Phil Edwards Transition Shapes ...

We usually don't associate Phil Edwards with the shortboard movement. (And by "we," I mean every surfer on the face of the earth!)

But, Phil built a lot of smaller boards in his early days, so he had a backlog of experience to draw from. His favorite board of all time, the solid balsa "Baby," was only 9 feet long...

He was shaping in Honolulu when the transition era was in full swing, and generated some interesting boards...

 

This is a 9'5'' x 22'' board, shaped by Phil in 1968. It was a longboard in length only. It's basically a long shortboard. The most telling evidence is the fin placement...nothing like his older long board setup.

Here's something smaller he shaped. Don't know any dimensions, or dates. Again, the fin placement is well up...

This is a big wave gun he shaped around 1971.  Everything we can see about it in this photo -- hull, rocker and fin -- are dead-solid perfect! Sorry, no outline photo.

And finally, here's a 9 foot long Phil minigun from 1968...very clean!