Hi All,

I have an opportunity to buy two Oceanside Surfboards 60's era boards. One is a near 10 foot triple string pintail with a big, raked, resin fin (black) in about a 7.5/10 shape and an 8' hull (thick and piggy) shape with a Variset fin, glue line stringer, in 6.5/10 shape [the board is in great shape except a big nose ding that somebody repaired with codicil (sp?) - aaargh!]. No leash plug on either board - so no ruination there. Very little water damage to either board. Some small dings and heelies on each board. They will both be riders for me.

The 10 footer was surfed at my local break for a few years after its birth and has been in the original owner's house since that time. He wants a good home for it. I feel that I can provide it. It hasn't seen the water in almost 40 years and the last time was in a big swell right where I surf - got to love the history and the chance to reintroduce the old girl to her stomping grounds.

Just wondering as to the history of the brand (Oceanside Surfboards, Cocoa Beach).

Thanks for any input.

J

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Edited: 12/12/2007 at 10:05 PM by DownSouthSlidah

I had one it was a nice riding board. it was a 9'6".

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I might be wrong on this but I think soomeone told me that Pat O'hare shaped for them... But like I said that could be wrong.. I am sure someone will have more info. and correct me if I am wrong on this.

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Oceanside...
One of the more popular boards here mid-sixties thru early 70s.
Sand floor with large stepping stones in da shop.
Lotsa hot guys rode for Feinberg.

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Edited: 12/13/2007 at 10:39 AM by freesurfs

ahhh, the old Oceanside surf shop. lots of good memories for me
there...


*note: not positive, but i think it was *Feinberg. *

(i lived next door to them for 3 years back in the 70's.)

nice neighbors. Wonder whatever happened to them....


there was a very cool board inside the shop that had the whole story
of Alice in Wonderland painted on it. probably a very early airbrush.

people would travel from all over just to come in and look at that board.

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I had 2 oceanside boards. A 7' 11'' JAVALIN , that had a mean streak in it, much like a bucking bronc in a rodeo. Its sole mission seemed to be eject the rider asap. The other a 9' 6'' SPOILER, a noserideing dream. Made in rockledge . The shop was in todays N/A location, and the old HAWAII shop. good times!

What a great place- Marjane and Mike Margolis- they always treated me great and I was just a dorky kid. I bought my first new board from them in '69- a short board- beautiful maroon colored twin fin. They were so great ot me- they let me pay $10 a week on that board until I had paid it off, but they let me take it out and surf it all day and then bring it back at the end of the day. They gave me a free bar of wax every week as well! Those are some good memories. I remember hearing the surf reports in Orlando from them, always ending with "This is Mike Margolis (or Marjane) from Oceanside Surf Shop, Cocoa Beach!"

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He just keeps rolling along...

I got my first custom board from Oceanside in 1968. Beautifull green 9'4" pintail with Greenough fin. I put some templated, pattern orange slipcheck on the nose. Great memory. I sure wish I had that board. Mom got rid of it in a garage sale.....

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Founded by Bill Feinberg in the early sixties. He and his wife Marjane ran the business until about 1983 when they sold everything and took off on a sailboat for points south. They're still cruising the islands and occasionally come through Brevard and stop in for a visit.

The retail shop was where Natural Art is now. Roger Bakst, Mike Margolis and then Jim Maher ran the store in Bill and Mar's absence (they liked to cruise in their sailboat, even back then).

The factory was originally in Rockledge. After a couple of fires (purportedly arson), they moved to a factory in Eau Gallie. They also made boards under the Ron Jon label for the Cocoa Beach retailer in their factory before opening their own retail store at the south end of Cocoa Beach.

In 1970, they started selling G&S's in the retail store and offered them along with their own Oceanside boards. Later they added Hobie's.

In 1971 or '72, they closed their factory and subcontracted the building of their Oceanside boards to G&S in San Diego.

Some of their popular models over the years included: The Spoiler and the Javelin.

Some of their shapers included: Johnny Rice, Wayne Land and Pat O'Hare. Dean Ward and Tomb and Reeves also worked in the factory at various times.



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Thanks everyone for taking the time to respond. I knew these boards had some cool history. I am going to pick them up just for that. I love hearing these old tales of yesterday. I own a DVD called "It Was Better Back Then" - cool vid of 70s surfing in Central Florida.

Keeping the stoke alive! I will post pics as soon as I can.

J

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thanks for the update, BB.
when i was a grom, not only did they also give me the free wax weekly,

(thanks Bill & Marjane!!)

but they had one of the first plastic kayaks in the neighborhood.
Bill said i could use it when he wasn't , and it led me to many a
Tom Sawyer type trip- into the Thousand Islands for me.

