The featured beach scene shows So Cal surfer, Joyce Hoffman. One of the first surf stars of the popularity during the early 60s. Photo on the beach in Dana Point/San Clemente property. Hello, Yes, a Hobie Surfboard based on a Phil Edwards Design. I had number 4 of the line of Hobie Phil Edwards surfboards. It was a little heavy, but it was the best riding board in all of my longboards at the time. The center stringer was a solid redwood strip. The two outer bands had thin strips of redwood parallel to each other. The board was fast, turned well and if one was close to the nose, but in the trim position, the board picked up speed across the wave. So, instead of toes on the nose, the trim spot about 12 inches back was the spot to be on a overhead wall, prior to doing a drop knee cutback. It fit perfectly in the rear window of my Flathead sedan delivery. Sadly, the classic surfboard met its end at the Huntington Beach Pier on a large wave day. Some idiot took off on the shoulder as I was coming across heading for the pier. Despite me yelling at him, he took off anyway. He dipped his surfboard nose in the water and let go of his board as he fell. I was screaming across the wave and was at a point of no return. The idiot’s board came right across the nose of my board and chunked it off. After finding the nose on the beach later, I had it fixed. But, sadly, it never rode well again and went to the trade-in market at our local surfboard shop, who knew the value of such a well designed surfboard. Phil Edwards style, from the bottom turn to the drop knee off the top move, the classic style was the goal of most teenage surfers. Smooth style was the intended action. Jnaki The two icons of the surfing world from So Cal, Joyce Hoffman and Phil Edwards set the goals for most surfers, today. YRMV
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