Greetings, Shredderz! As far as I’m concerned, you can never have too much George Greenough. I recently found this vintage hand drawn Wilderness Surfboards ad and, well, rules are rules. I’m not quite sure when this ad originally ran. Based on the templates in the lower right hand corner of the ad, it…
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Greetings, Shredderz! There’s currently a fantastic piece up on Surfline that, as you might have guessed, features Mick Fanning navigating a recent swell on a Pat Rawson replica of Tom Carroll’s infamous 1991 Pipe Masters board. The article has some great photos, but even better, there’s an interview with Fanning where he discusses…
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Greetings, Shredderz! I look forward to delivery of every single Surfer’s Journal issue. And while they remain the clear standard in print media, it’s rad to see TSJ branch out with some excellent digital content, too. I haven’t yet had the chance to listen to “Soundings”, their podcast series hosted by writer Jamie…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Here’s a random selection of cool and/or interesting boards from over the past few weeks. Pictured above is an 11’4″ Christenson Chris Craft glider. How rad is that tapered stringer?! I always dig seeing examples of Herbie Fletcher sticks. I wrote up one of his square nose longboards a while back;…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Keep reading for a selection of Instagram highlights from April. Raise your hand if you’ve watched every Victor Bernardo clip you can find, and you’re still hungry — starving, actually — for more. Great, glad to see so many of you here with us today. Album Surf’s roster of collaborators is…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Today we’ve got another fascinating piece from the Transition Era. Longtime readers of the blog might be aware of my fascination with Tom Morey, and if you don’t, well, don’t say I didn’t warn you. Morey was one of surfing’s great inventors, and it is always a pleasure to see examples…
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Greetings, Shredderz! You can’t go wrong by sticking to the classics, and if this doesn’t qualify as such, then I don’t know what does. Here’s a Lightning Bolt ad featuring Rory Russell and Gerry Lopez.
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Greetings, Shredderz! If the Gudauskas brothers are involved you know it’s likely to be a family affair. The latest episode of Tanner G’s series, “Finders Keepers”, is no exception. If you missed the inaugural episode, which featured an MP board owned by legendary photog Tom Servais, make sure you check it out too….
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Greetings, Shredderz! There’s a cool vintage Yater Spoon currently up for sale on Craigslist. You can find the listing here. The board measures 9’10” x 23 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. According to the seller it was shaped in 1966 or 1967. I can’t verify the dates myself, as I don’t know this off…
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Greetings, Shredderz! I’ve long had a fascination with Phil Edwards’ boards from his stint in Hawaii, post Hobie signature model, and one of them just sold on eBay. You can find the listing here. I will always prefer original boards to restored ones, unless they are well and truly thrashed, and it’s cool…
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