Jocko 1969

 

How many contest surfers shape their own boards today? This is a heat in the 1969 Duke Invitational. Left to right: The recently departed Mike Doyle (self shaped board,) Ryan Dotson (self shaped board,) Felipe Pomar (Downing shape), Nat Young (Harold Iggy shape), Ben Aipa (self shaped board), Jock Sutherland (Brewer shape.)

 

Rocker? We don't need no stinkin' rocker...

 In late 1969, Jock Sutherland rode a minigun shaped by Dick Brewer. (That's an educated guess...not 100% sure Brewer shaped it.) While no photographs are available that show the details of the board, it was a hull, very narrow, area forward, and almost no rocker. Very advanced in terms of its low volume, and how he rode it...side-slipping, and often time switching stance and surfing as a regular-foot.