I normally would not respond to open forums however, there seems to be several statements made in this forum that are not accurate and I felt compelled to set the record straight. I feel I am the best one to do this since I am the founding father (1974) of CHP (California Hawaii Promotions). My original, registered logo is the one in the second photo down from the top, the one in bold, black letters, "CHP."
The board in the top photo was shaped by Kazumi Nakaura, the president of CHP Japan, founded around 1976. The Bear paw was his shaping logo. He was a very well respected shaper in Japan and one of the elder spokespersons. Kazumi and I developed a friendship ever since my second trip to Japan in 1965 and I said yes, when he ask me if he could use the name and logo of CHP for Japan. Also, that board in that photo I am fairly sure belong to Martin Potter who was sponsored by CHP after his days with Town & Country. Martin's clothing sponsor was Gotcha.
At the time of CHP's involvement with T&C, we not only designed, produced and sold the soft goods, we did all accessory items as well as the surfboards as well. The boards were extremely popular both on the West and East coasts. For the records, I did not produce CHP boards for the U.S. market because of any conflict it may create with the T&C boards. Ron was the sale's manager and did not have any ownership.
Not to bore you more, I will finish by saying I did shape for Con (with my close friend Carl Ekstrom, who was recently featured in Surfer magazine), Dewey Weber (shaped the Nat Young model, Mike Tabling model, the Performer, etc), Greg Noll (Mickey Dora's Da Cat models), Hap Jacobs (shaped next to my close friend Donald Takayama and when Robert August was the store sales person), Tom Morey (shape the John Peck model, Bob Cooper model and Tom later went on the invent the Boogie Board), etc.
I am still heavily involved in the surfing industry. I do some prototype surfboard and SUP designing and shaping. I did own CHP Surf shop in Redondo Beach for 9 years and sold the shop 2 1/2 years ago. I also had the first factory in Japan and produced the Malibu brand boards. I am the past president of the Malibu Surfing Association, one of the older established surf clubs in California.
I hope that clears up a few facts.
Aloha, Tak Kawahara