Pretty cool clip from the very early 70s.
I’m pretty sure the kid with the glasses ( not Woody) was my neighbor on Frangipani St, Ancon, CZ … Peter Connover.
thanks for posting that mate. classic.
Tony,
Ed wright was the shaper, Jack Popoff was pouring the foam, and the guy doing the glue-up, is a fellow named Wayne, from New Zealand. I can’t remember his last name. Nice visit to the past.
Thanks.
…hey Bill,
the laminator is not the guy who worked with G Stuber?
thanks
I used to like Popoff foam a lot.I had a shaping bay at the old race track in del Mar (I think?).I sold shaped blanks to Gary Brummett.Is he still around?Ed Wright was the top dog with his Sunset Surfboards Shop.I ran around with Sid Madden,lived in a Leukoland walk in closet and actually survived.Thanks for the memories.
Reverb,
I knew Gary, and the laminator in the video is someone I recognize, but don’t know his name. Garys skill as a glasser, was the standard that others were measured by. The board that I recently donated to the Surfing Heritage Museum, was glassed for me by Gary in 1981.
Roger,
I ran into Gary Brummett at a street fair in Oceanside, Ca. about a year ago. He was marketing his fiberglass and resin art works. So, yes, he’s still around.
Its a well kept secret that back in the day Woody Allen was actually quite the charger, especially at big Pipe with Gerry and Jock. That whole pasty, neurotic New York schtick was just an act…
Really!
that glasser is DAVE DAVORAC (spelling?), he works out at moonlight…still likes to play with resin too:-)
Glad to hear he’s still around. I sent that vid to a friend whose only comment was that the glasser was probably not amongst the living seeing how he was laminating without a respirator. I told him he likely used one, just had it off to show off his mug for the camera (as well as normally using gloves!). Notice how clean his hands were, though! If it had been me, that shit would be dripping off my arms!
More from my man in SB:
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Btw, one time I was completing a preliminary site assessment at a local boat yard and this old guy was telling me that worrying about chemicals and what-not is just a bunch of baloney. Told me that one time he went to take a gulp of water from a glass and downed a cup of catalyst by accident. He said “see………and I’m still here to tell you about it”. Classic.
Not recommended!!!
when i first read this thread title i thought …
what a great point of deprture for some thats me jokes or some fantastic jive,
but when the j.c.young tune audioed up I was teleported
I was duely affected .
dewly affected?
this is an example and a fine one of a compatible
slice of"“our days of youth”"
the days of empowerment
the guy on the light blue board
Kneel paddling into that little
‘sunset beach wave’
was a far cry from ‘Hero Worshiping’
testimonials to bigger than life media supermen
but a lithe youth partaking
in just swell recreational surf
in the neighborhood.
kneepaddling a board thet small aint easy
and the fin wernt the big as the slip in the turn
revealed.sthe tecniques in the craft work were telling
the nose cut the masking paper
the pour of foaming agent mix and the pour for lamming all tres bitchin
the music stopped the surf clips guys jumping free after over commitment
true and sure a historic piece.we could use it in a lecture series
stopping the film repeatedly for discussion.
well done gang
kudos to the aged film maker
and the archivist
and as well to the serious answers
I am now ready to tackle the twenty first century
with new vigor,as my approaching 60 year old organism
is well affected by my two and a half hour go out
on me mat against the current line-up
1/4 mile paddle out
aloha to our former selves.
…ambrose…
I can remember when glassers worked without gloves.During the longboard days with fat cut laps they would flip the lap up on the top side to wet it out.You had to grab the glass and pull it back to flip the laps and it was hard to do with gloves.I can also remember watching a classic Hawaiian glasser named Wilton Keuma hotcoating with a squeegee.I still think I was the only person to cut a hole in a respirator so you could smoke while glassing.OK…It was a joke I wanted to put in to the glassing video but the “director” deleted it.He deleted a lot of good stuff like that. RB
Wow! That Hawaiian was my father. Sounds just like him...
I had a pal from hawaii, Frank Keuma, terrific surfer, wound up in NJ, surfed for Tinker for a while and went into the Air Force, most likey to keep from being on the ground in Nam
Shoot ...the video is gone!
lived in Leucadia in the late 60's early 70's.. (before moving to OHIO!) Rode a few Sunsets at the time and Sid shaped me 2 of the best riding boards i have ever rode...will have to find some pics and post them when i get a little more time.
anyone know how to sea the video?
Wilton Keuma was a friend of mine. Wilton along with Wayne Land were part of the crew that went east to Jacksonville, Fla. to build boards.
Wilton was our glosser. Wayne and I shaped (Land and Miller Surfboards); a fellow named “the Giant” glassed and “Benji” sanded… great times.
I’m saddened to hear that Wilton has passed; he was a great guy…
Frank Keuma was my dads younger brother. He now lives in Anaheim.
My older sister, Malia, was born in Jacksonville. Thanx for sharing. He was amazingly talented and my best friend. He will have been gone 5 years this summer. :(