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Surfmatting 1951
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Waves Of The World
Some pretty bad transition era surfing here. But, it helps us appreciate how advanced Liddle and Frye were by 1969...
Transistion Era 8mm Film
Some info on the song Pipeline form Wikipedia:
The tune, originally called "Liberty's Whip" after The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,[3] was renamed after the band members saw a surfing movie showing scenes of the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii.[4]
The record, fitting in with the popular surfing craze of the time, swiftly rose up the Billboard Pop charts, reaching #4 and becoming a classic 1960s hit.
Although they had myriad surf tunes, "Pipeline" was The Chantays' only hit single, and is considered one of the landmarks of the surf genre. The track's distinctive sound was largely due to the mix being "upside down" compared to typical rock and roll of the era; the bass guitar, electric piano and rhythm guitar were at the forefront, while the lead guitar and drums were less prominent.
Pipeline was originally written by Robert M Burns and sold to the Chantays. Robert also wrote many other surf songs of that era including K39
In November 1997, The Chantays recorded a new acoustic version of the tune, entitled "Pipeline Unplugged", which was released on their album Waiting for the Tide.
Ol' Yeller
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Ol' Yeller was an 8'10" semi gun I shaped and glassed at Greg Liddle's shop for Tom Cimino in the late 80's (I think.) It has flat rocker because it was made for Malibu. Tom sold it to Kirk Putnam, and I think KP still has it. Matt Miller is riding in the two surf shots.
Matt's comment: "Looking at it, it's the perfect template and, I would argue, perfect foil for a modern day glider. A ten footer would be unreal! Loved that board! Could ride it anything at any size and so radical in its foil and template!"
From Santa Cruz Sam
New PG Velo Simmons
This is another 9'6'' x 23" Velo Simmons with a super deep hull and slightly concave deck...primarily for proning. My cut file -- which took many, many hours to refine -- was sanded out by Spencer Kellogg. It's a personal.
The stringer and color tint are straight out of a board Spence and I made for Sam Bavaro. It's a 9'0'' Santa Cruz semi-gun...
UK Greenough Film Festival
Andy Fielding/Fantasy Surf craft
Over in the UK, Andy Fielding has been building boards professionally for some time. (His website is fantasysurfcraft.co.uk.)
Recently, Andy has taken on the challenge of bringing my hull designs to life on his side of the pond. ("My hull designs" is an overly generous description of what I do...as OG, west coast hull crafters like Greg Liddle, George Greenough and Skip Frye have been immeasurably influential in my developement as a board designer and builder, going back to my first home made board in 1966.)
Our hope is there will be enough interest in hulls in Europe that the Paul Gross Design label, built by Andy, will take root. But even if only a few surfers take advantage of the opportunity, it will be a success!
Here's a 7'6'' Arc Tail Andy made for himself from a cut file I sent him...followed by his first ride report. The board was glassed by Adrian Phillips.
Hey PG,
Here’s your update from the first session on the 7’6” Arctail.
As soon as I slid the board into the ocean in front of me I could instantly see the glide as the board went ahead to the extent of my 8’0 leash. The surf was 3-4ft and clean and I was amped to get on board and paddle out the back. As soon as I got prone and started to paddle out I was instantly blown away at the ease of paddling, and within no time I had slid over the shoulder’s of a few runners and was sitting out the back waiting for the first set to show itself.
The board felt like a dream and I soon found myself turning and going on the first wave of the set. A couple of paddles and I was in. The speed and what felt like zero drag was very apparent as I got a quick runner and cruised back over the shoulder. I needed to adjust my positioning over the front of the board as I felt I was to far back from the nose on take off. Over the next few waves I started to get to grips with the ideal paddling position and started working on the best positioning for later/earlier take offs. I soon found out that I could take off much later than I originally thought and how there were no issues with digging or pearling the nose. Just a slight lean on the rail and I could slightly angle my take off and absolutely fly out of the lip. I would say that the rocker is absolutely perfect for my style of riding.
Over the session I soon realized that the board loved the hollower sections and once locked in the speed and almost ‘ball-bearing’ like smoothness of glide became so very addictive. This was the same for both front and backhand. I may swap the 8.5” 4A fin to the 8” PG for the next session and bring it slightly further up the box to see the effect that this has on bottom turns.
To be continued.......
AF
Andy and Adrian
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