this thing looks pretty bitchen, but it’s way outta my price range:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/spo/1913732419.html
anybody know anything about it’s history?
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sorry for the puny pic, I swiped it off craigslist
There was another thread about ''tri-plane hull'' where we came up with three distinct types of bottoms using the same words to describe. The double concave between the feet was one, the Greenough-credited forward roll (w/flat panel center, blended) was another, and this kind of bottom was third. The first board I ever owned was like this one, but it was by Daytona Beach Surfboards; probably shaped by George Miller. It was 6'10'' and I bought it used in June of 1968.
guess I should try to put this on the triplane thread…
Mark Sedlak (top competitor, lifeguard in the islands) and Corky Carrol designed this for Hobie… old surfer mag has ad about it.