1970s Keo bellyboard
Got this little number at the car boot last sunday from Lloyd. Early 70s Keo bellyboard / paipo with a slightly scooped deck, dimensions 4ft x 22 3/4 x 2 1/4 with a dinky 6 1/2 inch fin. Love the little fin and and the strength of the red topcoat, still bright after all those years. Made by Stuart Keogh, who had a surf shop on fore st Newquay and a nearby factory; this board gives the address of Holywell bay. You don't see many early British bellyboards like this so it was worth snapping up even though it wasn't super cheap.