You can always come back later, if your attention span allows! Midget Farrelly created Surfblanks Australia in order to break a local monopoly that was strangling the surfboard industry by offering unlimited credit on blanks and materials while at the same time competing against its customers by retailing finished surfboards at wholesale prices. Midget's first passion was surfboard making from age 14 but he recognised the reality of having to become a foam maker in as he watched long established brands go out of the industry with huge blank and material bills they could not support.
Surfboard makers are creative people. Their product is more like art than consumer product. They inspire other surfers with new design, shape and colour.
Their joy comes from what they make with their hands. Being business minded is near to last on their priority list. The image at left was shot in the early 's in the West Street, Brookvale factory, which is still in operation. Blank shapes were quite limited as surfers all rode much the same design, ie seven foot, single fin, down railers. Very few females were surfing in these times and it would be another twenty years before longboards re emerged and opened the door for everybody to participate.
Most of these blanks went to the far reaches of Australia and even though there were three other foam makers, exporting blanks had not really begun. The formula for the foam of these times was very basic compared to what Surfblanks makes today.
If the same foam was used it would be said to be big celled, heavy and soft by comparison. Today Surfblanks Australia ships foam blanks to shapers all over the world.
Surfblanks Australia's sister foam making companies are shown in the Links section. Over the years Max Wetteland in Durban and Fernando Camara in Brazil have contributed greatly to what is now the current Superwhite formula.
Max is directly responsible for encouraging Midget to develop the unique foam glue that bonds the foam to the stringer so that no glue line is visible unless coloured.
This foam glue makes a triple cedar stringer blank look sensational as there is no gapping along the glue lines next to the cedar, so only the white of the foam butts up against the red of the cedar. These three factories are the exclusive producers of Superwhite Foam blanks.
The Point throws on a big heavy barrel, and isn't the place for the inexperienced or faint-hearted. Local knowledge is a plus, and the localsthemselves are very protective of "their" Point. Dee Why turns it on best during Autumn and Winter, with Long Reef at the Northern end of the beach, and Curl Curl just over the hill to the South giving local surfers their best summertime options.
Dee Why Surfing Fraternity - Like most Australian beaches, the local boardriders club is the engine room for surfers, providing a solid base for the development of mateship and performance surfing. The club was formed in and Midget Farrelly, the club's first President, led the club to victory in the inaugural interclub contest against the Maroubra based Windandsea. Family has always been an important aspect to the growth of surfing in the area.
Families such as the Crawfords, the English brothers, the Dickensons and the Herrings have made Dee Why a powerful and close unit. Jeff Crawford steered the club through the wild 'n wooly '70s, the period of long hair and spirited parties. Russell Lewis was top dog in the water, winning a record seven straight club championships and the Australian Schoolboys Title.
Peter Crawford was regarded as the world's best kneeboarder, winning many Australian titles. In the Eighties, the area fostered some strong talent and produced some great champions, including Gavin and Garth Dickenson and Shayne and Brett Herring who all went on to join the pro surfing ranks. Mat Hucker and Gavin Woods , both outstanding surfers, have led the club from its lowest point to its current flourishing state, and Matt is also the current club presso.
Top 50 finisher Toby Martin. With blokes like Toby and Mick charging for the club, Dee Why's short term future is looking good. The Surfboard. Board Bags. Dee Why Point. Where to Stay Hotels and motels everywhere. Excellent bus service. No trains. Equipment Hire Dy surf shop accross the road. Surf Schools Heaps.. When its Flat? Own a relevant surf related business of surfer friendly accommodation? Get a full page listings on our surf spot map, or sponsor a location.
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