From Jordan

 

 

Aloha Paul,

How do you do? Hope this message finds you well.

Just picked up a stirring rendition of George Greenough's "Baby" shaped by Tim Bowler (please see attached).

Yeah, the board is bananas, to say the least. It passes the under-the-arm test you previously spoke of with flying colors and I cannot sing Tim's praises enough. 

 7'8" x 17" N. x 22 5/8" x 16 5/8" T. 

Tim Bowler Volan 10" A (courtesy of Chuck Ames, on the natch)

The beat goes on...

Mahalo,

Jordan
 Tourmaline Dream Surf Team

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Greenough's original Baby Surfboard. 7'8'' long. Built c. 1962...ridden by Bob McTavish in 1968. The board originally had a glass on fin, but Bob installed a WAVE SET fin box and dropped a huge Stage 3 fin in it. Last seen with Alby Falzon in Carpinteria when they were filming Crystal Voyager in 1972.

 

Tale Of Two 8 Footers...

Nat Young at Malibu, Summer of 1968. His board is a Keyo roundtail with a deep hull and narrow flex fin...both designed by George G.

Nat Young with a Pat Morgan board, most likely Fall of 1974. Dead flat bottom, edgy down rails, long base keel fin.

KP In His Element ...

Hi Paul,

I hope you are doing well.  How’s the new Simmons board going?

I went to a hull function last night that KP and Marc Andreini put on in Venice last night with some group called the Farm League.

On display were the 8’4” and 9’4” that you shaped at Our Blue Planet, as well as a host of other hulls most of which had been shaped for The Day of Days.

It’s always fun to see KP in his element.  Frenchy was there too in his cowboy togs cooking BBQ.

Spence

From Adrian

 

Hi Paul,

 

See attached my current favourite board. 7' x 23 x 3 1/8. Low rocker and not too hully especially the last 1/3 which is pretty much flat. We're close to most of the storms which make our waves here in the UK, so although we get a lot of surf, we don't get much in the way of clean lines so a lot of direction changes are in order and most of my personal boards [and customers boards] are below 8' but thick and wide instead. 

All the best.

Adrian

Fluid Juice

From Orion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was given a transition board that was beat recently from someone’s backyard they were gonna toss. Ripped the glass off and have been refining it with my friend Steve. 

 

It had the right low tail rocker and a ton of foam to work with.  The tail was surprisingly thin and well refined for how old it was. 

 

Still need to fill the gaps and refine the rails. Here are a few pics. 

 

Orion

9'4'' x 23'' Greenough/Simmons

 

 

 

 

"The Rails Are Crazy!"

This is an interesting and well-presented piece on a collection of transition boards from the Summer of 1969.

With the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing and Woodstock, the summer of '69 keeps giving in terms of cultural touchstones.

Read the full article and see the video here ...

A few minor quibbles...

The G&S Magic was designed by Dennis Benedum, not Skip Frye.  Also, the Morey/Pope Camel was designed by Tom Morey, not Bob McTavish.

 

From Tristan

 

 

Hello Paul,

Just for let you know I have been surfing my Extremely foiled Hull last week, and I moved back my fin at 1/4'', did not change the rails catching, moved it at 1/2'' it was even worst, but then I tried to move the fin up, 1/2'' forward and it changed everything! So you were right, there was nothing to do with the rails… I thought it was because the super thin rails were catching everywhere, but finally it was a fin problem like you told me.

I think it’s because I use to surf my hulls super far forward, so the ratio between my feet position on the board and the fin placement were not good.

So I ended up at having my 9’75 fin (super narrow tip) at 13 1/2 inches from the tail (at trailing edge)

Thank you so much for your advice, help and for sharing your knowledge !

Here is some photos with the board

Merci

Tristan Mausse

https://www.fantasticacid.com/

August 11, 1934

Today would have been Miki Dora's 85th birthday...although I doubt he would give a hoot if he were still alive. (Not the most sentimental guy!)

Dora's star -- in term of his personality --  has risen and fallen many times over the years. Some see him as a noble rebel. Others as a two bit grifter. Probably a large measure of both. 

But, his incredible wave riding has remained a constant. Thankfully, we have a pretty good record of his talents on film. Because of that, surfers who were as yet unborn when he passed away in 2002 hold him in the highest regard as a waterman.

That said, I'm not sure how we made the transition from his standards in the water to where we're at today...

 

WTF ???

Malibu, This Morning...

You'd never know it's 2019 looking at the cars!

From Bob McTavish. (Thanks To Glen Sakamoto For The Find)

 

 

 

New Double Ender From Spence

 "Spence has the updated version my Evolution board ...

 

Basically 1/4“ less thickness, 1/4“ more tail lift, more pronounced panel vee and a lighter blank compared to the first one.

 8’6” x 23 5/16'' x 3 1/4”.

All these elements hopefully will net a bit more performance.

Here's the original board ...

 
Florian

Gunniest Hull Ever

Reno Abellira with a Dick Brewer built stubby elephant gun. C 1969. Built under the Inter Island label, which was owned by Gordon and Smith. For a brief while, Brewer had a shaping room in the back of the PB Surf Shop. This one was probably built in the islands, however...

Offset Fins