Dick Brewer

Why isnt there history/information/discussion here for surfings arguably finest shaper, Dick Brewer? Not one classic Brewer board photo in Swaylocks? No Brewer threads in the archives. If any shaper-genius is deserving of our “idolatry”, “lampreys”, “remoras” (seriously mis-wacked useage), surely it`s RB. Show some respect.

http://www.soulsurfing.com/interviews/dickbrewer.html http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/brewer_dick.cfm http://www.surfboards.net.nz/Dick%20Brewer.htm http://www.network26.com/path/brewer.html http://www.wetsand.com/store/resource-store.asp?ResourceID=2140 http://www.network26.com/path/images/contents/montage.jpg

http://www.soulsurfing.com/interviews/dickbrewer.html http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/brewer_dick.cfm http://www.surfboards.net.nz/Dick%20Brewer.htm http://www.network26.com/path/brewer.html http://www.wetsand.com/store/resource-store.asp?ResourceID=2140 http://www.network26.com/path/images/contents/montage.jpg

This just about says it all. From a interview with Derrick. Through the a seventies we got alot more aggressive here on the North Shore and along came “The Bronzed Aussies”. They were from Australia, and of course being from Australia, you had to be competitive- in everything you do you have to compete. Of course in Hawaii it was alot more soulful, yeah, it was . . . cruising. Along came “The Bronzed Aussies” for the right reasons they brought competition, and competition brought money, and money brought hostility, and in hostility there is aggression, and so forth, and all that stuff that ties together with that wrong reason. If it wouldn’t have been for them, pro surfing might not have evolved to what it has now. I think they pay the children men’s salaries. You might say, a guy’s been surfing 35 years and the neighbor down the street who has been surfing 4 years is making 100 grand and getting everything for free. You wanna definitely set yourself up in life, but don’t forget that surfing is a soulful thing and it represents your lifestyle, in the water, on the beach, with your friends. I personally don’t like competitive surfing because it brings out the wrong feelings in people- people get aggresive, and they get upset, and then they get in fights . . . Its like “Whoah, dude! Try another sport if it brings you to that!” We’ve seen alot of changes out on the North Shore. We’ve had surfers from Brazil, surfers from Japan, surfers from all over the world come to this little coastline right here! There’s alot of dangerous situations out in the water- there’s alot of disrespect, and you must respect your elders, because they’re the ones you learn from.

This just about says it all. From a interview with Derrick. Through the a seventies we got alot more aggressive here on the North Shore and along came “The Bronzed Aussies”. They were from Australia, and of course being from Australia, you had to be competitive- in everything you do you have to compete. Of course in Hawaii it was alot more soulful, yeah, it was . . . cruising. Along came “The Bronzed Aussies” for the right reasons they brought competition, and competition brought money, and money brought hostility, and in hostility there is aggression, and so forth, and all that stuff that ties together with that wrong reason. If it wouldn’t have been for them, pro surfing might not have evolved to what it has now. I think they pay the children men’s salaries. You might say, a guy’s been surfing 35 years and the neighbor down the street who has been surfing 4 years is making 100 grand and getting everything for free. You wanna definitely set yourself up in life, but don’t forget that surfing is a soulful thing and it represents your lifestyle, in the water, on the beach, with your friends. I personally don’t like competitive surfing because it brings out the wrong feelings in people- people get aggresive, and they get upset, and then they get in fights . . . Its like “Whoah, dude! Try another sport if it brings you to that!” We’ve seen alot of changes out on the North Shore. We’ve had surfers from Brazil, surfers from Japan, surfers from all over the world come to this little coastline right here! There’s alot of dangerous situations out in the water- there’s alot of disrespect, and you must respect your elders, because they’re the ones you learn from.

I don’t think seeing crappy elastic-waisted, side-pocket “surf trunks” under his mystical moniker for sale at Macy’s did his reputation much good. His boards are beautiful though.

I don’t think seeing crappy elastic-waisted, side-pocket “surf trunks” under his mystical moniker for sale at Macy’s did his reputation much good. His boards are beautiful though.

Show some respect??? Boy…way to make an entrance Luke. I guess things have come a LONG way here if newcomers stroll in and assume that everything having to do with surfing has been chronicled in the vaults of Swaylock’s and a person’s omission or lack of coverage there of suggests we don’t look up to them. Luke, no one is ignoring Mr. Brewer. I looked up “Brewer” and saw his name at least 25 times. I also found this bit of art in the photo archive that describes the rails simply as “Brewer Rails”. What more respect and homage can a person get than this? How about you do the surf design world a favor and pull together all the info you can find on DB and submit an “article” to the resources section. You can post up to five photos with captions. That would be alot cooler than scolding all of us. Enjoy, S

Show some respect??? Boy…way to make an entrance Luke. I guess things have come a LONG way here if newcomers stroll in and assume that everything having to do with surfing has been chronicled in the vaults of Swaylock’s and a person’s omission or lack of coverage there of suggests we don’t look up to them. Luke, no one is ignoring Mr. Brewer. I looked up “Brewer” and saw his name at least 25 times. I also found this bit of art in the photo archive that describes the rails simply as “Brewer Rails”. What more respect and homage can a person get than this? How about you do the surf design world a favor and pull together all the info you can find on DB and submit an “article” to the resources section. You can post up to five photos with captions. That would be alot cooler than scolding all of us. Enjoy, S

Brewer was Godlike in the early seventies.I pinlined and glossed his boards every once in a while…made me proud.He could leave huge 40 grit gauges in the blanks and nobody would hammer him about it.He graciously gave me and Jim Phillips foam scraps for ding repair when we were aggravating groms back in the sixties.Glad to see he is O.K. R.B.

Brewer was Godlike in the early seventies.I pinlined and glossed his boards every once in a while…made me proud.He could leave huge 40 grit gauges in the blanks and nobody would hammer him about it.He graciously gave me and Jim Phillips foam scraps for ding repair when we were aggravating groms back in the sixties.Glad to see he is O.K. R.B.