**Yet another stick, except this one is from the early to mid 90’s… not sure where this guy is, but the board is a “Z Line” which was a private label I did for the Zabelski family in Lavallette NJ that own a shop there. **
He’s a real ‘pretty boy’ isn’t he?
Not a real accurate accounting actually. However, the label came and went, and by the time I revived it, it was all but DEAD.
In the 70’s we ran some boards thru Con’s glassing factory using Nestor, their glasser down in Santa Monica. Later I kept the glassing local, taking boards out weekly to Dave Johnson @ Progressive Surfboards. When my friend Kiki O’brien came up from Panama, I had him shape a few stock Owl’s.
In another thread similar to “Last Wave” but based in Europe, it claims Steve Kroll shaped all the Owl’s, which is ridiculous. “Last Wave” claims Velzy shaped some twenty longboards… I don’t recall that at all! Andreini took over what I had started when I opted to open more Surf 'n Wear stores versus heading back to college.
Marc could build 6 boards per week start to finish in a shop that was a stone’s throw from the Carrillo Street location. He built the Owl “365” - a user friendly Egg, that I rode and gave feedback on as we collaborated on those shapes as well as some shortboards I rode that he shaped. After the expansion of shops, I didn’t have time for much shaping. The Owl “365” was the early precursor to what today is known as" The Vaquero".
Owl Surfboards have a long but somewhat muddled history but still a warm spot for many locals as it was a local brand that never grew to the likes of Weber, Hobie, G&S, Hansen, Jacobs, Con, Greg Noll, Bing, Weber, or any othe the “big” 60’s labels.
Spacehopper, if you are still around, what is the staus of Crab Island. Was the building of the quay stopped?
Not sure if this thread is still alive.
I picked up a very similar looking white owl board a few weeks ago in San Francisco (found it on Craigslist).
It’s a7’4” and the seller said it was shaped by Greg Tally and Simon Murdoch during filming of the movie spoons.
