nice example of a step deck! How does she go?!
Damn, this thread is getting better by the minute! Lol. Oldphart_shaper - enlighten us about these ‘spoons!’ I’ve heard all about a spoon, but never knew wth one was !?!?
Harbour Cheater were popular down south weren’t they?
and of course Da Cat after Sally told Renny he was nutz to get involved in a board deal with Dora.
I think maybe that was Gordie? I can look it up. Maybe find an ad.
The last longboard I owned before things changed was a Cheater with green tint. Wish I’d kept that one.
The Yater Spoon was Renny’s version of a stepdeck. It was quite possibly the first stepdeck sold as a specific model. I have a “Baby Spoon”, 8 footer.
This is a Spoon (not mine)
Greek had models named The Eliminator, Liquidator, and Outlaw in the 60s
The Assassin was a V bottom pintail by Gordie.
While looking for an ad with the Assassin I found this Gordie ad for their noserider. Note the scooped deck in the tail. A different approach, for sure.
“Greek had models named The Eliminator, Liquidator, and Outlaw in the 60s”
Let’s not forget the Maui Model:
Back to the step-deck/s-deck topic. Below is an ad for the Con Butterfly models back then and I think it clearly shows the difference between S-deck and step-deck:
Being born & raised on a ranch above Santa Barbara, the Yater history is abundantly clear to me. When the Yater Spoons started showing up in the SB lineups to scoop their share of waves, those displays had locals heading to the lower State Street shop to see what all the hullabaloo was about. Sue Fredricks, wife of Rincon stand out surfer Stu, one of the nicest guys you could ever meet, ran the shop and did a fine job at it. Once there, you could get pretty wide eyed checking out the new “Spoon Model”, which you could order with “Light”, “Medium” or “Heavy” Step Decks. The Yater Wedge stringers have been a trademark since I can remember, but some of the “more progressive” guys were ordering single 1/8" stringers to get a lighter board. They may have been specifying lighter glass too, but I was too young to know if that was the case or not.
The first time I got to borrow one and paddled it out at Campus Point, I distinctly remember the sensation of feeling something very new and different. That feeling was the LIFT generated in the nose section of the board. The board’s front end felt lighter as you moved forward. You couldn’t do “mindless noseriding” have you… you still had to set your line up correctly for what I’ve always referred to as “responsible noseriding”, but once there, the board would do exactly what you commanded it to do, with speed, and you paddled back out knowing full well that you needed another ‘spoonful’.
P.S. These were superb boards at that time, and it is a little known fact that while Renny was actively fishing during this period, that SB legend, John “Ike” Eichert shaped many of those magic boards.
BTW, step-decks on gliders over 10’ is almost a must. As has been said before, less weight to swing around.
Geez,
Fallin’ asleep me realized it was Gordie that had the Assassin… Huntington had too many G’s
My list was more about longboards and the various models of the mid 60s. The Maui was more of a transition shape since it was introduced in 1967.
No worries! We’re gonna have to talk you into shapin it !
Did you hear some guys are re-introducing a “modified” step deck on psb’s!? Yup. The idea is to lengthen paddle area, and possibly make board catch waves easier…
What is a “psb”?
PAINFUL SUN BURN. Most likely ‘‘performance short board.’’
Bill
Are you sayin’ that we have to breakdown shortboards to cruziers and HP?
+3 means you are right!