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Bob McTavish
For the footballer of the same name see Bob McTavish (footballer)
Bob McTavish (born 1944 Mackay, Queensland) is an Australian surfboard designer who invented the V-bottom surfboard and is considered instrumental in the development of shortboard surfing. Without his contributions to the world of surfing, the revolutionary nature of shortboard surfing wouldn't have been as effective. The combined efforts of Bob McTavish and George Greenough, the shortboard was created within 1966.
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What goes into a surfboard? Foam, fibreglass and hard times
The Guardian 17 Mar 2017
With a stroke of a rail, shaper Andrew Stump can tell if a board is right. It’s a skill honed in the face of financial risk, personal hardship and cut-throat competition. • More from our ‘Pipe dreams’ surfing series. @rustyjacko ... When visitors arrive chez Stump the front door is pinned back by a bucket, on which a chainsaw rests ... Twitter ... In the late 1960s, Australian Bob McTavish was at the forefront of the shortboard revolution ... Twitter ... ....
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Surfing and art mix in Cultural Council show
Palm Beach Daily News 04 Dec 2016
Even if you’re a surfer, you might not have thought of surfboards as works of art ... > PHOTOS. Tony Arruza photography exhibition ... Hold everything, I want to try this, he said ... Each board is a different shape ... Related. PHOTOS ... Close call ... On Aug ... The final board takes modern-day surfing back to its beginning with a board shaped by Australian Bob McTavish, whose maneuverable Genesis board helped revolutionize surfing in 1967 ... ....
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The History of the Surfboard
About.com 21 Feb 2016
General board construction didn’t change again until Bob Simmons gave some curvature to the bottom of the surfboard called rocker which like a boat enabled ... Aussie champ Nat Young with shaper Bob McTavish collaborated with Greenough on boards with less thickness in the rail, a Vee-bottom, and with a new, thinner and a more flexible, low profile fin....
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Obituary: Lester Brien considered a hero amid drug scene
Sydney Morning Herald 07 Feb 2016
He went north soon after completing his law degree at the University of Sydney and marrying Jenny Abraham in 1968, and settled in the Byron Bay hinterland, one of the first influx of surfers to move into the then predominantly dairy and cattle town in 1970, just as surfers including other Sydney imports Nat Young, Bob McTavish, Chris Brock and ......
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