Drouyn Surfboards On the right Peter’s 1970 Aussie Titles board.. this is the 6’er that he surfed in the finals of the World Championships at Bells / Johanna after snapping his longer board. The one on the left was a replica shaped by Peter at the Phantom factory in Burleigh around 20 years ago. Now in a private collection on the Sunshine Coast Qld. Photo from my archives .. taken at the Sugar Shack . . . . #drouynsurfboards #peterdrouyn #drouyninternational #shapedbypeterdrouyn #phantomsurfboards #madeinqueensland #gonebutnotforgotten #theartofsurfcollecting #vintagesurfboards #vintagesinglefins #surfboardcollectors #sugarshackfingal @darrylmillercollection @roger_sutcliffe @shebavintage
Sugar Shack Days Me on my kustom bike and my old mate Chris.. hangin’ out at the Picture Theatre in Fingal Head that I called home. That big tiki was carved by Chris out of an old silky oak that got the chop in the backyard by the way. Kustom Kulture 🗿 . . . . #kustomkulture #kustomkroozers #mysurfabillydays #kustomsofaustralia #sugarshackfingal #fingalpicturetheatre #bundjalungcountry #tikiman #tikiculture #surfandart @chris_macca_mckenzie @darrylmillerartist @shebavintage #praisethelowered #rebelrestorationservices
Hot Buttered The 6’4” Steve Wilson Model.. a very nice flyer pintail single fin by Terry Fitzgerald. Original unrestored condition. One from my old Von Weirdo days! My photograph (Fingal Beach) . . . . #baronvonweirdo #vonweirdos #hotbutteredsurfboards #stevewilsonmodel #assurfedbystevewilson #terryfitzgerald #vintagesinglefins #vintagesurfboards #surfboardcollectors @darrylmillercollector @shebavintage #sugarshackfingal #surfintheseventies #gonebutnotforgotten #seventiessurfdesigns
Surf Line Hawaii This was a nice board I found at a garage sale on the Gold Coast some years ago. Shaped mid ‘70s in Torquay Victoria for RIP CURL by Randy Rarick on one of his many visits to Australia. Fingal Head ‘Sugar Shack’ . . . . #randyrarick #surflinehawaii #ripcurlsurfboards #shapedbyrandyrarick #vintageseventies #surfintheseventies #sugarshackfingal #bundjalungcountry #vintageripcurl #vintagesurf #surfboardcollectors #vintagehawaiianshapes #seventiespintails @darrylmillercollection
Artist at work.. I found a few old photos in the bat cave last night. Here I’m finishing off the detail on a painting from a Polynesian series I did about fifteen years ago.. the old Fingal Beach studio in northern NSW. The Original Surfriders is now in a private collection north of Brisbane Oil painting on black velvet 🖤 old school! . . . . #oilpainting #oldschoolartist #hawaiiansurfriders #theoriginalsurfriders #polynesiansurfers #blackvelvetsrtist #keepingitreal #sugarshackfingal #bundjalungartist #nowinlutruwita #tasmanianartscene #scottsdaleartist #theartofsurfing #darrylmillerartist #baronofblackvelvet @shebavintage #daretobedifferent #thepathlessfollowed
Hudson ‘leadsled’ Here’s a few pics of the old $300 Hudson mild custom from the day we dragged it out of the barn! Those headlights were from an early International and I added the Desoto grill and discarded the bumper guards to clean up the front a little. Some cheap black paint, white walls and moon discs for rego and later on she got the two tone paint job and spinner caps etc. Von’s archives 🙌🏾 . . . . #fortyninehudson #originalhudsoncustom #budgetleadsled #classicnotplastic #cheapbuckscustoms #piratecustoms #genuinebarnfind #sugarshackfingal #oldfingalsurfshop @darrylmillercollection @shebavintage #thesurfabilly #aussiecustomcars #backatthebeach #tradervon #baronvonweirdo
The Butterfly Chair Visiting an old surf buddy on the Sunny Coast and he’s still using a butterfly chair and cover we did back in the good old Sugar Shack days. And it’s still in quite good condition considering it’s used on a daily basis! The original design of these chairs dates way back to 1938 when it was developed by three architects in Buenos Aires Argentina (where it was also known as the BKF chair for Bonet-Kurchan-Ferrari) Sugar Shack days .. with printing by Brad at Peace Frog Currumbin 🦋 . . . . #sugarshackfingal #thebutterflychair #vonweirdos #baronvonweirdo #peacefrogprinters #thesurfinchair #thebkfchair #theartofsurfing #darrylmillerartist @shebavintage @darrylmillerartist #surfcollectors #vintagesurf #jimwoodriffcollection #designedinthethirties #artdeco #midcenturymodern
