Saw a very interesting board today, A 9’-0" wing pin single fin, very thick with the wide point a good 6" forward fairly soft rails turned down the last 24 or so inches. wing cuts about 1 1/4+" slight V in the tail, What suprised me was it also had a deep oval concave nose. the person got this at a garage sale in Carpenteria Ca.20 years ago. It has old style Gordie logos. The board surfs incredabley well in a wide veriety of surf, from what I am told. The questions I have for you old timers, is who might have shaped it & at what time period. This to me is one of those design concepts that got lost in the trasitions somplace. Any help??
Saw a very interesting board today, A 9’-0" wing pin single fin, very > thick with the wide point a good 6" forward fairly soft rails turned > down the last 24 or so inches. wing cuts about 1 1/4+" slight V in > the tail, What suprised me was it also had a deep oval concave nose. the > person got this at a garage sale in Carpenteria Ca.20 years ago. It has > old style Gordie logos. The board surfs incredabley well in a wide veriety > of surf, from what I am told. The questions I have for you old timers, is > who might have shaped it & at what time period. This to me is one of > those design concepts that got lost in the trasitions somplace. Any help??.. …Gordie was a surfboard/boatbuilder from the H.B. area that also created the,“PowerPad”. The main commercial sanding pad of the surf industry.He had a shop on PCH IN H.B. near GoldenWest Street.His bulk of surfboards built, was in the 60s ,but I believe yours was built in the later 70s,he later switched over to building boats.I use to go over to his shop and ask for scrap glass, fin rope,etc.He was always very cool to me and usually helped me in anyway he could…hole-in-the-wall-gang forever!Herb
…Gordie was a surfboard/boatbuilder from the H.B. area that also > created the,“PowerPad”. The main commercial sanding pad of the > surf industry.He had a shop on PCH IN H.B. near GoldenWest Street.His bulk > of surfboards built, was in the 60s ,but I believe yours was built in the > later 70s,he later switched over to building boats.I use to go over to his > shop and ask for scrap glass, fin rope,etc.He was always very cool to me > and usually helped me in anyway he could…hole-in-the-wall-gang > forever!Herb Thos HB guys had some very inovative Ideas. The board actally belongs to a frind of mine, but you can bet I will be crafting a copy next chance I get.
Gordon Duane was developing look through boards as starting as 1950 and designed the very identifiable Gordie Browse boards item in the overdue Sixties.
Gordon was a individual of the well known Eastern Florida “Hole in the Wall” group.The Gordie item may not be as identifiable as some of the more effective board companies of the day.
However, Gordie Browse boards designed some of the most uncommon, even uncommon look through boards of the Sixties.
Some of the more identifiable Gordie Designs are:
1965- Indicate V
1966- Nose Rider
1967- Lizard
1968- Assassin
1968- Center Weight