Revisiting the 13-foot Wooden Board

[sponge]

Posted this on the Vintage Surfboard Collectors page on Facebook. Thought you might like a trip down memory lane:

Not vintage but... Here I am back in 2008 with a 13 foot wooden board made by the infamous Roy Stewart (aka Luddite) of New Zealand. This board was truly woodworking art, but for me let's just say I couldn't ride it (I'm basically a bodyboarder anyway so go figure). Roy had generously passed it to people to be ridden around the world and our erBB Surfer mag forum crew tried it out, among others (maybe folks at Swaylocks too). Even Randy Rarick got a shot at riding it. Heard it got demolished somewhere on the Mainland. I got a chance to meet Roy in New Zealand in 2013, and although we crossed swords online, I found him humble and friendly irl. He even offered a new board up to restart the surfboard journey. In 2014 Roy purportedly sold one of his boards for $1.5M. Fun memories.

 

[Subway]

that was right around when i joined, and honestly coudl not disentangle truth from fiction from fantasy from erBB madness etc. So epic

 

[the janitor]

that board died a worthy death at OB, Doof wrote the details up on another thread

 

[_____]

I felt bad for Roy when I saw the pics of the broken board. If I remember correctly it was like a bunch of splintered matchsticks. Totally demolished.

 

[Mr Doof]

that board died a worthy death at OB, Doof wrote the details up on another thread

This is Groovin's report.

Yours truly from the day I surfed the beast with Groovin in N-Zed.

 

[Mr Doof]

Another long thread about this board.

 

[Mr Doof]

Breaks at Ocean Beach, SF.

 

[sponge]

Thanks Mr Doof and all for the followup. That picture of the splintered board is truly heartbreaking.

 

[Mr Doof]

Collected California reports.

 

[Autoprax]

Thanks Mr Doof and all for the followup. That picture of the splintered board is truly heartbreaking.

That is like a million dollars down the drain.

 

[Mr Doof]

Swaylocks (link takes you to where I started getting involved).

 

[000]

snapping a board into 5 pieces... jeez
and if u put the remaining 2 biggest pieces together its still longer than what i ride

 

[_____]

I was surprised that many pieces, and even small pieces of the board actually made it back to shore considering it was well overhead OBSF. Looks more like a broken acoustic instrument.

 

[grapedrink]

That is like a million dollars down the drain.

Looks more like a broken acoustic instrument.

The Stradivarius of the surf world, just without the performance.