Was out at the tip this morning when I stumbled accross this pile of museum pieces in the recycling area

Might go out and see what they want for the Bomboras

The Bomboras - obviously an X-it and is the bigger one a Zot?

The boom on the bottom left looks alright for a spare too, relatively modern looks like the old style Chinook head?

Someones been in my shed !!!

awwwww...lookit that X-it.

now I'm getting all misty.

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Mark _australia said...

The Bomboras - obviously an X-it and is the bigger one a Zot?

The bigger bommies are south pacs (short for south pacific).
They were massive hunks of plastic weighing in at about 13 kgs. When I was a grommie we had one and it blew off the roof in a honken NWester,
not a mark on it!

The Bombie on the far right (kangaroo logo) looks like the one I left on the street in Fremantle a couple of year ago. Weighes a tonne but with a big rig a great cruising machine in light wind.

How the hell did I every learn to waterstart on that hulk.

The one on the left is around 290-300 long , middle is a 282 Xit and the one one the right is a 272, I have not owned a Bombora since my old antarctica with footy fin so cannot remember their names.

The old glass waveboards have an outline that would suit a speed board these days you would just have to move the mast track back about 3 feet

Geeez I could upgrade some of my kit out of that pile.
Hmmm on reflection thats not something I should brag about is it?

Its pretty rough that this stuff doesn't get the same respect as old surfboards. Some of the old boards you see still look pretty sick.

The board at the front left looks like an Aussie Rod Hocker Speed Slalom (made for Windsurfer?), early epoxy job from mid 80's, cool double concave into channels , I've got one....and the big mutha at the back with the scalloped nose looks like a Dufour Wing I think. Excellent light air board, a poor man's Divvy board! Red boom goes with the Dufour. The grey gal water pipe looking thing, probably dumped with the glass boards, resting against the Dufour's centre board, looks like an Ampro wave mast (epoxy) early '80s, weighs about the same as a gal pipe too and tough as....sadly still have one. Tip on 'em is about the same diameter as an RDM base!

I think the X it was the bigger Bombora (282) and the Zot a bit smaller(275?). Would be good to grab one for kids to SUP on.

Rather than dumping strip them back and paint them with your own scheme and mount them on the wall for $300 like this one!

Very cool paint job there Zach, looks like a new one

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LouD said...

I think the X it was the bigger Bombora (282) and the Zot a bit smaller(275?). Would be good to grab one for kids to SUP on.

Don't know if that's a good idea, if you got one of those square rails in the head it would probably kill you!

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BundyBear said...

Was out at the tip this morning when I stumbled accross this pile of museum pieces in the recycling area

Might go out and see what they want for the Bomboras

stevebayside!!!! I can't believe someone else beat you to it! You are slipping mate.

better old boards than old bones

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LouD said...

I think the X it was the bigger Bombora (282) and the Zot a bit smaller(275?). Would be good to grab one for kids to SUP on.

Don't know if that's a good idea, if you got one of those square rails in the head it would probably kill you!

Yeh, those rails were lethal!
Was thinking more for sedate flat water paddling though.

There should be some way to extend life and use of this still good equipment.
Maybe we should send to poor and hungry kids in Africa?
I don't want even to say that when I was on holiday on nearby tropical islands in 5 star luxury resort the sporting equipment was well below this stack level.
Board with cracks so heavy that two people could not lift one from the grass or board so big and wide that you could fit whole family on one.

is that Balcatta?, we usually get all our recycled masts an sails from there so it looks like our man is getting sloppy. had 1 good complete rig from there that weve been learning on , when we have water

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Macroscien said...

There should be some way to extend life and use

I put some up in free ads once in a while. I ask for $10, but usually give them up free if the guy shows up.
One guy was using'em as floaters for rafts, some as paddle boards at the cottage.
Good reuse...

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landyacht said...

is that Balcatta?

Rockingham

usually rocking ham is a bit thin on the ground , i shall pass it on to the sandgroper crew

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BundyBear said...

landyacht said...

is that Balcatta?

Rockingham

BAZL!!!!!!!!!mast and sails!!!!!!!