That could explain some past water damage! HAHA Thanks for the tip!
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Howzit ekibike, Don’t use duct tape, it is not water proof. Use clear packaging tape or surf sticker to seal open areas, it’s water proof. Aloha,Kokua
Like the man says. plus the duct tape adhesive tends to turn to hard, difficult-to-remove crust far sooner than you’d expect, and it’s miserable to have to get rid of it before you get to doing the actual fixing. The other stuff comes off cleaner.
Besides- the board is over 30 years old, and it can wait a while to be surfed. Might as well do it right, y’know? Petes rates are quite reasonable, by the way…
hope that’s of use
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Just picked up a 6' 10" vintage Plastic Fantastic team board. Serial number 1000. Just curious who might have shaped it and who the team riders were. Its got a name written in pencil on the stringer but its hard to read. Looks like Bill Stermbrider or something similar to that. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Sounds like Bill Stembridge. Use the search function here and enter his name as the key word.
Thanks a lot Sammy. I believe you've got the answer to my question! And he's a great shaper from what I've heard.
You’re welcome. Kokua is the guy who knows a lot about Plastics. He may be able to tell you when Stembridge was shaping those, which will help to date the board.
Howzit Sammy, We had a few different great shapers at Plastic I didn't get to meet them all and since I didn't start til towards the end of the factory days I may have never met him or th last 40+ years doesn't help either and ever since this thread started I have been reading it. the name does sound familar but it also sounds like Bill stonebreaker from Oahu so I am kind of confused. I wish I could answer this one but I can't be sure about it. The other thing is he may have not started shaping for Plastic till after Highsmith bought the name from Gary and by then I was in Hawaii and didn't have a clue as to who was doing what in H.B. Now my mind is racing trying to remember if I even knew him. The serial # 1000 kind of throws me and this mightbe strange,I remember Gary telling me a story about a shaper he knew always put 1000 on every board he ever shaped, never told me his name but he did say the guy was noy very smart when it came to numbers and never wrote anything down so he never really knew how many boards he shaped and it didn't matter to him, Might have been him. Aloha, Kokua
P.S. Gary never told me if the guy ever worked for him.
Let’s see if this thread comes back to life. Just finished plugging up a hand me down 6’6" Daniel Calohan (20" Wide x 2.5" Thick.) The board has spent much of it’s time in Central Florida, and the owner before, Gary Hinds who has since passed on, shared this board and his tales of early days sebastian inlet sessions.
We’re returning to the inlet for a throw back session.
Any who, I’d love any info on the board, if it’s worth anything to anyone and they’d like it let me know, and just keep it peaceful.
Danny Calohan was a talanted shaper.
with many problems. I worked with him and Dave Gardner when they wanted to colaberate on building boards in the same manner as Channin/ Diffenderfer. I can’t tell you much about that Board as the logo only has Calohan. Might have come out of the Oceanside Factory before they designed the Calohan Gardner logo. May they both Rest in Peace.
I worked at Plastic Fantastic in 1973 for Bob Highsmith. He had a partner at the time who’s name was Glen (but can’t remember his last name). I ran the shop at the corner of PCH and 5th, and then he opened up another shop on the opposite corner where Sanchos tacos is now. Boards were of low quality at that time, and Bob would use whatever production shaper that could pop them out as soon as possible. Boards would be delivered to the shop glossed, but no polish. I would wetsand, buff and polish out front of the shop and put them in the racks. Sold a lot of boards.
Bob Moore shaped some for Plastic Fantastic during the 70s. Early to mid 70s I think. Never signed his name but did leave a trademark autograph sometimes. He hailed from the Velzy lineage of shapers.