50 Years Ago Part 4

Bob McTavish left Hawaii and came to California with Greenough -- rather than head back to Australia with Nat and the Witzigs.

Having seen the earliest Hawaiian mini-guns (which he helped inspire,) he immediately shaped an 8' long square tailed mini gun, sans V, and ripped Rincon...never going back to the wide-tailed Vs.

The die was cast for today's surfing 50 years ago, almost to the day....