I recently picked up an old retro board for the man cave that was covered in wax. Once I removed the wax it revealed the word Farrelly on the deck. It also had an address underneath 264 Mona Vale Road, Brookvale. My research has revealed that this is likely to be a circa 1970 Midget Farrelly Side Slipper (one of Midget's first ever short boards). Can anyone please validate this? Cheers. Gav

Worth hanging onto, nice bit of surfing history there.

Nice one GPA I was thinking of restoring mine as well but somehow it just looks good in its original condition. As for the wall mount I siliconed a batten on to the rear of the board and then on to the wall. Both battens were chamfered so that they lock into each other. Very happy with the result as the board appears to float on the wall. Cheers. Gav

Will do thanks Jayet

Forgot to say there is a guy called the board collector who send out random stories on old boards. He knows a heap about boards. Might be worth reaching out to

hey mate. i've got a similar board that i found in my old mans shed. i like your colour scheme better haha. what sort of price where you offered?

Hi Supg - great board!!
I hung out around Manly in the late 60s and early 70s. Midget had a shop there were stacks of his boards out in the water. Looks like an early 70s side slipper to me, maybe 71-72ish due to the less pronounced "s" in the deck, but might be wrong (hey- it was the seventies). Would have had a scary sharp, thin and pointy glassed in fin (hence the side slipper name). Cheers Bill

Ya dog looks f&^%d mate