I am hoping to get in touch with Bob Shepherd - I belleve he lives around Waimea on the Big island. I was given an old e-mail address that is no longer current. I was wanting to contact him about the interviews we have done with people who have made or ridden paipo boards: http://mypaipoboards.org/interviews/Paipo_Interviews.shtml
Some back ground on Bob -
“In 1957 he moved to Hawaii and began shaping boards two years later, mentored by Joe Quigg who had also moved to Hawaii earlier in the decade. Shepherd quickly established a reputation as a shaper, especially of big-wave guns, and went on to make boards for top surfers of the era like Paul Strauch and Buzzy Trent. He was also the primary early influence on Dick Brewer. Shepherd opened a board-building shop in Honolulu in the early 1960s named Swim Boat Surfboards, but it was a short-lived enterprise. He worked as Honolulu fireman from 1961 to 1989 before moving to the Big Island after his retirement.”.
I’m in Australia, so e-mail is prefererd but any assisatcne is appreciated,
regards
Bob