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I’m pretty sure the Jim Greene we knew is the same guy that makes Kimo Greene boards today. My elementary school classmate and friend Joey Gaynor told me Jim was his sister’s boyfriend back in the day. This would have been the late 60’s early 70’s. I’m not sure if it was Vicky or Debbie Gaynor, they were both very pretty girls.
Joey lives in the last beach house left at Shark Country. The house was on Francis Ching’s lot, and it was rented out by the Okamura family. Joey married the daughter. Jon Okamura is a talented surfer and has won longboard contests. Joey is a pretty good surfer as well. When we were kids Jock Sutherland had a big influence on Joey, and he became a good switch foot. We are both naturally regular foot, but ride switch foot because of that influence.
Joey’s sister Vicky was the VP of public Relations for the Haseko company. They are the developers building the Ocean Point Marina. I’m sure that Vicky’s position at Haseko helped Joey stay on the beach. It’ll be sad when he has to leave, that’s the last of the original beach houses at Oneula.
Aloha Sammy
Great photo and nice collection of boards your friend has. The one on the right is truly one of my boards. The one on the far left is a Tom Parrish. (not Angulo) Not sure about the one in the middle. That reversed bolt is an odd one. Either done on purpose or glassed by someone maybe less experienced that was just winging it and didn’t have a “look” in mind.
There has been a lot of interesting info shared here regarding the early days of Bolt. Brings back a lot of nice memories.
Aloha Dave
By the time windsurfing became popular in the mid 1980s, Lightning Bolt was long gone as a significant entity. The very early, non molded, sailboards were shaped like the original twin fins of 1970, but much longer. As wave riding became more popular, as opposed to just jumping them, the boards began to look more like surfboard fun shapes. Eventually, they started to look very much like surfboards. In those early days Wendell Payne (Dusty’s Dad) was my sander and also a top level surfer and sailboard waverider. He would hassle me that my sailboard noses were too narrow (mine looked very much like surfboards early on). At that time many people were still walking around the nose to gybe so the noses were wider to accommodate this. I was looking more forward, knowing that riding waves required surfboard shapes. I trusted the ability of us riders to find a way to ride them and soon enough everyone did. Kiteboarding has taken the same course. It isn’t really that hard to predict. I may have some old photos, I will look for them.
Bill,
I loved those old Lightening Bolt Boards and that T-shirt "Pure Hawaiian Juice". Recently, I've been running into Rory Russell. He has been shaping a bunch of Lighting Bolt boards over at my brothers shaping room.
Hi Greg,
Through the run of Bolt, some pretty impressive Shaping talent constantly filled the racks at the Shop. Those included those mentioned by you above.
Ironically, Angulo, Parrish, and other's ended up on Maui.
Personally, I thought Parrish was the one of the top tier guy's. Still on Maui, and still making some of the sweetest board's around. Tom became a Lawyer, and has continued doing shaping through the year's. He continues, not for the money, but because he enjoys it so much. This shows in his work to this day. Check out his website for some very nice looking work, as well as some vintage stuff from Bolt.
Wait a damn minute…
Tom Parrish is a lawyer, now?
Sammy,
Yep, a Lawyer. And a damn fine one, I might add. Office in Wailuku on Maui. Shapes you a board because he wants to, and not to make rent. Turns out fantastic boards, and wants to make you a board that you will love to ride.
I think that Tom was in such demand in the day, this was long before shaping machines and the such, that he burned out a bit. I believe that some of the things that went on in the "Industry" soured him a bit, and he just got away for awhile and got his Law degree. Came to Maui, practiced Law and shaped boards for the people who took the time to find him and appreciated his endeavors. A bit under the radar to this day, but sends boards to both East and West Coasts and Japan.
Well said Tom.
There has never been a more attractive graphic for surfboards
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I am very happy for Rory. We surfed a lot of amazing days at Pipeline together. Give him a big Aloha for me.
Howzit sharkcountry, That's him, I think I met him after that lady you're speaking of because he married the girl he was with when I met hin in 73' and they had a son and they divorced and he moved to Oahu. He keeps in touch with one of my friends/ shaper I glassed a lt of boards for and known forever. Funny thing is jim didn't make boards that I remember when he was on Kauai. His ex wifes name was Melody. Aloha,Kokua
Hi Kokua, I think Jim made boards with the surfline and bolt labels when we I was still in school, probably about 1970-71 on.
I remember reading a Surfer Magazine from about 1969 with an article about the new short boards for summer and it had something about Gerry’s design. The outline looked just like the board this thread is about.
