History

Cord was a factory that was not only producing quite a few surfboards, but also a lot of ideas. Bob had a different idea every day, the boys would all add to it and overnight we'd have another innovation coming out of Cord. The other big change at the time was in fin design. George Greenough had arrived with his new shaped fins and the Sunshine Coast manufacturers were the first to use them.

These fins revolutionized surfboards and are still in use today. The boys just kept on refining them with George's help and some of the things we were doing on a wave with the arrival and development of the Greenough fins were simply amazing for the day and some would say still are.

The other member of the Cord team was my brother Peter, or as he's known all over the world today, Chops. Already a hot surfer and contest winner he got his basic knowledge from the older guys and was forever in Bob or Kevin's shaping room picking their brains or hassling Algy to teach him how to glass, or "hey Russell, take me surfing, you can borrow my brothers souped up EH Holden, no worries" (that thing was fast. Very fast. I always reckon Russell drove it a lot faster than I ever did). Chops, at the ripe old age of 14 already with a head full of Surfing knowledge and ripping apart some of the best waves with the great surfers of the day. Our mate, surfer and waterman Geoff Nunquam has a collection of great pictures from these days and we'll try to bring some to the site gallery as it develops.