There were many incredible surfboards on display at Bill Gibson’s 2025 Foamlust held at Nathan Rose Surfboards factory in Auger Way Margaret River.
One board that caught my eye and bought back a lot of happy memories was a circa 2001 Delta Designs ‘Spaceship’ surfboard manufactured by Martin Littlewood in Margaret River. The Fish design has a double flyer swallowtail outline and a single concave bottom. The unique dropped rail design incorporated the latest Styrofoam/epoxy vacuum formed technology to maximise ‘FUN’ in junk waves from 1ft to overhead.
This ‘Spaceship’ surfboard was initially created for Paul ‘Antman’ Paterson to compete in junk surf on the Euro pro tour.
Delta Design. “These state-of-the-art Fish designs are proven in competition with Antman thrashing the tour in Spain in shoulder high onshore reform surf getting highest score of the day and scoring 8’s all day when the rest were pumping their face off to get 4’s! For the first and maybe not the last time in his career, he was spewing when the swell came up the next day and he couldn’t ride the ‘Spaceship’.“
Later, this surfboard design became popular with kitesurfers.
2025 Delta Design 5ft 6in ‘Spaceship’ surfboard on display Foamlust festival Margaret River. Photo Jim King.
2001 Delta Design ‘Spaceship’ surfboard advertisement. Image courtesy Delta Design.
2001 Delta Design ‘Spaceship’ surfboard sizes. Image courtesy Delta Design.
2000s Delta Designs logo. Image courtesy Delta Design.
2007 Jim King surfing Delta Design ‘Spaceship’ surfboard at the Farm surf break on his 60th birthday. Photo Bruce King.
2007 Jim King surfing Delta Design ‘Spaceship’ surfboard at the Farm surf break Photo Bruce King.
2007 Jim King surfing Delta Design ‘Spaceship’ surfboard at the Farm surf break. Photo Bruce King.
2009 Jim King surfing Delta Design ‘Spaceship’ surfboard at the Farm surf break. Photo Bruce King.
2007 Madhu Anderson with a Delta Design ‘Spaceship’ surfboard at Smiths Beach. Photo Jim King
2009 Madhu Anderson with a Delta Designs ‘Spaceship’ surfboard at Inner Life & Accommodation cottage Yallingup. Photo courtesy Madhu.
2009 Madu Anderson surfing Delta Designs ‘Spaceship’ surfboard at Yallingup. Photo Jim King.
2017 Madhu Anderson with Delta Design ‘Spaceship’ surfboard at Yallingup beach. Photo Jim King.
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