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surfer jim
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new board.....
I have had a new board for the last MONTH and finally got it into the water today.... .....it is a "clone" of my old board from 5 years ago....8'4"...23 + wide and 3+" thick.....went to 'OLD MANS" in south Orange
county...3-5 ' fun shape.....
There is always something special with the first day out....even after all these YEARS......
Remember your first new board?.....
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woody with a view
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i remember my first "magical" board! junior and i hit ____________ beach this morning and got a few 8-10' bombs. the avrage was head high but
every 1/2 hour a sneaker set would roll down the coast. glassy and sunny until we left. water kinda cool though. we had tortas and ballenas for lunch.
hit otay at 2pm for an hour wait.
all in all, it was a great father's day + 1.
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Mexitron
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My first magic board--from Hobie's shop in Dana Point in 1974...custom 7'6" gun shape(hey, we wanted to be like Jerry and Rory back then,
remember?)
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Sallysouth
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My first board was a Hobie,8'2",1966, I think.Next one was a Phil Edwards red fin.Oh how I loved that board!Thanks for the memories guys!Keep on
surfin!!! Hey Mexitron, do you know who shaped that board?Pretty sweet....
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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woody with a view
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1983, my first and only REAL "magical" board. 6'5" Rick Holt shape South Coast "Supercharged" (tribute to the air Coryell team) singlefin pintail.
i'd have to dig too deep to find a foto. but here is THAT board in action on the wave of my life.....Salsipuedes Dec-83 <the shark wouldn't bite
and the bee wouldn't sting!>
[Edited on 6-19-2007 by woody in ob]
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woody with a view
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woody with a view
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the racetrack 3 of 3. notice there is no one else in the water!!!!!
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Mexitron
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Sallysouth--can't remember who shaped the '74 board...a few years later I did get a Sammy Hawk shape though--sweet board, but got ripped off down at
Mantachen Bay...bummer.
Nice wave Woody!!!
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Slowmad
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Several previous customs.
First that really resonated was a 7'4" Frye Summer Magic. Glassed on high-aspect, rakey Frye fin one finlength from tail. Beige-Grey tint top and
bottom, no pinline, crispy cutlap. Small black lam. No leash plug. Sander did me a favor by leaving a nice little tucked edge in the back fifth. The
antithesis of the boards in the mags of the day (1981), and an absolute flying disc. Began a 26-year shaping relationship with Skip that (saluting the
five directions) continues to this day.
The only requirement for love or chorizo is confidence.
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by surfer jim
I have had a new board for the last MONTH and finally got it into the water today.........it is a "clone" of my old board from 5 years ago....8'4"...23 + wide and 3+" thick.....went to 'OLD MANS" in south Orange
county...3-5 ' fun shape.....
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Old Man's in the 60s. And The Point, and Church, Lowers, Trestles, and Cottons. No crowds. Hobie Phil Edwards Model. Saved a board washing in:
James Arness, and a different time, Joyce Hoffman, whom I met in the 90s at the Surf Museum opening in Huntington Beach. Corky Carroll was
working down the street at some shop up from Jack's.
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
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Sallysouth
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Wow,Lee, So you had a Phil board also? Double redwood stringers and redfin? MMM, yeah, good surfing days then.I grew up here , started surfing in
1967, and my brother actually took Joyce Hoffman to their Senior prom! They were "kinda" dating then and I went to school with her little sis, Dibbie,
and we hung together alot. That was before she married Herbie Fletcher.Where did you live back then?And there was the Harrison family, Loren Sr., of
course, Loren Jr., Marion and Jenny.What great days those were, and real die hard surfers,,,great people, wonderful memories!
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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bajaandy
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I was lucky enough to work with Gary Hanel (GH Surfboards) for the past 15 years up until he retired from teaching and now works full time in the
surfboard industry. All my boards (except for my first few) have been GH boards. Stopped by his place to chat and wound up ordering another one last
Friday. I can't wait...
subvert the dominant paradigm
"If you travel with a man, you must either fall out with him or make him your good friend."
JBL Noel
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sallysouth
Wow,Lee, So you had a Phil board also? Double redwood stringers and redfin? MMM, yeah, good surfing days then.I grew up here , started surfing in
1967, and my brother actually took Joyce Hoffman to their Senior prom! They were "kinda" dating then and I went to school with her little sis, Dibbie,
and we hung together alot. That was before she married Herbie Fletcher.Where did you live back then?And there was the Harrison family, Loren Sr., of
course, Loren Jr., Marion and Jenny.What great days those were, and real die hard surfers,,,great people, wonderful memories! |
Yes double stringers and redfin. Phil was just the greatest surfer back then and the epitomy of cool. Joyce was the top woman surfer -- along
with rival, Nancy Nelson.
And you'll remember That San'O was a ''private'' beach and you had to be a member to get in.
I was 19 and stationed at Camp Pendleton between tours of Nam. '66 was the best Summer of my life. Surfed most of the week, all weekend, drank
beer at the Club House (just North of the park fence). Life was good then. It's good now, but it was really good then. I knew everyone in
the water and it was family. No leashes, one fin!
P.S. Second board was a blue 9' Surfboards Hawaii. Shoulda never sold my Hobie. Got it used at Gordon & Smith in San Diego.
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
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woody with a view
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surfer jim
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...and no wetsuit needed as I started surfing in ....MIAMI......
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Mexitron
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Article from the LA Times on Terry Martin and the last of the shapers:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-surfboard3jul03,0,51...
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805gregg
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These are those days, I still ride a single fin rounded pin tail perfectly shaped by Phil Becker but larger at 9'9". But not a long board shape more
like a performance long board. Phil has stopped shaping now so I don't know what I would do foe a new board. Woody I lived in SD for 12 years, 72-84
surfed the cliffs, my favorite break was New Break 2nd Lescombs, lived 1/2 block from beach in OB on Santa Monica St. My daughter lives in PB.
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woody with a view
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These are those days, I still ride a single fin rounded pin tail perfectly shaped by Phil Becker but larger at 9'9". But not a long board shape more
like a performance long board. Phil has stopped shaping now so I don't know what I would do foe a new board. Woody I lived in SD for 12 years, 72-84
surfed the cliffs, my favorite break was New Break 2nd Lescombs, lived 1/2 block from beach in OB on Santa Monica St. My daughter lives in PB.
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you're right. these CAN still be the days. this morning turistas was 3 feet over head and i was through the border by 11:25am....with a 50 minute
wait....life's still good!
i've seen alot of it! been here since 65 when mom popped me out. 6 years in chicago, but daddy gotta get wet! nubes and scums are PACKED, along with
everywhere else.
hope you arrive down south in time for some of this swell...... LIFE IS
GOOD!!!!!
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oldhippie
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I wonder where my Carl Eckstrom asymmetrical is? I really had one of those things. Broke the fin off at Wind 'n Sea. Then there was the Dewey Weber
hatchet fin. Great board! But I leaned it up against a barbecue for a wind block. Not good. Too much mota I guess.
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bancoduo
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When did you surf Wind 'N Sea?
I had a Nelson-Eckstrom "gun" for 2WK's until someone misplaced it for me.
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