6'5" Tore shaped by Kent Senatore up at the north shore plus a quiver of other sizes also custom shaped by him. Usually ride Diamond Head or Lighthouse during the week & see about North Shore on the weekend conditions permitting. Just sold a 7'4" Aikau bought from Clyde Aikau himself about a week ago cause I'm cleaning house. Probably regret that in the future but I needed money for Fenton splits.
Eat your hearts out guys Fri i will be checking out Jobos,Wilderness , Crash boat and Wishing Well. Will be there till april 1st. LFE
My boards include a 1950's no stringer pop out. an 1970 Jeff Ho zephyr pintail, 9'6 robert August 9'0 harbour. See you at San-O with a 57 caddy and roof rack!
Abo Beach Spear. Seven-footer. Thrusters. Still use wax. Oh yeah, I picked up some no-name board in Jacksonville one year. Still got it. Has a Body Glove emblem under the clear coat. Rides real nice but it's a bit short for me.
I ride a 6'3" Yinger and have a 7'8" Peter Benjamin gun for when it gets big. I grew up with surfing being a way of life. I was sponsored by G&S when I was 12 and still enjoy it, but dont get out as often as I should. We used to surf everyday before and after school, and the days when the surf was better than the school, I was the only youngster in the water with the likes of Skip Frye and Joe Roper. Those guys were always harassing me for ditching school and being in the water, but they always let me have waves and howled at me down the line. Ahhhh, the good ole days!
Bought my first longboard in 1963, 9'3" 'hot dog' board by a bloke named Ron in Sydney. I bought my first car, a 1941 Willys 4 door sedan in 1966, and used to tour all over the NSW coast in it with half a dozen malibus on the roof and half a dozen mates inside. No photos though, pity. Sold my last longboard last year, but the wife bought me a bodyboard for Christmas to get me back in the water. I still haven't got it wet though, the weather's being lousy and dangerous surf have combined to keep me out of the water. I will return though! Cheers, Glen.
using a body board after being a surfer is like going to a moped from a harley.but its better than nothing!
My husband surfs Pacifica area regularly so we're out there alot. He usually rents board so I am lookin' to buy a used board...craiglist etc., w/no luck so I am about to breakdown and buy new... We were lucky enough to catch Mavericks this year (skipped the SF Show for the beach & surf because it was so beautiful out!)
Have a 10' Dave johnson, 7'6"Becker,(thruster), a6' Madrid (thruster) and a little 5' no name 4 fin, (Would that be a quad truster?)bought it at a yard sale $5. Loaned the becker to my nephew in Santa Barbra, his folks tell me he studies with his friends at a coffee shop called County Line.....I told them "that's nice." The madrid is with another nephew attending San Diego State. He studies at a place called Blacks...........Dang, The stories they tell!!!!!! Me, I've turned to open water swimming to stay in shape, so when the roadster is finished I can head over to pleasure point, or 36th ave,or whatever they call it now there in capitola. Oh yea DEROSAGIRL, My daughter caught that mavericks contest. She called me and said "OH MY GOD" had never seen waves that big. OLY The cancer car lives Give to cancer research
Yep, massive heart attack a couple of years ago damn near took me out, and sort of slowed me down a bit since, but I'm bouncing back! Cheers, Glen.
Malcolm lives and shapes out of his backyard in Oxnard and Duncan has been on the North Shore since 80' I believe. He ownes Haleiwa Cafe and just opened up a shop there too called Bonzer Front. Ill try to get some pics of my boards posted in the next day or so. Their boards f***n fly. I highly recomend them.
i know the feeling, crohn's disease has kinda wrecked alot of activities for me too, some days just putting a new spool in the welder, or taking off a wheel is enough work for me for the day. it sucks, i'm so fatigued all the time.
i do regularly. Mostly Pacifica, Ocean Beach, Half Moon Bay, and Santa Cruz and anywhere on hwy 1 in between such as 4mile, waddell creek, artichokes, martin's, etc. 6'4"neptune rounded pin, excel fins, custom 6'2" Channel Islands rob machado single fin retro 5'11' G&S retro egg. tri fin setup, Super fat wide and no rocker...rips. 10'2" 1960 Oneil beachbreak model longboard, vintage. full suit year round up here. Land of the big waves and great white sharks. here's a pick of us on a good day out at Sharp Park- typical fall- winter conditions when the winds and swell are right
Since the weather is warming up over here in the UK i've just dug out my planks: 9'6" Hap Jacobs Noserider, volan cloth and double stringer 10' Bilbo Classic Mal, triple stringer 7'2" Cooper Magic Carpet
Very cool thread! I have been buying and selling boards for about a year now. Mostly junk short boards, but I get some cool vintage longboards in from time to time. Had a 9'6" Hansen and a Dextra pop out. Went to the Spring Auto Fair in Charlotte and sold quite a few boards. When I was looking for a board none could be found, so why not show up with 20 to sell? Love to ride the longboards, and I am really still a novice.
For the water: 9' shaped by an unknown local shaper in '92. 7' 8" Pearson Arrow. For sidewalk surfing: 1978 Original Alva skateboard with Cell Block risers.
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