Getting a Lopez board was a big deal, but a lot of the better surfers in Ewa Beach wanted a BK or a Brewer. There were quite a few guys riding Barnfield’s boards too. My friends, Jon Mitsiasu and Jon Abilla rode Barnfield boards. Butch Perreira might have been riding them too. Surfline and Bolt were the big time brands for most of us, but I never owned either brand.
I remember Stonebraker’s shop on Mililani Street. They tore it down and built a big building for a Japanese Corporation, then turned the street into a walking mall. During the construction, they would do archeological excavations and found a lot of old bottles where the shop used to be. I think Bill moved over to Queen Street to Harold Iggy’s old shop. Iggy sold his shop on Queen Street shortly after a botched robbery ended up with 2 of 3 would be robbers being shot. The third was another guy from Ewa Beach, a notoriously wild guy.
My brother really liked Iggy’s boards, and we used to go over there a lot. He was really nice to us and always had time to talk to us. Bernie had 2 nice custom boards from Iggy that I eventually bought while he was living in Seattle.
Hey Everyone - i e mailed Gerry Lopez through his website and this is the response i got.
“it looks like one of the boards made by Hobie, shaped most probably by
Mickey Munoz around 1972.”
Howzit sharkcountry, At that time I was living on the North Shore on Ke Ikii Rd riding my 6'6" Danny Callahan shaped Plastic Fantastic I brought with me from the mainland and also had a 6'2" Brewer that Sammy Hawk shaped for me, both magic boards. Also had a 7'8' semi that a friend shaped at Steve Biglers house in Wailua and I glassed on the front porch, the shaping room was inside the house. Was working at the Beach Walk Broiler in Waikiki where you could get the best Teri steak dinner and salad bar with avo and garlic bread for $2,95. After that I went to work at the old Black Angus restaurant on Kuhio Ave and made buko bucks and the cost of living was so cheap then. Was in the water with Gerry the day he did the Timex commercial and the surf went from 4ft to 8ft in about 2 hrs and only 5 of us in the water. Watching them make the commercial was so funny. The first time the watch came off while Gerry was riding the wave to shore so they taped the next one on so good that when he got to shore he couldn't get it off the board which had us rolling off our boards. They finally got it right and the rest is history but it was a great session that day and with Gerry having to ride to he beach and wait for the camera crew to attach another watch we got so many good waves with Gerry just watching. Gosh where have those kind of fun days gone. Look at Pipe these days and it seems like a zoo full of hungry hyenas.Aloha,Kokua
Stoked! I would love to see those pictures Bill, here in europe I only ever saw the Angulo and Naish customs so I am very keen to see what you made!
I’ll open another thread over the weekend (with pictures of what I got) not to draw too much off course in this one…
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Jim Devlin added to PPK's thread about that Bolt, and showed a few of his own. Far right looks like a Barnfield lam, and the one on the left might have an Angulo lam down near the tail.
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the green board is a "Chris Gardner" bought in 73 in the bolt shop,
interesting on the reverse bolt, never thought about,
it is different too, not a decal but white color resin put on after glassing, (notice goof done by friend after he ding it when i loaned it to him when was TDY in Thailand and sanded slipped)
I e mailed Mickey Munoz per Gerry Lopez’s comments… Mickey said he
can’t be sure that he himself shaped the board i posted, but that Gerry
did license his name to Hobie and the fact that the “Gerry Lopez” name
is a decal; he said it sure does look like the boards they were putting
out over at Hobie…
I’m thinking that this board is a Hobie
licensed Gerry Lopez Lightning Bolt (but not shaped by Mickey Munoz, although im going to look closer for any kind of signature)…
a photo I took on Helena St at a Gerry book signing. Two new ones that Gerry signed, hanging at the Beach House
Aloha James
Do you know any history on that board of mine in your collection?
Aloha Harry
Yes, Butch Perreira rode for me back in those days. He still lives on the North Shore at Kuilima Condos with his wife. He is Assistant Pastor of the North Shore Christian Fellowship. This photo is us at my house at Log Cabins with our kids back in about 82. Looks like we are killing time, playing with an early video game! Typical goof offs, training up our children well! Ha!
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Just a correction. It was Rich Parr who shot those guys trying to attack him one evening in his shop. Iggy took over that location after that. Before that he was in Pearl City on Kam Hwy. I think Stonebreaker’s Shop was already on the North Shore behind Chun’s Store in the early 70s. Maybe the shop you are thinking of in Town was Dave Ronk’s.
I am loving you and Bernie’s history lessons here and the Ewa thread. Awesome stuff.