From Ernie

 

 

 

 

Here'a clean transition era hull by Ernie Tanaka. Ernie was an unsung board builder working out of his shop in Van Nuys, California...not exactly a hotbed of surf energy.  (Not like nearby Woodland Hills, which boasted builders like Greg Liddle and Glenn Kennedy at that time, as well as home to the overtly commercial (and much maligned) surf gear outlet, Val Surf.

Nice Greenough Stage 4 fin, with the Variable Wave Set Fin System. It was no where near as good as Bill Bahne's "Fins Unlimited" box that came along in a year or two, but good for its time.