrelly has become part of a polarized debate in his Australian homeland. To many, he is one half of a classic very personal feud with the nation's other world champ of the '60s, Robert "Nat" Young. This board is the Midget Farrelly stringerless vee-bottom model; it is quite collectible, and another transition era example of the McTavish Vee bottom school. This board is made of foam.
On View
On view
Collections
Image Not Available for Kimo McVay, Buzzy Trent, Buffalo Keaulana, Fred Hemmings - taken on the beach next to The Makaha International Surfing championships official stage.
Kimo McVay, Buzzy Trent, Buffalo Keaulana, Fred Hemmings - taken on the beach next to The Makaha International Surfing championships official stage.
Image Not Available for Legends: An Australian Surfing Perspective (VHS)
Legends: An Australian Surfing Perspective (VHS)
Image Not Available for World Surfing Contest - Oct. 1966 - left to right - Rodney Sumpter, Dru Harrison, Unidentified, Midget Farrelly, likely Paul Witzig
World Surfing Contest - Oct. 1966 - left to right - Rodney Sumpter, Dru Harrison, Unidentified, Midget Farrelly, likely Paul Witzig
Image Not Available for Midget Farrelly - World Surfing Championships at Ocean Beach - Oct. 2, 1966
Midget Farrelly - World Surfing Championships at Ocean Beach - Oct. 2, 1966
Image Not Available for Midget Farrelly - World Surfing Championships at Ocean Beach - Oct. 2, 1966
Midget Farrelly - World Surfing Championships at Ocean Beach - Oct. 2, 1966
Image Not Available for Midget Farrelly - World Surfing Championships at Ocean Beach - Oct. 2, 1966
Midget Farrelly - World Surfing Championships at Ocean Beach - Oct. 2, 1966
Image Not Available for Midget Farrelly - World Surfing Championships at Ocean Beach - Oct. 2, 1966
Midget Farrelly - World Surfing Championships at Ocean Beach - Oct. 2, 1966
1968 World Surfing Championship Competitor Jacket, Signed by Fred Hemmings.
1968 World Surfing Championship Competitor Jacket, Signed by Fred Hemmings.
Diffenderfer Multi-Stringer Foam Gun
Diffenderfer Multi-Stringer Foam Gun
Mike Diffenderfer
1970s
Foam, "Crystal Ship" model, orange, mini-gun outline.
Foam, "Crystal Ship" model, orange, mini-gun outline.
c. 1969
Image Not Available for Ride A White Horse, A Bob Evan's 1968 Classic (DVD)
Ride A White Horse, A Bob Evan's 1968 Classic (DVD)
Balsa wood.
Balsa wood.
Mid-1950s