This belongs to a friend, we’re very curious as to who may have shaped it, when & where, and any other info.
Here are some specs:
22" w x 24.25 tail x 17" nose, 3.125" thick, serial # 07390
Sorry for the poor cell phone photos, it’s all I had at the time.
Thanks!
John, it looks a lot like a “gypsy rider” from 1970. Here is an ad showing one (board in the middle), January 70 issue, Surfer Mag.
I may be wrong, of course. The shape just reminded me of this one.
Early to mid '70’s, G&S had several ghost shapers, some of whom became famous for their own labels or already were. Look for sigs along/on stringer.
G&S has, to this day, each hand shaped board numbered.
They can give you all the info about the board if you pull the number from the stringer and call them up.
G&S has, to this day, each hand shaped board numbered.
They can give you all the info about the board if you pull the number from the stringer and call them up.
i tried that when i got my old G&S fish last year - they said that the records don’t go back that far
I’m sorry but we have no records from that far back. I do know that the first fish we built were from 1973 to 1975.I am reasonable sure that your fish would have been built at that time. Larry [indent] ----- Original Message ----- From: woodsy To: larry@gordonandsmith.com Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 9:27 AM Subject: G&S fish
hello i was hoping you might be able to help me out and give me some info on a surfboard i have just bought second hand its a 5’ 6" twin fin swallow tail (fish) and has a serial number of 9082 please if you still keep records of the serial munbers could you tell me anything you can find out about it eg when it was made , who shaped it, where it was sold - i would be so greatful - the board has gone into my ding repairsers for a bit of restoration as the guy i bought it from had just kept it in his garage for years and i am dying to get it out in some waves - i live in UK i have attached a few photos too many thanks in anticipation [/indent]
Yep, I got a 9’6" G&S Skip Frye, and they got no record of it. Shame, because it could be from the 70’s or the 80’s.
Anyhow that board looks like the Gypsy, I had the same board back in 1975 or 1976. Mine was a green tint job all the way around it…Big ol see thru green fin too!
This belongs to a friend, we’re very curious as to who may have shaped it, when & where, and any other info.
Here are some specs:
22" w x 24.25 tail x 17" nose, 3.125" thick, serial # 07390
Sorry for the poor cell phone photos, it’s all I had at the time.
Thanks!
Hard to tell from the photo - is that the G&S “bow tie” logo in black and white inside a rectangle? And does it say “La Jolla/Dana Pt.”? If so, the production date may have been 1962/63, according to “Stoked-N-Board”. Another note found there:
“G&S periodically re-started their numbering sequence and scrapped the records” is apparently attributed to Larry Gordon himself.
-Samiam
looks to me like the gypsy model.just a gues, but o7390 might mean 1973, board number 90(of that year).
Strangely enough, the photo that I posted didn’t upload for some reason, although it appears when I hit the “preview post” button? Trying again:
get a closeup of the fin
Does it have a finbox?
How long is it?
shaped in 73-74, 89.9% sure that it was shaped in San Diego. And it wasn’t shaped in 62 or 63.
The reason why I know it was 73 or 74, was because I couldn’t afford new boards when I was a kid. I had that board in 1975-76, more than likely it was a year or two old.
shaped in 73-74, 89.9% sure that it was shaped in San Diego. And it wasn’t shaped in 62 or 63.
The reason why I know it was 73 or 74, was because I couldn’t afford new boards when I was a kid. I had that board in 1975-76, more than likely it was a year or two old.
Yeah. I was myopically focused on the logo as the only visible id. Taking another look at the pics for the shape, it’s clear that the board could not possibly be that old. Early to mid-seventies seems about right on that basis, right about the time that single fin templates were narrowing again, and shapers were experimenting with combinations of bottom contours.
-Samiam