And they often took us for rides out in the river in their Hobie Cat, too.

nex time they pass thru tell them hi from an old ex neighbor.

good times, thanks for the memories!





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I love it when things like this get posted

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"It's the only world we've got. Protect it while we can. It's all there is and there ain't no more." Jello Biafra

I was an 0-side shop rat as well. They had a team back then that included Greg Loehr, DCB, Mark Rhodes...and...a teenage Jeff Crawford (who was the ding guy)! I bought several boards from Bill & Marjane, one being a Skip Frye G&S egg that ended up getting stolen. Wonder what that puppy would be worth today in decent shape. Any of you fossils remember the 0-side Water Skate model? Thick down rails rails, scooped out deck. I could never it very well, but Crawford could! Of course Jeff would look good riding a wooden step ladder.

I bumped into Bill and Mar at the gas station at the corner of S. PAt drive and E.G. Blvd a few years back. At that time they were visiting from their home in Colorado. Mar's brother John still lives in the area.

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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness -
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The Waterskate was a G & S.

If you do a search on Swaylocks you'll find something I wrote on it a while back. Interesting story in itself.

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Will do...thanks Bill.

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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness -
John Kenneth Galbraith

They had the official "Surf Report" hotline back in the early '70s. It was an answering machine, phone # 784-2400. You'd dial (LITERALLY dial! These were dial phones!), get a busy tone .... dial again .... you could almost tell how good the waves were by how long you had to fight the busy tone before you actually got the recording Then there was the time that I had gotten so many busy tones, I expected to hear another busy tone .... and HUNG UP on a good connection! Aaaargh!
Then we moved up in the world, got a push-button phone (yeah!) and I discovered the "redial" feature Life was good back then ...

Oh yeah - I had a Javelin too, that somebody had cut about the last foot of the tail off of, made it into like a diamond-tail. It was my 2nd board.

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Edited: 12/14/2007 at 08:29 AM by Sedgee

Great topic. I remember Oceanside Surf Shop from the early 70s. I was living on Clearwater Beach at the time. With the gulf being flat or crappy 99% of the time, we would call their surf report # 305-784-2400 on Fri nights (yes it often was hard to get through) to see if it was a go to travel to Jetty Park and crash/sleep. We would take I-4 to 528/Beeline. Before Disney the trip was empty roads and we'd get to Canaveral in about 2 hours or less. On the beeline you could go about as fast as you wanted. No cops. We'd wake up and surf there or go to the streets, Patricks, Melbourne Beach or the Inlet. My first magic board was a 6-4 G&S pintail that worked in anything. The people at the shop were always friendly and back then shops often had a vibe that intimidated non-locals. Nice memories. Thanks. Corey

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Sharkpit74

Found a post you did on the G&S Magic Ryder (I had one of those to...GREAT board), but not the water skate.


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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness -
John Kenneth Galbraith

mmm I don't remember doing one on the Magic Ryder, (that's what happens when you turn 60) but I do have an old G&S flyer with photos of Skip Frye holding a Gypsy Ryder, Larry Gordon holding an Easy Ryder and me holding a Magic Ryder. Yes it was a great board.

I'll search for the Waterskate post I did. It was an interesting board and an even more interesting story to go with it.

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Bill,,

I will bring the Frye footage I fixed for ya to the party...

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Here's the Swaylocks Forum thread on the Waterskate: http://www.swaylocks.com/forum...ring=BalsaBill;#175253

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Thanks Bill, finally migrated back to the Surf History page. I remember the Oceanside team guys not really liking the Waterskate. I have to admit that I didn't either. I borrowed one I think Mark Rhodes had and if I remember it was really stiff. This could be attributed to the long fin I suppose.

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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness -
John Kenneth Galbraith

Just went trout fishing with Bill and Mar in Montana, their daughter now has the Alice in Wonderland board

Edited: 07/17/2016 at 07:08 PM by cheaterfiveo

What a great thread!

I bought an Oceanside Instrument, brand new (!) from Mike Margolis at the Oceanside Surf Shop in Cocoa Beach sometime in early 1970. I was a Junior in High School, living in Orlando. Used to hitchhike down to 23rd Street if I couldn't hook up with any friends who had cars (I didn't have my own wheels till Senior year).

That board was 7'0" and had almost no rocker. Was stringerless too. DEFINITELY helped me to get better at not pearling. My best surfing buddy at the time bought a 7'6" Oceanside Javelin from the shop too. We used to swap boards sometimes, surfing right there at 23rd Street. I liked his Javelin better than my Instrument.

