I shaped this board in the early 80's from three inspirations...
Skip Frye built an egg for Gary Keating in the early 70's that was so thin, you could flex it by pushing down on the deck with your hand when it was sitting on the floor with a fin in it. Just amazing. Around 6'6'', as I recall.
Another incredibly thin, 70's era board was a hull shaped by Tim Bowler that he called "The Bottom Half." The deck was completely shaved off of it.
The third one was a bladed-out 6'8'' Dirt Machine Greg Liddle built for Steve K. It took a little bit of a wave for it to get going, but once it broke free, it went like a rocket.
So with those were the boards I had in mind when I shaped this one. I wanted minimum thickness still retaining a little bit of S in the deck. I think I used 4 oz cloth.
It ended up being a good board in clean surf head high or better...
