@JeffRSpicoli tell us more about pic#4
I grew up surfing in South Florida, Palm Beach County and in maybe 9th grade (~1982) picked up The Fox Wave Weapon, think it's 5'6", used it all through high school, with a couple of other Florida brands, really wish I still had my Quiet Flight, so 80's!
The Wave Weapon was shaped by Greg Loehr, who according to some articles was an early innovator in trying to find stronger materials for surfboards, I think he may have been using Epoxy resin at the time. Rusty mentions him in this article from "TheInertia"
Rusty Preisendorfer says that new surfboards need to get broken in. If a board doesn’t, chances are it doesn’t flex. And that would not be good.
www.theinertia.com
-it's a tri-fin, with the center fin being adjustable; seems frozen in place though.
-I've just somehow managed to hang onto the board, almost lost it, leaving it at a buddies house, but reclaimed it and got it fixed up.
The Local Motion, tri-fin glassed on fins, got that my senior year in high school for $500, remember that clearly as my grandpa gave me $500 for Xmas, and blew it all the next day and went surfing with it that afternoon!
An early YOLO man in retrospect.
It's 6'2" and have kept that one pretty clean, fin broke off on a trip to Costa Rica back in 1995, but had it glassed back on. Rode it maybe 8 - 10 years ago, felt great, still seems strong enough to use.
-I think the shaper just has a # vs. a name, I guess I could probably research it.
Happy to add more pics.