Greenough Edge Board On Auction ...

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8 comments:

tuskedbeast said...

17" wide! I wonder if that refers to the bottom hull only?

Paul Gross said...

My guess it is. I'll ask George and get back to you...


PG

tuskedbeast said...

Curious, but not as a prospective bidder, mind you!

sharkbait said...

Aloha PG,
Wondering on dims. Is this something Bob Duncan can reproduce for us commoners? would love to see the barrel footage of rasta on the edge board. Only footage I can find is this slo-mo footage in lackluster conditions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HosdugIYKHo

Paul Gross said...

I just spoke to George. The dimensions of this particular edgeboard are:

6'3'' long, 17.25" wide, with a 12.5" wide center panel

tuskedbeast said...

Wow, that's an interesting width to say the least! I wonder what his thinking is?

(You don't need to call him, Paul:))

And I see it just sold for 7,500 (along with one of his 70s mats for 1,750)!

Paul Gross said...

The dead flat center panel with very sharp edges makes the board ride much wider than the numbers would imply.

George's edgeboard spoons were typically 18.5" wide with a proportionately wide center panel...and he spent several years building and testing those two respective widths...so it wasn't just "theory."

tuskedbeast said...

Just read the Surfer's Journal piece. He designed it as a tow board, if I got that right. Dave Rastavich paddled it. Great "ride report", description of edge effect.