My father called me yesterday from an auction near Philadelphia where there was a longboard about to go on the block. He gave me a quick description and I gave him the go ahead. This one is a 9’6 Rible. Never heard of this lable and didn’t find much info on google. Anybody know anything about this lable??? All I have so far is a couple of cell phone pictures. I will pick up the board this weekend.
Bob Rible, surfboard builder in New Jersey. Mid 1960’s.
As Trailkill says. I believe Rible’s first name was Billy. He shaped out of Belmar, NJ, and I also believe that he sold his boards out of the Hobie shop there.
I see an office on Rt. 34 for an attorney or an engineer named Rible may very well be a relative. Could be worth a shot to make a contact.
I got this one for less than half the cost of the blank. I could always skin it, clean it up or take it down a little and re glass. Can’t go wrong with this one. What would a triple balsa stringer blank cost?
Jim Phillips shaped for Bob Rible, at one time, out of Belmar.
If you were to go off the street and get a U.S. blanks, probably in the 200-250 range.
Cool find. Going to have to page through this one mako, but there is a lot of Rible Surfboards nuggets as well as down and dirty east coast surf history.
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Jim will probably chime in at some point.
Look closely at the stringers towards the tail when you get it. Chances are, there might be a signature(s). I wouln’t mess with it. Looks to be in great condition. Patch up the little dings, wax n ride!
This one was shaped by Jim and glassed by Eddie Lister. Same fin as your’s.
OK then…I got it for 1/3rd the cost of a triple balsa stringer blank. ;^)
Just looking at where the offset stringer exits the rail, Bob’s rails were very full, that’s my rail and is the nose a slight concave ?
This thread is so old that you may have forgotten. Hard to believe it was almost 16 years ago. Years ago you and I messaged back and forth either here or on Facebook. I sent you pictures. Your initials are on the stringer and you confirmed that this was a board you had shaped. I imagine this board had to be very early on in your shaping career.
Anyone still have a Rible they’re looking to offload?
Would like to purchase one for a friend who is interested as a gift.
I sold the one that this thread is about last year. I had fixed all of the dings properly, sanded the entire board and put a fresh gloss coat on it. Rode it a couple of times. Lot of work. Got $450 for it.
