Dewey Weber custom from Jasper's ?

Here is an 8’-6" Weber custom order. I purchased from a gentlemen who’s family had a house in Wellfleet Ma,They purchased it used sometime around 1970. I am guessing it’s maybe from 68 or 69 and came from Jasper’s. In the pics you will notice the top has a yellow tint as well as a knee patch. The fin is an 11" waveset. Doc if you are out there I know it was a long time ago, but if this was when you were at Jasper’s you may remember this board, or not.

Thanks Dave






The top has a tan, not a tint. The cutout lam and wedge stringer are a nice touch.

I’d guess the year is 1968. By '69 boards were a good foot shorter.

Thanks Sammy, I am hoping Doc sees this post and maybe has some insight on the board. The fin seems very unusual for a board that is 8’-6". I am curious,I have seen you mention in past post that you have an 8’ noserider. I am assuming you are fit and trim?

thanks Dave

That fin is a typical WAVESET for the period. The Weber hatchet fin that was standard issue on the Performer was also 11". I agree that 11" is a bit like overkill on an 8’6, but WAVESETs came in stock sizes and there were few options outside of cutting one down. Some of the other fins were smaller, but not until Frye came along with his “E Free” series did they get really small.

I guess you could say I’m in fairly decent shape for my age (63). I’m 5’10" and weigh about 145-150.

Here’s a WAVESET ad from the Summer of 1968. Looks like your board has the Bing fin.

I am wondering why the " Weber" name is not in the boarders of the Logo?  

I’ve seen that done on a number of boards. They cut out the interior of the lam, leaving just the frame, so to speak. I used to have a Natural Progression with just the outline of the lam. Robbie Dick shaped it for a friend of his, and I bought the board from the original owner in 1975.

You can see the lam on the NP in the upper left corner of this pic.

Sammy thanks again for all the info. I really like the fin ad, pretty much says it all. The pics don’t show it well but the whole top of the board is definetly yellow and not sun damaged if that is what you meant by tan. And I would say you are in great shape for being 63 years young. You have ten years on me and I have 2" and 40lbs on you, I better get to work. 

Thanks once again for the history lesson. Dave

My guess is '68. That W.A.V.E. Set box was in use in '68 and '69 but was pretty much obsolete by the Fall of '69. 

It’s a Performer and looks real similar to the boards the Weber team was riding at the '67 East Coast Surfing Championships in Virginia Beach as you can see in my film: The Summer of ‘67. Joey Hamasaki was riding an 8’4 or so. Dewey’s board was pretty short (and real wide). But probably not under 9’

I was calling on Jasper’s for G&Sin  '69-'72. In '69 most, if not all of the Webers, in the shop were Skis. And as Sammy says they were a foot shorter. 

In any era there have been people who would custom order an older model from a manufacturer. So the shape and size aren’t always the way to determine the date of the board. Sometimes you have to look at other things. The fin box is an indication that it’s most likely not earlier than '68. I don’t think the W.A.V.E. Set box was in use in '67. Unless it was very late. 

Usually a tint would be in the glass and would show in the bottom lap. But I suppose it could be just in the top gloss too. 

That laminate is really cool. The famous orange gun that Bing made had a cut out logo. Builders that had a distinctive outline could get away with that. Jacobs too for example.

Love the black glue on the balsa stringer too.

BalsaBill, Thanks so much for your input, it amazes me every time I come on this website the history and knowledge that is available. All you have to do is ask. All of you guys that were so involved in the surf industry during the 60’s it just blows my mind. This board is 22 3/4" w, 19" nose and 16" tail, interesting you labeled it as a performer. The yellow tint goes to the mid point of the rail.

thank you Dave

Yellow tints fade over time.  Interestingly I just did a yellow tint over 10oz volan, and the drips are heating up on my forearms as I write this.  Always seem to get at least a drip on me from the squegee or off the drape; it bugs the crap out of me.  I had not used the heavy stuff for ever, and was a bit concerned because it is old stock from JPS for Rockwell dated 1976 on the box, but it wet out like a dream, and didn’t fall off on the overlap.  Government surplus is the tip of the day, 60’’ wide too.

I was thinking that too. If the yellow tint is in the gloss and the board was outside bottom up the sun might have faded the tint,

 

If you look at the deckside pic, near the tail, it appears to be pretty white near the rails. That’s why I think it’s UV related and not a tint. Not that it matters, much. Nice board.

I’ve got a Brewer gun from the 90’s that was a green tint.  Now looks like a nice Volan.   Hawaiian UV.  Ghetto;  wear sleeves and work on your squeege technique.  He -Haw!  Ain’t that heavy stuff fun??!!  What’d you use to cut your lap a machete??

Just got back and butchered the cut. MicDing when I do the deck the machete tip might be usefull since the stuff might as well be kevlar.  Can’t seem to master the squegee thing either, but the air I heard makes them lighter.  Maybe I can put on a thick hot coat and watch it avalanche.

That’s why they came up with the “cheater  coat”.