vintage Hobie longboard

The value in vintage boards is a very broad scale. Be wary of who shaped it, a lot of well known labels had ghost shapers, Hobie, Weber, Harbour, for an example. Many shapers worked there. If Hobart, Dewey or Rich shaped it that would drive the price. It's basically supply and demand, like our car hobby. Most old boards are not worth what the owner thinks they are.

 

Dewey Weber was known for his "hatchet fin" boards. Its probably worth $1200-$1500 if it in excellent condition.

 

Smitty, not in excellant but good shape. I did good then. I traded Bill for it a couple of years back. I believe somewhere on it was "experimental" They may all say that.

 

Hobie had foam boards in the '58-59 era. They were called Easter boards because they came in like white, lt.blue and pink. We had a pink one. They have a white stamp logo instead of a decal. Very rare and it is as early a foam board as you can find..sold it for alot of $$. Your Hobie is mid 60's most likely. They have worth..probably 2-400 dollars. Board "collectors" usually only want mint/very good originals. Your is perfect for an old wagon. If you restored it it will only turn out as good as what you start with..think like a car..if its pretty beat it will look like a shiny painted beater..Collectors usually dont buy restored boards but then again they usually don want to pay anything much for a good board anyway..Hang the damn thing on the wall or throw it in a wagon and be done..Looking at the decal you mention I would bet it is probably applied to the top of the original resin and not laid under the original glass..I have seen a few boards with these types of decals, sometimes city registration decals too. Yours looks like it is off center and not applied very straight which makes me think it was put on after it left Hobie. A very cool board in any shape...

 

And how do you figure out who shaped a perticular board?

 

I know that board, Bill talked to me once about it. I almost bought it from him. A cool board indeed.

 

ride it!
wil
www.sakowskimotors.com

 

i would ride the hell out of that. tell you what, get it water tight, make sure the fin is glassed on good and sound, or the fin box is not loose. give it a new coat of mrs palmers, and wait for the next hurricane. give me a call and we will go surfing. after you have ridden an old school long board, single fin with no leash, in storm swells, then you can hang it on the wall or strap it to your rod. this way you have a small bit of history with the board. and it wont be a lie. + i get to surf hurricane swells with some one other than myself. guys come in my shop all the time wanting to buy one of my longboards just for the surfer vibe. pisses me off really. my boards are for surfing, i dont even put them on my car unless im going on a road trip. just my .02

 

holy crap, i havent kept up w/ this in awhile, but i am still waiting for an email from Hobie

thanks for the info,probably just gonna hang it on the wall as soon as the wife leaves the house long enough for me to get it in the house : )

 

Hi Falcon girl. Matt Bettis is my husband. YOu can get his info on our temp website or just go ahead and call him at 562-787-5156. He said he would be happy to assist you! Happy New YEar!

 

Or you could hang it from your bathroom ceiling

 

I don't know too much about surfboards, but was told by some surfer friends that the wooden boards are the most sought after. Hang on to the board. It would probably be a good idea to leave it as is.

 

I had a 9'3" foam malibu shaped by a bloke named Hayden Kenny, (Aussie iron-man Grant Kenny's dad) back in the mid 60's. It was in reasonable shape, I bought it for $20 in 1983 and made it watertight, then surfed it until last year when I offered it for sale at the local malibu club. I got $600 cash for it on the spot.

Cheers, Glen.

 

Way cool ,hang on wall as is.

 

Your Hobie looks to be exactly the same color as this Greg Noll I have in my rafters. I bought this at a yard sale in Santa Barbara for $35. That was in about 1982.