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Transition Era Skip Frye

Greetings, Shredderz! Following yesterday’s post about two Transition Era Skip Frye boards — the Fast Frye and the Small Frye — here’s an example of a G&S Skip model that was recently listed for sale. I think this might be an example of the aforementioned G&S Fast Frye model, which I’m not too…

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Transition Era G&S Skip Frye Brochure

Greetings, Shredderz! We’ve got another rad Gordon & Smith brochure for you today, this time featuring two Transition Era Skip Frye models. From my count, G&S also produced the Baby Gun and the V Bottom in conjunction with Skip, along with the Fast Frye and the Small Frye pictured here. You don’t hear…

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G&S Midget Farrelly V Bottom Brochure

Greetings, Shredderz! Here’s a brochure that G&S printed up and distributed to surf shops to help sell their Midget Farrelly V Bottom Model. I love seeing these brochures because they reveal a ton of historical information about these boards. First and foremost, the brochure makes a distinction between the G&S Midget Farrelly Stringerless…

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Vintage G&S Ad

Greetings, Shredderz! I love this vintage Gordon & Smith ad, which I found somewhere online (forget where exactly, so apologies to whoever uploaded this first). It’s a striking image, and I love the simplicity, whether it’s the composition or the suggestion that all you need is a board and some waves.

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Early 80s Gordon & Smith Surfboards Ad

Greetings, Shredderz! In my humble opinion this is one of the cooler vintage surf ads I’ve run as part of the Sagas of Shred series, which I have been posting every Thursday here on this blog. There’s so much to unpack here, whether it’s poring over the minute details of every single insanely…

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Rick, Skip + Diff: Weekend Grab Bag

Greetings, Shredderz! For this blog post I’m experimenting with a slightly different format. Most Weekend Grab Bag entries have included decent pics of all the boards that are for sale. Unfortunately, applying a photography standard for Craigslist posts has a way of severely limiting supply, so we’re going largely text based today. This…

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Rare Takayama Sting + More: Shredder Submissions

Greetings, Shredderz! It’s time to revisit some submissions from all of you, which is honestly a blog post I look forward to writing every single month. You guys are sitting on some serious heat, which I am pumped to share. Keep reading for more: First up, we have a killer pair of boards…

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Weekend Grab Bag: Farrelly Stringerless + SNI Aipa Sting

Greetings, Shredderz! The Weekend Grab Bag makes its triumphant return with two very cool boards, both being sold by the same seller. Bonus points for the fact that one of the listings references this humble blog — always cool to see. Anyway, today we’re featuring a G&S Midget Farrelly Stringerless Model and a…

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G&S Skip Frye Baby Gun

Greetings, Shredderz! Yes, I am addicted to scouring Craigslist for surfboards. But every once in a while, the countless hours I’ve spent refreshing the same old crappy ads turns out to be useful. Case in point: this 1968 Gordon & Smith Skip Frye Baby Gun was briefly listed on Craigslist before the ad…

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