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Contributors to this record: Flipcommons Catalog, Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel).

theme: Surfing
Flipcommons Catalog
description: *Surf* is one of two Bensa machines to carry that name, and its authorship was not evident from the machine itself: tilt.it credits the collector Thierry Delisle with attributing the undated table to the [[location:italy/mi/milan]] maker.^[1] This is the [[technology-generation:electromechanical]] version, a single-player [[theme:surfing]] table that fits the pattern of Bensa's short line of copies "of the gottlieb pinballs around the same year."^[2] A [[technology-generation:solid-state]] machine of the same name, *[[model:surf-bensa-sas]]*, followed.

Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel)
game_format: Pinball^[3]^[4]
Flipcommons Catalog
player_count: 1^[3]^[4]
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technology_generation: Electromechanical^[3]^[4]
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corporate_entity: Bensa s.a.s.^[3]^[4]
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title: Surf^[3]^[4]
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name: Surf^[3]^[4]
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status: active
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slug: surf
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Citations

TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/bensa
year unknown – identified as manufactured by Bensa thanks to Thierry Delisle
Pinside — https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bensa-italian-pinball
One bit of info is they are a copy of the gottlieb pinballs around the same year.
TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/bensa
Surf (1 player -em)
Pinside — https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bensa-italian-pinball
Seems like in Italy in the 70s a few different companies started to copy a few of the name brand pinballs. Nearly an exact copy except all the Italy ones were 1 player not two our four player.