I love these and really appreciate the honesty in this one. It's great learning about the history.
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Shed Sessions - G&S Skip with Devon
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Midget on his Vee Bottom with a Fiberglass Fin - way better than a melted Waveset fin ;-)
Myself in late 1968 , what most call a Hull shape today - influenced by Diff
Reno late 1969 Brewer
I got a laugh when he was like im going salsa your not the only one doing board reviews out here
Bird is a SD surf history nerd, so I bet he was a little bummed inside that they both trashed it. Like many of us, looking at it as a vintage Skip, probably easier to appreciate the idea of it and it's place in design evolution, than to actually surf it. If DH said he struggled on it, imagine how kooky a mere mortal would be riding it. Wish they could've swapped out the flexy fin- seemed like it was only adding to the design issues.
Bird has such an incredible selection, it would be great if they'd do more of these.
Bird has such an incredible selection, it would be great if they'd do more of these.
Must've been the lack of wearing a front zipper vest no ulimate shrewd with jazz hands
Stocked board got surfed and not a dust collector. Fuk bird and rest of collectors who bring high $$$ to boards made to surf.
Stocked board got surfed and not a dust collector. Fuk bird and rest of collectors who bring high $$$ to boards made to surf.
Nah, almost all his boards can be surfed. Just have to ask him.Must've been the lack of wearing a front zipper vest no ulimate shrewd with jazz hands
I had one of those when I was in High School. Got it from a Black dude in Inglewood, long story. That board killed it at the Cove. You could do the longest down the line bottom turns ever.
Flat deck with bottom roll up to meet the pinched rail. So fast, but so hard to ride. All my buds would ride it and fail, only very few could pull it off. They could turn, but you had to have the right technique.
that pic stuck in my head for a long time!
iirc, from the january 1970 issue of surfer...
r.a. at the ‘69 huntington contest...
i had only been surfing for a few months at that point.
I picked Reno up at the airport for a contest in Santa Cruz that year , he had 2 red tint Brewers with that white center black fin .that pic stuck in my head for a long time!
iirc, from the january 1970 issue of surfer...
r.a. at the ‘69 huntington contest...
i had only been surfing for a few months at that point.
It was tiny before the contest and we met up with David Nuuhiwa up north at spot that had surf .
David showed us his quiver of Hynson shaped Downrails made under the Bahne label .
Good Fun !
I won't ask the spot, but it's cool to imagine the legends hanging at those spots back in the day, must've been scarcely anybody around. How long would you guys last in the old beaver tails? Those guys must've been tripping on the cold!
It was so flat that a spot thats normally unsurfable was breaking , perfect right and left of the same peak .
Reno liked my board , he said it reminded him of a Wayne Santos shape -
Reno liked my board , he said it reminded him of a Wayne Santos shape -