Early Roundtail Influence

In the summer of 1968, a week long New Zealand south swell hit Malibu with perfect size, spacing, and angle...

Nat Young rode the swell with a 7'11'' Greenough-designed Keyo...

Radiating from Nat's performance that week, the 'area-forward, pulled-in roundtail' quickly became the next shortboard design phase. Here's KP with a couple of classic examples...