Greetings, Shredderz! Given that we’ve just seen some truly epic swells in the North Pacific, I can’t think of a better Sagas of Shred entry than one that features the opening ceremony for the famed Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational. Pictured here are Tom Carroll, Aaron Napolean and Darrick Doerner. The Quiksilver ad…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Today we resume our regularly scheduled scans of vintage surf ads, which is all part of the Sagas of Shred series. This week’s entry focuses on one of the greatest power surfers of all time: two time world champion Tom Carroll, riding for Quiksilver. This ad originally ran in the July…
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Greetings, Shredderz! It has been a few months since we last ran a Weekend Grab Bag feature. Here’s quick refresh for those of you who have better things to do than to spend your time keeping track of the various categories that appear on a low budget vintage surfboard blog (hopefully, this means…
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If neon isn’t your thing, you’re probably gonna want to go ahead and close this tab immediately. Likewise, if you’re not into seeing a handful of all-time surf greats all in one photo, this one might not be up your alley. But if those two things are your kind of deal, then you…
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Greetings, Shredderz, and welcome to the inaugural Social Media Roundup of 2018! Keep scrolling for some of my favorite selections from Instagram over the past few months. View this post on Instagram Wave tool! @craig__anderson A post shared by johnrespondek (@johnrespondek) on Jan 14, 2018 at 12:21pm PST Love this picture of Craig…
Continue readingGreetings, Shredderz! It has been a while since the last installment of our Social Media Roundup series, but I’m afraid there’s too much heat on Instagram not to share here. I don’t get paid by the word around these parts, so start scrolling for some recent selections: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb5oPEeFbji/ Zephyr is an iconic brand…
Continue readingGreetings, Shredderz! Here’s a doozy of a board that is currently for sale on Craigslist in Cambria, located on California’s Central Coast. It’s a Tom Carroll surfboard that was shaped for the two-time world champ, but with some interesting additional backstory. The board pictured below was shaped by none other than Dave Parmenter,…
Continue readingView this post on Instagram @koloheandino22 is giving away one free Surfboard to whoever can name all 11 iconic surfers that his 11 board #EuroQuiver represents. Kolohe painted each board himself, based off of video or photos featuring the 11 surfers on boards with this artwork. A couple are easy, and at least…
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