Schroff Tear-drop predates McCoy Lazor Zap?

Hey all - I just saw this charity surfboard auction from againstthegrain for a board shaped by Peter Schroff.

http://cgi.ebay.com/one-of-a-kind-custom-twin-fin-surfboard_W0QQitemZ7540704113QQcategoryZ105026QQcmdZViewItem

In the description on Schroff it says his tear-drop predated the McCoy no-nose “by several influential years”. I thought Schroff copied the McCoy design. Anyone care to shed some light/voice their opinion on this?

I used to have a schroff blaster. They came out in 1981 and 1982. The lazor zap was a late seventies design. The first zaps did not have super wide tails. More like the size tail as Curren’s fire ball fish. Simon Anderson gives Mccoy credit for the design and says he based his planshape on the first thruster from it. I have seen other surfers who like really narrow noses even in the mid seventies, but the teardrop on shorties was pretty much a Mccoy thing. Prior to that, Velzy had these boards called pigs. They looked like 9’6’’ nuggets.

Thanks for the info solo - seems that since this is a nationally exposed charity/fundraiser, they ought to get their facts straight…

I spoke with Geoff last night and he tells me he started doing ZAp type boards in 1974. Peter would have been a young little shaper.