Greetings, Shredderz! Yes, it’s that time of year again. Scott Bass has some auction lots live for the latest installment of his long running California Gold surf auction, and I’m back to provide some commentary on boards I can’t afford. Bass’ auction is consistently the best selection of notable vintage boards for sale…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Bing Copeland recently posted some awesome 60s Hang Ten ads on the Classic Bing Surfboards Facebook Group. Here’s one of my favorites of the bunch, featuring David Nuuhiwa with a beautiful Bing pintail. Not sure the exact year of the ad; I’d guess mid to late 60s sometime.
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Greetings, Shredderz! Today we’ve got an amazing Bing Surfboards ad all the way back from 1967. I found this ad on Pinterest. Link to the original image can be found here. First, I love the hand drawn artwork. I don’t know who the artist is but the result is an ad that grabs…
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Greetings, Shredderz! For those of you Stateside I hope you are having a very happy Thanksgiving, and if elsewhere I hope you are either receiving or showing some gratitude. 2020 has been a strange year, to say the least, but even in this insanity I find there are so many reasons to give…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Welcome to a special Father’s Day edition of the Weekend Grab Bag. Per the usual rules and regulations, the Grab Bag features boards that are all currently for sale as of the time of publishing. I hope all of you out there are spending some quality time with family, with enough…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Yes, it’s Thursday night, and yes, we are here to give you some more vintage surf ad goodness! Sadly, there won’t be any fresh scans of ads for the rest of the year, so I am forced to resort to digging up some goodies available online. Today’s Bing Surfboards David Nuuhiwa…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Today’s post falls in the short but sweet category. All we have for you tonight is a sweet stick, courtesy of yet another generous reader. The board you see featured in this post is a beautiful Seventies Dyno Surfboards David Nuuhiwa single fin. Click on any of the photos below to…
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Greetings, Shredderz! By now you may know the drill: keep scrolling for some of my favorite surf and vintage surfboard-related Instagram posts in recent memory. Can you believe the venerable Channel Islands brand has been around for fifty years?! It’s a bit hard to digest. Hint hint, there might be some cool Al…
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Greetings, Shredderz! It’s Thursday evening here in sunny California, which can only mean it’s time for Sagas of Shred! Sagas of Shred is the weekly series that features a new vintage surf ad. Today we have David Nuuhiwa representing the venerable Body Glove brand with incredible style and panache. Look at that mane!…
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Greetings, Shredderz! It’s time for some more vintage surfboard selections from the interwebs. Keep scrolling for more… View this post on Instagram A man and his surfboards. HBD Skipper, 77 years young. A post shared by Shawn Parkin (@shawnparkin) on Sep 7, 2018 at 12:43pm PDT The Surfer’s Journal recently ran a great…
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