I came across this board in a small southern Indiana town, the lady said it was her ex’s and had been in the barn for 20+ years. It is covered in some kind of blue covering, it kinda looks like a boat type of covering, I have sanded it off the tail and found the following number 6398-W it is a Surfboards Hawaii stick 9’ 7 and from what I can tell the original finish is in pretty good shape. can any one give me any detail on this board, age? Value that kind of thing, I dont want to use it if it is of any value… e-mail me at
I’ve never been to Indiana, but bought a used board strikingly similar to your board during the fall of 1966 (double stringer with glass on black D fin) and kept it for a year. Your board appears to be in nice shape. Have someone in the know take a look to confirm its originality (logo, fin, glass job, etc.,) and if it checks out, I would have it buffed out to show condition then hang it on the wall between those ultra special surf outings.
Regarding value…it’s all across the board (so to speak) on the classics. I just saw some records broken on a few boards here at Randy’s Hawaiian auction last month. Good luck.
I am assuming you are saying I am a boomer who used to surf, the boomer part may be right but the used to surf part is wrong, still surf’s would be correct, great lakes surfing that is, some salt water surf when I can, but still surfing, I am not sure but I think the guy who owned the board is either dead or he would be in his late 60 to early 70’s, his ex wife gave it to me. she said it had been in the barn for the past 30yrs or so. any way here is a pic of the logo, and the board deck I have all the blue crap striped off now and the glass is in very good condition, there are a few little spots on it and one open area on the rail I will fix this weekend, I want to get it finished for the dary land surf classic in two weeks.
Don’t get me wrong. I did not say you were a boomer who USED to surf.
What I said was vintage surfboard “collectors” that place a value on a “collectable” and consider it of too much “value” to surf are mere observers, living in the past, trying to recapture some lost pursuit of youth.
Sand off that blue paint. Get the board water tight and RIDE it. That’s a nice board, right towards the end of what some call "the long board era. A perfect board for a small wind swell day in the Great Lakes!
That board really looks nice. The paint job, done for whatever reason, kept the foam nice and white. I’m thinking there might be a story behind the “Acme Sticker Kit” written on the logo as well. Somebody around here might know.
I have exactly the same looking board/ blank…except it has a white poly fin and a green tinted decorative panel. 10 ft, semi pinched rails, floats and surfs like a wave hog. I paid $550 for it 3 or 4 years ago. My board has one fin cut ding right in the mid rail. all else is water tight and pretty. Surf it all the time especially when it’s small… and the teens need a lesson in etiquette and surf manners.
I figure yours would be around that too, except no decorative stuff, any dings? If dings take 50-100 off the price for each major one, take 20-50 for little ones, take 10-20 off for each whitie & deep scratch. if it was really clean it would be worth $750. If it was near mint it would be worth $1200.
Auctions are a joke, too much yuppie money, and not enough common sense.
Holy crap that board looks great! I’m going to run out and paint over all my boards now! That way when I’m done with them, I can grind off the paint, and voilla! Fresh looking board. Just kidding. But that looks great. Thanks for sharing the board with us, you must be so stoked.
Heck yes the further I get along with it the more stoked I am. The best thing is the timing, on the lakes the best swells start running in the fall, I hope to have it water tight in time I cant wait to get it wet. I shaped a squid in the early summer and I have some epoxy left over, can I use it to seal the two bad spots on it? if not what about ding repair. Also I need to come up with a way to put a leash on, I do not want to drill a plug in, I have seen a glassed on leash loop anyone have any ideas on what to do with that?
