hi “Cuttie” !
tell me more , please !
…did / do you have one ?
…any photos , please ?
cheers !
ben chipper , west oz
One more from my collection. 1970’s G&S 8’2"
…nice !
and good to see the condition that G and S is in !
cheers !
ben
Chipfish,
I don’t have one. But I did while living on the Gold Coast for a while. Wish I would of kept it. Great alternative to channel bottoms at the time. I think the late Col Smith rode one? Great quiver you have!
just thought I would “resurrect” this thread [I’m bored…onshore howling again today] in the offchance that some new people here might have some quiver shots of their own to contribute ??
and Mr. Ambrose Curry …
I still EAGERLY await a shot of your quiver / collection of boards , please ???
cheers
curious ben
[i DID think of posting this on the ‘Artwork’ thread… art by the legendary ‘marsupial’…]
nice older thread…too bad some of the pics are gone.
thanks , Keith !
yes , sorry about the missing shots .....
....so , does anyone else here have shots to add , please ??
cheers !
ben
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[IMG]http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp114/pridmore73/DSCN0367.jpg[/IMG] one of my faves, my son at age 7 and a reshape we did together....
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might be too many pics but ya did say you were bored....
thanks sir !!
that's greaaaatttt !!
how big is it ?
i did a 4'11 "tadpole' for a mate's son , years ago , when he was around 5 years old
what fin[s] setup did you go with ? [mine was a back finbox , with fcs side plugs ]
So that’s Simon in the photos…he looks so serious!
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I have a few in my archives, but don't always have the supporting data.
the board on the left is an NSP popout, I think about 8' or 8-6, not too popular here, but I'm guessing the guy carrying it probably didn't care, he was catching everything inside, while the crowd clustered outside waiting for sets
when I'm at C-St. I like to take a walk and snap shots of people's boards
I met this guy at Stables - he recognized my "banana board" from pics I posted on Swaylocks, he had this beautiful Hynson quad fish (black knight?). Maybe he'll see this and fill us in a bit more, he was definitely stoked on this board.
sniper photo LOL
Every board here is made in China - this is where I bought my first board when I got back into surfing. I didn't even know anything about China boards at the time, but I asked the sales girl, how can they sell these so cheap? (I paid $300 for a new retro-fish, with fcs keel fins, leash, and board bag). She told me they're all made in China, we can make anything you want, any logo you want. I walked out of there a bit dazed and confused...I was still thinking surfboards were made by surfers, who lived at the beach, didn't answer phone calls, etc. LOL
My first board when I came back to surfing. Loved this board! But I sold it after a few rides, because I started making my own. It was really fragile, and dinged really easily. I decided to sell it while it was still in pretty good shape.
This was my second go-out after 23 years away from surfing, my friend loaned me this soft-top, we surfed Leo Carrillo, and I paddled out on this and was catching wave after wave, thinking "I've still got it!". A really stable, easy to ride board. It wasn't that easy, of course, and its taken me a couple years to get anywhere near where I used to be, and with age and etc, its an ongoing battle, but I'm as stoked as I ever was!
on the wall of surf-n-taco in the Ventura marina
IIRC this was McDing's vintage Hansen from the Thrailkill roundtable, possible shaped by the man himself?
Kensurf's veneer work, from the Thrailkill workshop
IIRC this was like a 7-6 bonzer from Grain surfboards at the Vta. Sacred Craft, just a gorgeous board. He said Malcolm looked it over carefully, and said "you got it right", which just elated him.
I'll try to post up a few more later.
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So that's Simon in the photos...he looks so serious!
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haha yeah Jick !
he has a SERIOUS collection of boards [from nearly 50 years of surfing] , and he is seriously stoked on them [and surfing] . He spends three months of every year surfing indo ...serious fun !! ha !
the other reason , is ...
setting the camera on a tripod , picking up a board , composing the photo, and getting the 'right' moment / facial expression for the self-timer to go off , is serious challenge stuff. [ I know , I've done it myself a lot over 30 plus years , too ! ] the damned timer often goes off when my head is screwed up [more than usual] in concentration...thank goodness for digital , and the delete button , and the instant results option ...in the days of film , we all wasted LOTS of money , time , and film , with such frivolous behaviour ...we wasted SERIOUS amounts of time , money , and effort , in fact !! [even good photographers , like my brother]
he would look different to the "long haired , bearded hippy" from your Whale Beach days , I'm sure , but today , out of all his friends , he still looks the most haired , and the most fit [because he still surfs every day , and also didn't skateboard as much as this fanatic did , hence my stiffness nowadays !....too many serious slams through the '70s , '80s, and '90s , so I gave it away [skating , not my skatey!!] in this new millenium , finally !] ]
huck , good on you for contributing !!! keep posting them up , mate ! [ no info is REALLY needed , it's a photo thread , when all is said and done!]
cheers !
ben chipper
great to have you on sways Jick , keep posting , don't worry about the [luckily , very rare minority of ] negative people's 'comments' , just keep ....
Yater mother-of-pearl
another Yater mother-of-pearl with Griffin-esque artwork
A "short" longboard, IIRC it was an 8 footer I snapped at the 'bu
I think this guy's name was Scot or Scotty, I heard he passed away not too long after this picture was taken, this was a custom he had made.
I think this pic is pretty funny, it’s my wife’s aunt posing with a board I had just glassed (still needed sanding).
