Original old Foamie board, history?

Hi I just picked up an old what I think is an original foamie polystyrene surfboard from the 70s. I can't seem to find any information on them on the Internet does anyone know any history when they stopped being made etc? cheers Max

I had one exactly like the pic above, except with a lightning bolt painted on it.
They were still being made in the early 2000's.

First time I stood up on a 'surfboard' was on one of them.

And it luckily never suffered from the dreaded snapped off fin!

hey Max,
I am often wrong, but in my memory, my foamy had double concave in the tail, to develop into a tri hull arrangement. The foam was a lot more dense and could tolerate a 4 stone kid standing on it on grass. It was superb for going over the falls at Port beach on a big day, or Leighton when trying to impress the girls.
The handles thing were a clubby led modification to replicate their paddle boards to run into the water from the beach in simulated rescue scenario's... and I though they were more early 80's. I've got no photo evidence, as I was the youngest of a big brood...
JR

Does look a lot like a Hanimex as ggh said
K-Mart and Target etc board

Are yes the rash on the gut from the old GT foamie, would get that bad the rash would bleed.
they also made good shield's when having sand bomb wars. I had the red GT, they were faster
than the blue GT's..........

Ahh back in the day when the point used to break( before Hiilaries),,,,,
me and me foamie