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Christian Fletcher + Matt Archbold for Lanty

Greetings, Shredderz! Here’s a rad Lanty Surfboards ad featuring not one but two of the most radical surfers of the late 80s / early 90s: Christian Fletcher and Matt Archbold. I posted another Lanty ad featuring these two, which you can find here. Originally saw this ad on Pinterest.

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Built for Speed: Archy for T&C

Greetings, Shredderz! It’s late on Thursday evening, which can only mean we’re serving up some more vintage surf advertisement scans for all you night owls. Today we’ve got a T&C Surf Designs ad starring Matt Archbold, with a guest appearance by one of the best bottom turns in the biz. The ad originally…

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Lanty Wetsuits: Sagas of Shred

Greetings, Shredderz! Today we’ve got a doozy for you. (If you enjoy these scans of vintage surf ads, check out the entire Sagas of Shred series when you get a chance.) The ad you see below is for Lanty Wetsuits, a defunct wetsuit brand. At some point in the late Eighties Lanty had…

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Winter Wishes: Clipz

Greetings, Shredderz! We’ve got a fresh batch of videos for your perusing pleasure. Without any further ado, here are some of my recent favorites: Joel Tudor and son Tosh Tudor released a clip showcasing a recent Hawaii trip. Wish I knew more about the boards they’re surfing. I’m guessing at least some of…

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Superior Mothers: Sagas of Shred

Is this More Core Division lineup from 1991 the greatest surf team ever assembled? Dino Andino, Brock Little, Sunny Garcia, Martin Potter, Matt Archbold, Cheyne Horna, Gerry Lopez, Michael Ho and Derek Ho. That is just stacked! There’s a lot of hair and a lot of swagger in this ad, and I couldn’t…

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