Does anyone own and know of Max Gill himself back in the day?

www.surfresearch.com.au/mg.html (scroll down to "Gill")

I have an old 9'2" Gill board (pics below) purchased from a shop in Torquay back in the early 90s. I've had the board re-sprayed as per the pics. The only physical mod was the fin itself, where it originally had a large "nose" fin, and I wanted the traditional D style fin, but the guy at another shop had no idea what I wanted and stuffed up the shape. Looks more like an "A" shape. She surfs really well though!

I did see another Gill malibu at a retro surfboard shop near Kirra, QLD. She too was for sale and was a beauty! I think the shop is still there next to the Antique shop in McClean St Coolangatta.

www.google.com.au/maps?q=KIRRA+SURF&ll=-28.167849,153.535373&spn=0.001416,0.002932&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&fb=1&gl=au&hq=kirra+surfboard+shop&cid=11485341507166885338&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=-28.167999,153.535339&panoid=bVM6_B6RECGZ3J9LJGXW7A&cbp=12,300.32,,0,-6.07

That's all the history I know. According to someone that knew Max back in South Melbourne, he unfortunately passed away recently in NSW. Is that true?

Enjoy!