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.