SUGAR SHACK Fingal Beach We visited our old hood today and got reacquainted with one of a handful of Sugar Shack mid-lengths that the Phantom made for us some years back. This 7’6 has had one very careful Fingal owner and is still in great nick! Zen and the art of surfboard maintenance 🙏🏾 . . . . #sugarshackfingal #sugarshacksurfboards #designedbydarrylmiller #chrisgarrettshapes #thephantomwhoshapes #thezenmodel #midlengthsurfdesigns #singlefinsurfboards #bundjalungcountry #countrysoul #countrytocoast #theoldtweedcoast #fingalboardridersclub #theartofsurfing @darrylmillersurfer @shebavintage
Gordon Woods Found a few more of my old surfboard photos out there in cyberspace today .. including this cute little 6’6” X 20.5” Woods area pin I owned and surfed around 15 years ago! Circa ‘69 with a hi-density foam stinger and Greenough type polycarbonate fin .. a cool little combo. Photos taken at Doppy’s Beach by yours truly 🙌🏾 . . . . #gordonwoodssurfboards #vintagesurfboards #vintagesurfcraft #pocketrocket #surfboardcollectors #doppysbeachfingal #letitiaspit #bundjalungcountry #sugarshackfingal #dreamtimeboardriders #fingalboardridersclub @darrylmillercollection @shebavintage #vonweirdos #baronvonweirdo #theoldtweedcoast #transitionalsurfcraft #polycarbonatefins
Fingal Heads The seventies ‘country soul’ days of Fingal Head up there in Bundjalung Country My archives but not sure who the photographer was. ✌🏾 . . . . #countrysoulseekers #bundjalungcountry #dreamtimeboarders #countrysoul #sugarshackfingal #mysoultribe #thegoldenbreed #surfingismyreligion #vintageblacknwhitephotos #theoldtweedcoast @darrylmillercollection @shebavintage #gonebutnotforgotten #nonconformists #originalhipsters #childrenofthesun
Sugar Shack Just came across this one from the old Fingal surfabilly days.. one of the few pics I have showing the first Bonzer I ever owned! This was a Kenn Custom ‘Surfing Adventure’ shaped by Les Purcell in 1973 which makes it quite an early example here in Australia of the famous Campbell Brothers Bonzer Design from 1970. My photo 🛸🛸🛸 @bonzer_front @campbellbros . . . . #thebonzer #historyofsurfdesign #campbellbrothers #seventiessurfdesigns #vintagesurfboards #surfboardhorde #sugarshackfingal #oldchevsurfvehicle #carsandsurfboards #vonthesurfabilly #surfcollectors @darrylmillercollection @shebavintage #gonebutnotforgotten #bundjalungcountry
HAYDEN This was a beautiful spoon I owned for a while up on the big island (Australia). These were made from an original Greenough template at Hayden’s factory up on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast between 1968 and 1970. Most were shaped by Terry McLardy and I’m pretty sure he was trained to glass by none other than Bob Cooper! Those red pinlines matched the red bottom by the way. I had a rare twin fin version for some years also. I bought it at one of Randy’s Hawaiian Surf Auctions back in the day. My photo, taken at Fingal . . . . #baronvonweirdo #haydensurfboards #georgegreenough #terrymclardy #bobcooper #greenoughspoon #darrelldell #vintagespoonkneeboards #sugarshackfingal #vintagesurfcraft #madeonthesunshinecoast @darrylmillercollection @shebavintage #gonebutnotforgotten #historyofsurfing #theartofsurfing
David Nuuhiwa This little work is one I painted way back in 1974 while living in the dilapidated Fingal picture theatre. No running water, no electricity, sharing the space with a huge python and a colony of bats. I’m offering it this Sat 28th January at the Dusty Mermaid in Copping! @the_dustymermaid Oil paint on Japanese orange velveteen 🎨 . . . . #oldscoolartist #oilpaintingonvelvet #japanesevelveteen #davidnuuhiwa #classicpipeline #velvetoilpainting #tasmanianartistatlarge #havebrusheswillpaint @darrylmillerartist #sugarshackfingal #bundjalungcountry #blackvelvetartist #scottsdaleartist #scottsdaletikistudios @shebavintage #theartofsurfing #surfintheseventies #hawaiiansurfer #hawaiiana #darrylmillerartist
