Foam, "Plastic Machine" model. Shaped by Bob McTavish.
Date1967
ClassificationsSurfboards
Credit LineSpencer Croul donated this on Dec. 7, 2018
Object numberS.370
DescriptionBob McTavish’s natural tool skills and curiosity led him into board design, a skill matched by few people worldwide. In 1965, he hooked up with Nat Young and George Greenough on a trip to Noosa. This resulted in Young’s extraordinary thin-railed, high-aspect-finned board dubbed “Magic Sam,” which he used to win the 1966 World Contest and kick-start modern performance surfing. While working for Keyo Surfboards in Sydney, McTavish produced the first true vee-bottom boards, short- and broad-tailed, which he named Fantastic Plastic Machines. (excerpt from Surfline’s “Surfing A-Z”)On View
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