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Shred Sledz Social Media Roundup

Fantastic Acid Quiver, Bird Goes Deep on Fins + More

Greetings, Shredderz! Welcome to the latest edition of the Social Media Roundup. We’ve got some primo selections from a month’s worth of mindless Instagram scrolling. Keep reading for more. How insane is this selection of Fantastic Acid surfboards? As Matt Biolos of …Lost pointed out in the comments, it likely took hundreds of…

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Incredible Steve Lis E-Wing Fish

Greetings, Shredderz! Today we’ve got another Steve Lis surfboard for you, and this one just might take the cake. Lis is credited with inventing the fish, which was inspired by high performance kneeboarding at some reef breaks in La Jolla. Given Lis’ contribution to surfboard design, you would think there would be more…

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Clipz

“Assorted Rides” with Devon Howard & More

Greetings, Shredderz! Here are some hand selected edits that I think you’ll enjoy. “Assorted Rides” starring Devon Howard This isn’t Devon Howard‘s first appearance on the Clipz series, and it’s not hard to see why. Maybe I’m just old, but I much prefer watching Howard surf compared to a lot of pros. The…

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Sagas of Shred

La Jolla Surf Systems: Sagas of Shred

Greetings, Shredderz! It’s Thursday again, which means we’re serving up some red hot scans of old surf ads as part of the Sagas of Shred series. Today we’ve got an unlikely all star cast in an ad for La Jolla Surf Systems. The ad originally appeared in the February 1983 issue of Surfer…

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Clipz

Clipz: January 2019

Greetings, Shredderz! It’s a rainy day here in Northern California, so I figured what better way to spend some time than with some quality surfboard related videos. See below for a selection. I’ve said it before but it’s worth repeating: Bird’s Surf Shed is the Mecca! If you ever find yourself in San…

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Shed Sessions: Newport Beach Edition

Greetings, Shredderz! Today’s post features Bird Huffman, owner of the legendary’s Bird’s Surf Shed down in San Diego. If you haven’t paid pilgrimage to the Shed yet, you should. The Shed is stocked full of an incredible array of vintage boards and staff members are personable and knowledgeable. Bird has also been hosting…

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Shred Sledz Social Media Roundup

Shred Sledz Social Media Roundup (June 12): Yater Hull and More

Greetings, Shredderz! As always, here’s a collection of some of the coolest boards I’ve seen floating around online as of late, including an awesome Yater hull. View this post on Instagram @Yater A post shared by Vintage-life (@robertstassi) on Jun 12, 2017 at 4:42pm PDT How cool is this thing?! Yater was the…

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Skip Frye Gordon & Smith: Seventies Single Fin

Greetings, Shredderz! Apologies for the slowdown in posting frequency. Shred Sledz is back with a vengeance, though, featuring a Skip Frye Gordon & Smith single fin for sale in central California, available on Craigslist. You can find a link to the board here. Pics of the board can be found below (photos taken via…

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