Slammed FC Holden One of my old ‘cut and paste’ concept vehicles that I couldn’t afford to build back then. Still looks pretty k👀l . . . . #kustomswithak #kustomcars #leadsleds #holdenfckustom #choppedpanelvan #holdenfcpanelvan #slammedvan #moondiscs #customisedholden #praisethelowered #sugarshackdays #sugarshackfingal @darrylmillerartist #conceptcars #inoddwetrust #baronvonweirdo
Colour your world The boards are a Scott Dillon Tracker from the late ‘60s and a Geoff Darby roundtail with dragon mural from the mid-70s .. don’t be afraid of a little colour in your life! The old Fingal days 🙌🏾 . . . . #scottdillonsurfboards #geoffdarbysurfboards #addsomecolourtoyourday #brightenupyourday #vintagesurfscene #sugarshackfingal #gonebutnotforgotten #vonthebeachcomber #vintagesurfboards @shebavintage @darrylmillercollector
Sugar Shack days! An oldie but a goodie from around twenty years ago when my old pal Tiki Pete did a little safari out into the western suburbs of Brisbane with $300 to spend .. yes a nice haul! Great days at Fingal 🙌🏾 . . . . #theartofsurfcollecting #trashandtreasure #sugarshackfingal #oldfingalsurfshop #bundjalungcountry #hittheroad #surfinsafari #surfboardcollectors #vintagesurfboards #tikipete #huntersandcollectors @darrylmillercollector #tradervonweirdo #thesurftrader @shebavintage
Love is a black White Kite Ted Spencer model by Shane Surfboards circa ‘70 and a two tone Chevy. 🖤 Blast from my distant past . . . . #iwasacarnut #surfabilly #twotonechevrolet #whitekitebyshane #tedspencersurfer #shanesurfboards #vintagesurfboards #surfboardsandcars @darrylmillercollector @shebavintage #sugarshackfingal #myoldshackdays #fingalboardriders #southoftheborder #wherearetheynow #notmadeinchina
South of the Border shaped by MP in the early ‘80s at our Fingal Head factory. Almost a Fangtail but I’m pretty sure Michael called his triple flyer pin a Fantasy Ride? Carl Tanner Collection . . . . #southofthebordersurf #michaelpeterson #rocketshipsurfdesign #mpsfantasyride #carltannercollection #fingalheadsurfboards #singlefinsurfboards #shapedbymp @baronvonweirdo @shebavintage #sugarshackfingal #eightiessurfdesigns
No not a Chrysler but my favourite shop truck.. it’s a ‘58 Holden Panel that I gave a kustom makeover! The bodywork was by my old buddy Adam Chivers. . . . . #surfshoptrucks #custompanelvans #generalmotorsaustralia #fiftyeightholdens #aussiesinbins #kustomkulture #surfabillyride #mysurfabillydays #kustomkroozers @baronvonweirdo @darrylmillercollection @shebavintage #sugarshackfingal #rebelrestorations #lostinthefifties
My very first shop (surf/kustom kulture/vintage/ collectibles/art gallery) was the derelict Fingal Picture Theatre. Sad to hear that several of our good friends were flooded out along Fingal Road last week including one of our old addresses before we moved here to Tassie. 😢 . . . . #oldfingalpicturetheatre #theoldmoviehouse #bundjalungcountry #fingalheadsurfshop #theoldsugarshack #sugarshackfingal #southoftheborder #hotrodsurf #kustomkulture #rockabillyheadquarters #kustomkroozers #vintagesurf #theartofsurfing #blackvelvetpaintings #coolcollectables @baronvonweirdo
Albert Namatjira Oil on German black velvet that I painted when still a young fella after I’d moved to bundjalung country in the ‘70s Not sure where this one ended up but I sold several paintings to collectors from America and Europe . . . . #albertnamatjira #greataustralianartists #aboriginalartists #artintheoutback #namatjirawatercolours #bundjalungcountry #fingalhead #sugarshackfingal #tasmanianartist @darrylmillerartist @baronvonweirdo @seagypsiesoftasmania @shebavintage @jackyl.ragged #worldfreedomrally #alwayswasalwayswillbe #unitycommunity.sc #jandamarrasart #freedomtochoose #thetimeisnow
