Hey Chris I remember you being the gun when I was a grommet!
Got any pictures of da chopper? I thought the dromedary was the first - what beast did it evolve from?
It was a cut off standard Windsurfer, ending up as 9 foot long with a squared of tail with foot straps. I still have one under my house.
next week on "collectors"
"hoarding junk and how it adversly affects your loved ones!" 
The bamboo sailboard came from this site.
www.bamboosurfboardshawaii.com/%e3%82%b9%e3%83%bc%e3%83%91%e3%83%bcp%e3%83%95%e3%82%a9%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9%e3%81%a8%e6%97%a9%e6%bc%8f/
I remember seeing info on the choppers in the magazines but had assumed they were Customs like Mark Pauls Ex-Parrot designs.
With hindsight it's hard to believe that these were serious attempts to design the first short boards. Like a Jack Black movie it's a little hard to grasp the lack of sophistication ("Dudes I've chopped the back three feet off my windsurfer!!"
"Whooo, totally awesome dude") but with Australian accents and a few more square words.
