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Billy Caster.
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What's the surf conditions out in San Antonio? I heard it's normally flat to very dry.
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Identical to the Wedge.
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Robert August
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A friend of mine is a shaper and glasser for Hobie.
But he also makes custom boards on the side in his garage.
Great boards.
Atticus Finch
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Lost
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Stavros on San Pedro
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I still have, and use, some Al Merrick boards (Channel Islands Surfboards) made with Clark Foam blanks before Gordo shut down operation
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Remember Schroff and Wave Tools?
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Vartanian surfboards in the SFV. Good shaper.
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So many of them...
I've always been loyal to Harbour in Seal Beach, cause I like the people there so much...
My first board was Brockman --- circa 1973 --- 6'0 with a huge rocker that helped me immensely
as a kid learning to ride...
As I grew up, I kept my liking for huge rockers with thick side rails, and tri-fins...
Those that don't know :
Single-Fin = A little stiff but stable ...
Double-Fin = Loose but somewhat unstable, you can really cut hard and shred waves...
Tri-Fins = The best of booth world's
Lengths would depend on wave sizes...
I always liked 6'4 to 7'7 boards...
Waves 3 to 6 feet were in the 6'4 to 6'8 ranges ...
Waves over 6 feet , I went to 7 foot to 7'7 ranges ...
I never could get into small surf, just wasn't my thing...
It's a great rush, I still love the sport, but I can't stand the pain the next day anymore, so I'm retired... I still walk the HB Pier at least once a week and more often if the waves are up...
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Who can forget Gordon & Smith , started in 1959 and still at it.
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Yessir my dear butthead they were made of wood, and the first surf was actually done in the Amazon river, many first surfer's died due to the poisonous creatures in the Amazon. That current had to have been awesome though.
My favorite stick is my "rock'in fig" Fignetti died last year.
I like em short and a bit squirly, quad fin, fun shredder !!
Water is too nasty to swim or surf anymore 
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Bolsa early 60's then Ole in Seal Beach about 1965. All dinosaur long boards.
Harbour boards were cool.
Disposed of the 65 board in the 90's. Oops.
The wedge in the early 60's with one duck fin. Just body surfing pain.
I have no idea why.
Go SurferGirl.
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Three HOBIE boards over the years. Due to terrible should injury, no longer able to paddle out. Still watch some incredible people. The new Surf Museum in San Clemente is pretty cool.
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Corky Carroll Surfboards.
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Has anyone tried surf foil?
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"and the first surf was actually done in the Amazon river, many first surfer's died due to the poisonous creatures in the Amazon"
Surprised no-one called you on that one, lol.
Can't find any reference to surfing "for fun" before to these dates
3000-1000 BCE: Peruvian fishermen build and ride "caballitos de totora" to transport their nets and collect fish;
900 BCE: Ancient Polynesians ride "olo" boards as a traditional, religious art form;
1769: Botanist Joseph Banks writes the first description of wave riding at Matavai Bay, Tahiti;
Tell us more about Amazon wave riding, please?
Like the Thames, there's a great tidal bore on the Orinoco South America , but no records of surfing it til modern times
Show us sources babe
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My go to is the standard "Frog House" tri-fin, talk yo TK
Fo r you old fucks that gave up try this:
Boost Fin
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Conn was on Pico in Santa Monica for at east 30 - 40 years. I remember his shop in the late ‘50’s.
Also Dave Sweet, on 17th and Olympic.
Dewey Weber Started in Venice, on Brooks and Pacific. Later moved to Lincoln, just South of Washington. He soon expanded around 1964,and relocated about 100 yards south.
In Jr. High, I used to hang out there, learned to patch dings.
He was putting out over 100 boards a week.
I’ve gotten rid of many boards over the years but still have my 9’ 2” Weber.
There was another shop across from Webers, called Flaherty..
In Playa Del Rey, At the end of Culver Bl. There was a shop Called Ricks
Gregg Noll (The Bull) in Hermosa,
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Hobie, had the “Phil Edwards” model, around ‘65.
Beautiful, clear with 3 redwood stringers, equally spaced around 6 inches apart.
Expensive, around $200.
Wish I had one.
Btw. There were no “Fins” In those days. They were called Skaggs.
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Damn! Turns out I'm full of surfer shit ( you know the one you hold til you get to Christianitos hoping there's just one roll left?). Then some body used it and tossed the rest on the top o' the pile and fuck that, I ain't reaching in there, so I sneak back to the truck and use my buddies t shirt.
That kinda shit, yes.
Anyhoo. There was a guy named Kwazulu who used to travel far and wide carried by his pet Roc
Looking for the best break. He guided those white devil's to South Africa for some movie about an enless summer, got tubes in Morocco, put Nazare on the map and rode a Namibian cylinder for 6 miles before his wife, Jada Pinkett called him back, screaming...
'You best get your black ass home or they're won't be one. Cheetah and Umgawa is pissed off too!.
"From the forgotten chapters of "Me Tarzan, You pretty hot with no clothes on Jane""
For my special friend
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@ RockyFerguson Good Call on Chanel Islands Surfboards, I've had three of them. They're still in business in Carpinteria. Also, don't forget Yater , I had a Yater Spoon for many years. But my favorite board to take out at the Rincon cove was my 10'6 Bing - Donald Takakyama model, straight down the line no turning.
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