Dreamtime Boardriders of Fingal Head (just over the border from the Goldie) was the very first indigenous boardriding club in the Tweed Area. It went through a few changes during the ‘70s and ‘80s to eventually become The Fingal Board Riders Club Beyond The Green Room . . . . #fingalboardriders #dreamtimeboardriders #southoftheborder #tweedindigenoussurfers #jurakisurfculture #cudgingburraclan #scottrotumah #kyleslabb #christineslabb #theslabbfamily #mixingofthewaters #bundjalungcountry #sugarshackfingal #beyondthegreenroom @darrylmillercollection @seagypsiesoftasmania @shebavintage @jackyl.ragged @rangoon2grafton #surfersforreconciliation #alwayswasalwayswillbe
The Sugar Shack days .. living in the old Fingal Head Picture Theatre along with my collection of ‘50s and ‘60s cars, tikis, velvet art, vintage boards and other assorted flotsam and jetsam from around the south seas! Tiki Man by my old buddy Chris McKenzie, lowrider cycle by Rebel Restoration, old log is an early ‘60s Pyke, skimboard by Blue Pacific, and the surf wagon is a 1958 FC Holden panel van with flames by old mate Adam Chivers 🔥 . . . . #sugarshackfingal #bundjalungcountry #alwayswasalwayswillbe #fingalheadnsw #oldfingalpicturetheatre #inoddwetrust #pykesurfboards #rebelrestoration #oldholdenpanelvans #kustomkulture #tikiculture #lostinthesouthseas #huntersandcollectors #vonthebeachcomber #tradervonweirdo @darrylmillercollection @baronvonweirdo @shebavintage @seagypsiesoftasmania @chris_macca_mckenzie #vintagesurf #thesurfabillydays
From some recently rediscovered Fingal Head photos. This was a large oil on black velvet I painted for the Hare Krishna commune near Murwillumbah way back when.. obviously before I could afford to buy colour film. . . . . #harekrishnafarm #harekrishnapainting #oilpaintingonvelvet #blackvelvetpaintings #blackvelvetartists @darrylmillerartist @baronvonweirdo @seagypsiesoftasmania @shebavintage #sugarshackfingal #bundjalungcountry #theoldtweedcoast #fingalheadintheseventies #dreamtimeboardriders #fingalheadsurfshop #oldfingalpicturetheatre
This was my fave panel van.. 1958 FC Holden that Adam Chivers built for me many years back.. it had a later model red motor, powerglide auto, along with a HR disc brake front end so it was easy to live with. The photo was taken at the old Sugar Shack with our security person Anita . . . . #classicpanelvans #customisedrides #modifiedfcholdenvan #aussiepanelvans #lostinthefifties #adamchivers #rebelrestoration #gonebutnotforgotten #sugarshackfingal #kustomkroozers #aussiesinbins #oldsurfshoptrucks @darrylmillercollection @baronvonweirdo @shebavintage @seagypsiesoftasmania #praisethelowered #inoddwetrust #vonthebeachnik #aussiesurfabillies @rangoon2grafton #moreflames #kustomswithak #leadsleds #customisedpaneltrucks
Fingal Head revisited.. I’ve just found a whole stash of old shop flyers and shit from the ‘80s and beyond. Seems like a lifetime ago.. how did we ever find the time to do all this old school stuff (pre computer age). I do kinda miss cutting and pasting my Kustom Kroozer fanzines.. Rant n Rave! . . . . #sugarshackfingal #fingalhead #theoldsugarshack #seagypsyskingscliff #rantnrave #kustomkroozers #shaketheshack #baronvonweirdo #kustomkulture #wintersunfestival #coolyrockson #thegreazefest #lostinthefifties #lostinthesixties #oldschoolfanzines #cutandpaste #fromanothertime #fromanotherplace #vonthesurfabilly #tradervonweirdo @shebavintage @seagypsiesoftasmania @darrylmillercollection
Do shapers still use these order forms? This was the type I used for custom orders at the old Shack in Fingal around 40 years ago and please note there’s no mention of volume anywhere! Old’s Kool . . . . #sugarshackfingal #fingalsurfshop #oldschool #oldiskool #customsurfboards #handcraftedsurfboards #vintagesurfdesigns #classicsurfboards #surfboardorderform #madebysurfersforsurfers #notmadeinchina #proudlymadeinaustralia #buylocalhandcrafted @darrylmillercollection @baronvonweirdo @seagypsiesoftasmania #customculture #keepingitreal #surfingephemera @jackyl.ragged #surfingisourreligion #customsurfboardshapes
It’s a chilly five degrees down here south of the border in Tassie Tiger country! Still unpacking lotsa cool old Sugar Shack stock . . . . #southoftheborder #sugarshackfingal #surfsupatfingalhead #thelivelyones #thesurfmariachis #letthesunshinein #followthesun #surfinsouthoftheborder #downtassietigerway #toocoolforcats #latinsurfmusic @darrylmillercollector @shebavintage @seagypsiesoftasmania @baronvonweirdo #vintagevinyl #surfcollectors #inoddwetrust @rangoon2grafton #shakintheshack #tassiesurfshacks #bichenosurfshack
