HAYDEN RESTORATION

This is a Hayden built in Queensland in the 60's. The board had two coats of pigment applied at some stage prior to restoration. The first may have been original as the foam is still very white. It has a Greenough stage one fin. The bottom had to be pigment coated,due to the areas in the middle and at the nose of the board being to damaged to leave clear.

HAYDEN SURFBOARDS

This board is a "Hayden" built in the late 60's. Built at Hayden Kenny Surfboards, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is 8' 4" in length by 23" wide. The wide point is 4' 3.5" from the tail. The nose is 18" and the tail is 15.5" and it is 3" thick. It has a production number behind the fin 2990. The bottom is cambered. It has a Greenough stage 3 fin.
11.75" high and a 10.5" base set 9.5" from the tail.

THE UNRESTORED BOARD

The board was in a pretty poor state of repair.
The tail had been chopped off and the foam was exposed. There was a large delam on the deck toward the tail. Caused by the ding on the deck to the right of the stringer letting water in. This board was being ridden up until the restoration. So it had absorbed a lot of water. Particularly in the tail and under the deck delam. The rails were covered in dings. These were repaired and a pigment coat was applied to the trim lines, top and bottom. The tail was rebuilt and the delam on the deck was re bonded. New yellow pigment coats were added to cover the repairs. New black pinlines were added. Then the board was glossed. And finally polished.

GLOSSED DECK AND BOTTOM

These two photos show the bottom freshly glossed. The brighter yellow pigment coat was added to cover some restoration work. New pinlines were added. The rails were pigmented to the cut lines. The red inside the cut lines on the bottom and the darker yellow on the deck are original colour work. Painted onto the blank.

THE PROFILE / FOIL

The profile on this board is quiet flat
compared to other boards from this period.

THE FIN

Glossed Greenough stage 3 fin.