Besides for the Alice In Wonderland board (an Instrument also, I believe), I remember everybody in that shop being super friendly and generous. When Mike worked there he gave me new Tee shirts and more wax than I could even carry when I bought that Instrument. At barely 16 years old, I felt like a King! He, and Bill and Marjane too, always made me feel welcome.

I had so many great memories of surfing there (we just called it 'Oceanside Shop' back then), calling the Surf Report, like so many others have noted, and just enjoying the great friendliness of the place and area back then. I swear, we thought it would never end. I'm 62 now, and those years back then - 1969 through the early 1970s are still magic for me. - Joe Roberts

i remember great days at patricks pier in that era, first on my overlins, then a mike hynson downrailer on the bahne label. any one know the history of the pier, where to find photos from way back? all that was left was the outside portion, what is now called hangars. i still call it patrick pier

we sawed up more than one defenseless longboard to shorten them. one was a real nice oceanside lightweight, and worst of all, arrrggggh, a surfboards hawaii ultralight model triple aaa. a crime against surfboards. i remember a stringerless oceanside standard that was a tub, and some nice oceanside v bottoms. great info here guys, thanks to all

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Speaking of Oceanside Surfboards ... I wonder if anyone else here is familiar with a model they came out with in the very early 70s called the "Hooker." It was Oceanside's alternative to the not-quite-right 1st generation twin fins. The Hooker was a wide ever-so-slightly rounded square tail single fin. The namesake feature was mild concaves under the last, oh, let's say 10" of rail in the very tail. Those were meant to give the board "bite." And they worked. I bought a 5'8" sometime before December of 1971. I remember the date because I (very foolishly) brought this board down to Puerto Rico on the first trip my parents let me take out of the country (I was 17 back then).

The board worked great in 1 - 4 foot surf. You could maybe push it into a little bigger surf, but then (at my ability level back then) you would be on the ragged edge of control. The next winter I went down there again I brought a much more sensible 6'4" rounded square tail.

Still, that Hooker was great fun in the majority of Florida surf we can expect: not bigger than head high. I wonder if anyone knows where you might find a photograph of one? - Joe Roberts

I bought a brand new Instrument from them in 1969. I was a junior in Cocoa Beach High School. It was my first new board. It was a "second" in that it had a slight flaw in the pigment, but was perfect in every other way. I think I paid $160 brand new for it. It definitely improved my surfing at the time. Bill and Marjane were super nice to all of us that shopped there at Oceanside.

I remember when Jeffy first got that board. We were up in Nag Head and there was no surf for some either ESA or pro contest, I forget. His water skate model was perfect to slide down the sand dunes at Kitty Hawk. Everyone was so jealous, he went so fast and had the best control on the sand dunes. My recollection is...the board didnt'work too good on water..but then Crawford could surf a door and make it look good.


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Hey ds slidah
My older brother was doing bad in school back in the late 60's and my dad gave me his Oceanside Spoiler 9' 8" shaped by Johnny Rice. It was my 1st board that was truly mine. I learned to ride the nose quite well on that wicked step-deck nose, seeing that I weighed about 90 lbs soaking wet. I loved that board so much that I had a friend of Catri's cut it down to a 7' 0"(from the tail). That beautiful board would be priceless today. I truly believe that I got my style from riding that monster. The short board era was about to hit full force (no pun intended).I grew up surfing for Catri @ the boardwalk and being influenced by many great surfers up and down the coast of Brevard. Dick Pollack and Jim Cartland,Mike Tabling , Greg Loehr, Bob Nutting, Carl Hatch. Gary Chapman, Fletcher Sharp, the Gorntos, Gary Propper, Mark Crowl, Mark Rhodes, Greg Mungall, Bill Macmillen, Speedy Patrick, Tom Dugan(ESM) was a great surfer from N.Y. and new to the area, He had a great style and an orange Plastic Fantastic that he rode very well as I recall. And don't even get me started talking about My beloved Ocean Ave. and Sundek team mates,Matt Kechele, Jeff Klugle, Jackie Grayson, Lewis Graves, Greg Taylor, Tony Graham, and of course Bruce Walker. I even had the chance to wittness and surf with a little grom that grew up to become the greatest surfer the world has ever seen, Kelly Slater. Balsa Bill "Yerkes" took care of us all and gave us the very best that he had to offer from Sundek. Sorry if I'm rambling on but I haven't thought of those times in years, even though I still surf every day there is surf. The Oceanside Spoiler brought it ALL back to me. I went on to enjoy quite a decent career winning a national title, southeast regional titles, Fla. state titles, east coast and Pro titles as well. I want to thank Slidah for bringing back the memories. AHHHH....... now I can die in peace.
all my thanx  to all of you and countless others
 Tim Briers

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Good history lesson