Blast from the Past .. a pair of beauties from my post Sugar Shack days in Fingal! Burford shaped by Neal Purchase Snr and Hot Stuff Rabbit Bartholomew model shaped by either Gil Glover or Alan Byrne. I have no idea where they are now . . . . #hotstuffsurfboards #burfordsurfboards #madeonthegoldcoast #rabbitbartholomew #coolykids #seventiessinglefins #gilglover #alanbyrne #nealpurchase #burfordscurrumbin @darrylmillercollector @baronvonweirdo @seagypsiesoftasmania #sugarshackfingal #fingalsurfshack #vintagesurfboards #surfboardcollectors @rangoon2grafton @jackyl.ragged #colouryourworld @shebavintage
Cook Island .. Dreamtime Beach .. Bundjalung Country . . . . #turtleisland #cookisland #fingalhead #bundjalungcountry #dreamtimebeach #keepfingalspecial #southoftheborder #sugarshackfingal @joshchristine_slabb @darrylmillercollection @blitzsurfboards @fingalfulla @seagypsiesoftasmania @shebavintage @baronvonweirdo @lungislabb #followthesun #childrenofthesun #fingalbrotherhood
Fins of another kind .. taken at Fin-gal in northern NSW back in the eighties, when these cars were affordable and actually quite reliable. Built to last back then! . . . . #myfiftyninechev #chryslerroyal #fiftyfiveplymouth #feholdens #classicnotplastic #infinswetrust #tailfins #lostinthefifties #cruisinfiftynine #sugarshackfingal #fingalheadsurfshop #farnorthnewsouthwales #anothertime @darrylmillercollection @seagypsiesofbicheno @baronvonweirdo @shebavintage #vonweirdos #offthebeatentrack #wintersuncruise #rockabillyrules #surfabillies #cruisininstyle #bundjalungcountry
I had this Spirit of the Sea shaped by Neal Purchase for many years.. Circa 1972 Kirra Point model with a subtle ‘balsa look’ paint job! . . . . #spiritofthesea #shapedbynealpurchase #nealpurchasesenior #kirrapointmodel #vintagesurfboards #surfboardcollectors @darrylmillercollection @baronvonweirdo @seagypsiesofbicheno #bichenosurfshack #shebavintage #vonweirdos #sugarshackfingal #nineteenseventytwo #singlefinsurfboards @nealpurchasejnr
The offical Sugar Shack shop truck .. ‘58 Holden FC panel van custom along with my matching low rider bike! Custom work was by Rebel Restoration Services . . . . #lostinthesixties #sixtiesstylecustoms #customsurfdelivery #aussiepanelvans #panelvankustoms #lowriderbikes #surfabilly #sugarshackfingal @darrylmillercollection @baronvonweirdo @seagypsiesofbicheno #kustomswithak #rebelrestoration #kustomkulture #hotrodsurfers #shagginvan #fingalheaddays
Fingal Head late ‘70s period when there were still plenty of cheap shacks. The old Fingal lighthouse began warning ships away from the rocks in 1878 .. it’s built on what was always known as Pt Danger in the olden days, before they moved the name to Tweed Heads by mistake! There are lots of reefs out from Cook Is and they claimed a few before the light was built! . . . . #earlyshipwrecks #fingalheadlight #therealpointdanger #fingalheadnsw #bundjalungcountry #cookisland #southoftheborder @darrylmillercollection @seagypsiesofbicheno #dreamtimeboardriders #fingalboardriders #offthebeatentrack #thecausewayfingal #giantscauseway #fingalheadhistory #shebavintage #sugarshackfingal . .
Speaking of paintings here’s one I’ve never got around to finishing.. not my usual oil on velvet but on board. Untitled circa 197? . . . . #oilpaintingbydarrylmiller #darrylmillerblackvelvetartist #scottsdalestudiotasmania #baronvonweirdo #tassieartist #darrylmillersurfersparadise #darrylmillerfingalhead #sugarshackfingal #thesheoakshack #shebavintage
Life Guard .. off duty! We just love the winter up here .. can you tell? . . . . #boardshortweather #winterinthefarnorthnsw #sugarshackfingal #darrylmillersurfer #offthebeatentrack #cookisland #emptybeachesofaustralia #seagypsiesofbicheno #bichenosurfshack #wunderlust #australiasbestbeaches #uncrowdedwaves #childrenofthesun #followthesun #sheoakshack