Hi, this is my first post so please allow me to introduce myself before I continue to my question. My name is Masa. I am a 23 year old male recently graduated from college. I was born and raised on Oahu, but studied in California and Washington. I’m a life long surfer and worked in a surfboard repair shop part-time at one point in my college career. I figure that’s when I really picked up my fascination with older boards. Being a recently college grad, I can’t afford the big-ticket collector’s pieces, but living in Hawaii - I certainly stumble upon more than my fair share of TLC projects. Which is fine because it let’s me work at my hobby with the white gloves off and at reasonable cost (plus I get to ride what I work on with no guilt).
I only heard about Swaylock’s recently from one of the older regulars I occasionally run into in the lineup (very few of my friends my age have much interest in older boards, so mahalo to the older guys who have been invaluable in helping me trace the provenance of some of my boards). So on to my question, I recently came across a battered asymmetrical board, I’ve seen very few of these even in the islands and I know even less about them. None of my usual contacts had very much info to share so I’m hoping someone on here will be able to shed some light on this board or asymmetrical boards in general.
Details: No shaper notations, but approximately 6’8. The board is certainly aged, but the stringer seems to be youthful in terms of discoloring. There is a modern style leash plug, possibly added after the fact, but I’m not sure since there is no evidence of anything else (fiberglass leash loop, leash damage from a leash attached to the fin, etc.). The glass is solid, no delams, but not as heavy as most of my 60’s boards (I’d peg the board for 70’s, if not for the leash plug, just a guess). The fin is old school plastic, not resin. The fin box is pretty generic and in decent shape. I’m not sure if the fin/box are original but there’s no evidence of the board having the finbox replaced. There is a pinline on the bottom of the board and the artwork is well done, there are even shadowed areas near the wings of the board - I’ve seen Stretch and Surfline use similar arrow graphics perhaps there are other brands/shapers who rocked it as well?
Any info,both general or specific to this board, would be greatly appreciated. Aloha!
