2010 Michel Junod 9’7 1/2…great board great shaper
modern pig. check out his other shapes at… http://www.thaliasurf.com/mijusu.html
-and a 1960s Dextra pop out
This one’s a bit bigger than average. It’s a custom from Scott Raymond Henry (SRH)
11-2 length, 16"nose, 24width @ C-8", 17tail
Handmade wood fin, Volan lamination w/ deck patch and tail patch, hullish entry + rolled bottom + some edge in the tail, so the board actually turns on a slower wave.
I watched my kid outpaddle an SUP on this board at Swami’s the other day. Inasmuch as said SUPer was dropping in on guys and generally being a nuisance I must confess to getting a bit of a chuckle out of watching him loose a paddlebattle to a “crawler”.
not quite sure if this really qualifies as a pig as it doesnt have the pronounced hips.. its an early foam and fibreglass board made in the UK, been in my next door neighbors shed for along time, he was a founding member of the SLSC here and reckons it was one of the first foam board they got hold of. about 5in think and too heavy to carry under arm. 
I’m working on a second one and will post some pic’s soon. This great Gannis photo is what sparked it for me. The one on the far left.
Asking for help from all in the pig know.
Found one sweet late 50s early 60s pig and would like to know (if possible) who made it?
Who can restore it, if that is a wise option?
This is a barn find, 1 and 1/2 qts. for resin some cloth, rope, q-cell filler, bunch of sand paper. Hour or 2 for a week of hand and power sanding. Completely sealed with a sanding coat, only used a quart, and there was extra. Here is s new used 9'3" x 21 1/2" Hansen , kinda of seems like a "pig" it's ugly and for surfing slop. Weighting at 29 pounds. Oink!
Cheers on all these post!
I thought I’d post up on this thread again, see if there is anything out there anyone would like to post up here or on my blog.
Your blog keeps me stoked. I love the photos, boards, craftsmanship, history and experiences you write about. I need a large pig board, one that will get in WAY early on those summer waves that flirt, feather and sometimes crumble far, far outside, over the third bar off the N FL East Coast. Watching them, you just know that with the right board you could be in 40 yards before entering the traffic zone at the second bar, and have one helluva ride. I think a USB 10-8Y might be a good starting point for a 10-6 ish board…once I finish up the teardrop camping trailer that is to be my surf-camping home away from home.
HA WAIIAN PIGGY
sorry, tried to attache a cool picture of my friends pig but i do’t know how to resize the image… aloha
HA WAIIAN PIGGY WOULD GO
Who started the PIG design? I read that Velzy made them but was he the first ?
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Dale Velzy. The story is that a glasser put a fin on the ''wrong'' end of a board. Before ''correcting'' the mistake, Velzy decided to see how it would ride. The rest, as they say, is history. How the design came to be named ''The Pig'' is another story, I'm sure, but I havn't heard it. (yet) Viejo, where are you, now that we need you?
The story I heard Mr. Thrailkill is that Velzy remarked while looking down from the pier at the "pig" outline and said it looks like the back of a pig. Narrower in the front and wider ass. The ol' ranch hand had spent some time around the porcine world.
Thanks to Bill and tblank for the information.
The Modern short board is a very refined Pig. Its amazing to me that nearly every board builder takes a nose rider template to produce Mid length boards. In my view you would get much more out of a 7'6" to 8' Board if you started with a pig style board.
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The Modern short board is a very refined Pig......... In my view you would get much more out of a 7'6" to 8' Board if you started with a pig style board.
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BINGO! You are to be congratulated on you skill of observation. It's a fact that few recognize.
Bill The first McCoys I saw started the wheels turning. This would have been around 78/9 just before the Gary McNabb started working with Simon Anderson on the thruster. Just before The thruster. Necter made me a basic egg shape with a ever so slightley pulled in nose. egg style rocker and rails It was great in The reefs down in San Diego. That board was very fast and alive under foot I never got use to The really pulled in nose Boards I found that a board with something up frount was an asset. Sure I might not be able to go as vertical but laying it on rail and allowing the curves pull you around with wieght forward got you so much out of a bottom turn on that first drop. I love that sensation of laying out on the rail dragging your hand in the wave and climing up the face If you want to stay in the pocket well Thats what stalls are for and why they invented cut backs. In the end it's all good. It is more a matter of what you are use to surfing. That why so many of the younger surfers don't understand how a Fish should be surfed.