Peru Orders N.Z. Surf-Boards

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31597, 7 February 1968, Page 14

Peru Orders N.Z. Surf-Boards

Against United States and Australian competition, a Christchurch firm has won an order from Peru for fibre-glass surf-boards.

Six surf-boards have been shipped on the Essex to Panama where they will be transhipped to Lima. The firm, Quane Surf Boards, Ltd, sent three boards to the New Zealand pavilion at the Pacific Trade Fair at Lima in November. Surf-

boards from New Zealand, Australia and the United States were tested at the fair and the New Zealand boards proved best. The surf-boards are made of fibre-glass with polyurethane, a type of plastic foam, at the core. The boards cost $lOO in New Zealand but are being sold for $6O to Peru where the eventual sale price will be between $l5O-$2OO. “We expect that we can sell at least 100 boards in the next few omnths,” said Mr D. Quane, a director of the firm. The firm had previously sent a few surf-boards to Australia, but this was its first real atnext few months,” said Mr D. tempt to export, he said. From what he had seen of Australian and American surf-boards he considered his were of better quality. Two of the surf-boards sent had been made to specifications for one of the leading Peruvian surfers. The six sent were the first of an initial order Of 12 surf-boards. “An Italian firm represented at the fair has shown great interest,” said Mr Quane, “and we are sending a few boards to a trade fair in Italy in a few months. “We also gained 40 orders for Tahiti that will have to be airfreighted,” he said.