Heres an early 60s pic posted on facebook by an ex teacher of mine( from N.Z) which i thought id share on here cause im not on facebook:)
Interesting to see the super funky double curved stringer , not sure if its an inlay or all the way through… someone from hawaii may know the guys and get some interest out of this.
Love to try replicate the curved stringer…
Have a look here: http://www.swaylocks.com/groups/figure-eight-false-stringers
Gordie did it first from what I’ve been told.
This photo is from Surf A Rama 1957.
Gordie has been credited to being the first to add a wooden stringer to PU foam.
He told me many where all the way through.
Some were 1/4" inlays.
He told me a few secrets before he died.
Has helped me a lot in my blank gluing.
Jim Phillips knows how to do this well!
Thanks guys, I remember that board you did Balsa, inspiring for some reason all the photos fail to show on my screen but thanks…
Barry, cool thought someone would be able to shed some light on this, great that you know the date of the photo or event!
When i get around to it i want to do a foam/carbon version of this on a shortboard , i know its not traditional but its cool to get inspired by these old images and translate the ideas to new materials etc…
'57 seems a bit early, to me. That was the year foam was just starting to gain acceptance. Those boards look a bit too refined for 1957. Early foam boards were much more crude.
I agree. Stringers and color work look to be more consistant with the 1961 to 1963 time period. Surfing did not really go ‘‘mainstream’’ until the release of the film Gidget, in the spring of 1959. Saw my first foam board, at Windansea, in 1958. Just one that year. In 1959 there were only two or three foam boards in the hands of guys in La Jolla. By 1960, foam boards were everywhere. Everyone was on them. Even me. I didn’t make a foam board for myself, until I started shaping for Velzy, that year.
Best ever was Jim Phillips Sunrise stringer. Hanging on Rusty’s wall?
Anyone got a pic?
All the best
Best ever was Jim Phillips Sunrise stringer. Hanging on Rusty’s wall?
Anyone got a pic?
All the best
Best ever was Jim Phillips Sunrise stringer. Hanging on Rusty’s wall?
Anyone got a pic?
All the best
Not I
Still don’t
See above…
There is a video from the surf auction that goes into detail on that board and shows the bidding with Rusty winning the auction. I’ll see if I can find it and post a link.
If you go to the Jim Phillips website and look under media, you’ll find the video that highlights that board.
You are so knowledgable Bill.
You too Sammy.
Gordie gave me that photograph,
It does say 1959 not 1957.
Surf A Rama.
Should have been wearing my glasses.
He told me some good stories about the very well known shapers who ripped off his stringer designs.
Good stuff!
not an inlay, center stick glued first, plot out first side of fig. 8, cut and glue, plot out second side and hit it dead on center or toss it in the trash
