Are you a surfer who is tired of being hounded by your mum or
partner about your ever-growing collection of surfboards cluttering the house,
garage or backyard shed? If so, a cool local event next month will give you the
chance to offload some of your ‘babies’ and leave you happy knowing they’re
going to a good home.
The first annual ‘Boardcollector Surf Swap Avalon Beach’ – staged
in conjunction with the Avalon Palm Beach Business Chamber – hits Dunbar Park
on Sunday April 9.
Organiser Damion Fuller says that like every good vintage surf
swap there will be pre-1990 surfboards for sale and to swap.
“It will be a festival of surf culture involving vintage surfboard
collectors sharing their collections, local surfboard makers showing their
latest designs, local artists, craftsman, and businesses showing their
wares plus gourmet food and drinks stalls,” he said.
“The
best part of every surf swap is the chance to pick up a new vintage stick or
clean out the garage and turn the clutter into cash.
“So
far we have wooden tooth picks from the 1930s, Midget Farrelly’s personal
riders, Hawaiian big wave guns, ’70s single fins and twin fins right through to
’80s thrusters, quads and Lazor Zaps on display from collectors from Torquay to
the Sunshine Coast – with a month to go we’re calling for more folk from the
northern beaches to bring out their boards for display.”
Damion
said the surf swap would also offer free
vintage ‘Antiques Roadshow’ style surfboard appraisals by expert appraisers,
with owners encouraged to bring down their “mystery” surfboards which would
have their shape and design reviewed, plus the board’s
history before a market value is calculated.
The
day will also highlight the best of today’s new surfboards and contemporary
shapers, with previous events featuring shapers and surfer such as Hayenshapes (with
Hayden Cox and Craig Anderson), DHD (with Asher Pacey), Channel Islands (with
Wade Goodall), Misfit Shapes, Dead Kooks, Mick Mackie and more.
Also,
STAB Magazine will be hosting a free
‘Filmlyfe’ Film festival on the green of the Avalon Bowling Club, screening
some rare gems from their rich archive and premiering exclusive Northern
Beaches content. The green will feature gourmet food stalls and will be
licensed.
“It will be a day of boards, bands, beers and burgers, kicking off
at 9am in Dunbar Park and running through till 9pm in the Avalon Bowling club,”
Damion said.
“In Dunbar Park there will a stage screen and bean bags on the
grass to relax in and watch films and listen to Q&As with local surfing and shaping legends quizzed by guest
MC Luke Kennedy, editor of Tracks,”
he said.
More
than 50 stalls are available for businesses – including photographers, local
artists, local clothing and accessories, plus coffee, food, craft beer and wine
– to showcase their wares. Stalls (3 x 3 metres) cost $175 – or $150 if you are
a member of the APB Business Chamber.
