Greetings, Shredderz! There’s a cool vintage Yater Spoon currently up for sale on Craigslist. You can find the listing here. The board measures 9’10” x 23 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. According to the seller it was shaped in 1966 or 1967. I can’t verify the dates myself, as I don’t know this off…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Technically speaking, the Weekend Grab Bag runs during, well, the weekend, but I’m guessing you don’t read Shred Sledz for its punctuality. One Grab Bag rule that remains inviolate is that every single board featured here is currently for sale somewhere on the internet as of publishing time. There are some…
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Greetings, Shredderz! It’s Friday evening and we’re kicking off the festivities with another installment of the Weekend Grab Bag. We’ve got a Yater Baby Spoon, a glider from an underground San Diego figure, and then a mysterious deep cut for the real Craigslist heads. Keep reading for more. 7’6″ Yater Baby Spoon (Craigslist…
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Renny Yater has been making surfboards longer than NASA has been sending people to space. He started off in the 50s and last time I checked, Renny is still going strong. I don’t think he hand shapes much any more, but that’s just a minor detail when you’re looking at a solid seven…
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Greetings, Shredderz! For better or for worse, we live in a time when brands are hellbent on collaborating with one another. Far too often it seems like the emphasis is on the partnership itself, and not the end product. Decades before the term “collab” started showing up in marketing meetings, legendary big wave…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Today we’ve got another classic for you, courtesy of Jason Burnett, the man behind Edinburgh-based Jay Surfboards. Check out Jay Surfboards on Instagram here. The Yater Spoon is one of a handful of classic 60s noseriders that is still going strong today. The board you see here is a somewhat newer…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Today we’ve got a stick from my personal stash. Featured here is a 1970s Renny Yater single fin, hand shaped by the man himself. First things first: you can tell it’s Renny hand shape thanks to the signature on the deck, right below the classic logo. (Note: I believe later versions…
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Greetings, Shredderz! It’s about that time of month again. Keep reading for some of the cooler surfboards I have seen in recent memory. First up we have another classic brought to you by the peerless Renny Yater. This is the last-ever Clark Foam blank shaped by Renny, and the board is being offered…
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Greeting, Shredderz! I’ve said it before, and it bears repeating: Harbour Surfboards’ website has one of the best stashes of vintage surf ads you can find on the internet. The full page you see above originally ran in the Feb / March 1963 issue of Surfer Magazine (Vol 4, No 1). I know…
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Greetings, Shredderz! Welcome to another installment of the Weekend Grab Bag. Here’s a couple of boards that are all listed for sale online as of the time of publishing. 1969 8’10” Yater Single Fin (Craigslist SF Bay Area) Pictured above is an 8’10” Yater Surfboards single fin that was purportedly shaped during the…
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