Greetings, Shredderz! A 1968 Bing Surfboards marketing brochure was recently sold on eBay, and it contains some incredible information about the label and the models it offered during this time. Most of this isn’t news, per se, but I thought it’d be cool to share the images online for all of us who…
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Greetings, Shredderz! It’s time for more boards sent my way by wonderful folks like you. Shout out to anyone and everyone who takes the time to send along photos — it is always appreciated, even if I rarely respond promptly. We’ve got some killer boards for your browsing pleasure, all found below in…
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Greetings, Shredderz! It’s that time again — keep scrolling for some Instagram favorites, chosen over the past month or so. Can we get a solid Victor Bernardo edit already? I’m just chomping at the bit for something in the ten minute range. In the meantime here’s a still photo of Bernardo, whose style…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Here’s an old Hang Ten ad featuring Dick Brewer. Judging by the board under Brewer’s arm, the ad must have been from the late 60s or perhaps early 70s. It’s interesting to see Brewer with an Inter Island Surf Shop stick, as his output for the label was relatively small. The…
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Greetings, Shredderz! I suspect that many of you feel the same way I do about social media: it is an invaluable tool, a source of inspiration and at times even beauty…and it’s also the fastest way to kill brain cells that doesn’t involve huffing paint. Well, let’s focus on the good, I guess:…
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Greetings, Shredderz! We’ve got one last installment of Shredder Submissions for your perusing pleasure. Keep scrolling for some rad boards that folks have been kind enough to send my way. Dane Gudauskas’ 70s Dick Brewer Single Fin I recently wrote up a sick 7’1″ Dick Brewer 70s single fin that I spotted on…
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Greetings, Shredderz! There’s currently a cool 70s Dick Brewer single fin listed for sale on Craigslist in San Diego, and I thought I’d feature the board here. This is a link to the original listing. Before his passing earlier this year, Brewer had cemented himself as one of the most influential shapers of…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Not that anyone has been wondering, but I’m still not quite sure what to say about Dick Brewer in the wake of his recent passing. There is no doubt that he will be remembered as one of the greatest and most influential shapers in the history of the sport. I cannot…
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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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Greetings, Shredderz! Here are some recent surf videos I really liked. Keep reading for more. “Les Champs du Rivage” is directed by French photographer Thomas Lodin, whose work I have admired for a while. “Rivage” follows Mathieu Maréchal as he navigates his way through some empty waves in Central America and Northwest France….
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