Thief!Thief! Thief!

7. 9’0 Hobie: I stole this nice light clean hobie from my cuzin Richard. Rich is the closest family relative after spending years traveling with us up skiing in New Hampshire and working for our roofing company together when we were young. He left this board in my cellar when we first built our home here in Dennis in 1994. He’s never come back to get it. I’ve used it many times as the spare board on  trips with friends as a learner board. Even my son's first time learning to surf was on it! It’s been repaired several times but was given a true clean up and new life a few years ago when Richard mentioned possibly getting it back. It’s been ready ever since but would hate to see it leave the fold.

8. 9’ 2” Dewey Weber Strato: Picture taken at Cahoon Hallow Sept 2011 by Tim Kelley during Ernesto tropical storm. My quiver was at this stage for several years until in the early 2000’s I made the decision to buy a new Dewey Weber Strato from Matt at the Pump House. My best friend Steve and I had done a roof job in Harwich off 124 near Pleasant lake ?? that my dad had setup for me and we made bocoo dollars. Steve also bought a new board a Dave ??? 

My first ride changed my surfing forever. I was quickly catching crazy waves and dancing and moving around on the board like I never had before. But I was still just going to Cahoon Hollow. The big change was I was now nailing bigger drops and charging overhead waves.  I really got the bug and went from going 20 times to 50 times and started surfing earlier and later in the season. The board is feather light and 9’2 with a blunt nose that made those fucking drops so easy. I was in heaven.  Then I went to Maine with on trip with my wife and youngest son. I roped it off on the minivan roof rack on the way up. We surfed two foot waves at honky tonk land. We took pictures of us riding. It was sunny and despite it being made the water was warm it being mid August. The next day however, it rained and to take up time we visited a flea market after having lunch at a nice local restaurant. It was pouring out and I felt bad for the people working and bought a cheap set of  bungee cords. The the devil made me do it. The next morning strapping my board onto the car rack I used just the bungee cords feeling that they would easily do the trick? Wrong!! Leaving all the rope I had used in the back I drove out early AM heading for home. At first ,no problem but forgetting about the board and soon reaching speeds above 70, the cords just popped and suddenly the board went flying off the roof of the car onto the highway. A car directly behind me swerved around it as it fell to the ground in it's bag bouncing on the highway. I pulled over quickly and running quickly went to pull the board off the highway and began to stuff  it into my car. Psyched ,Nothing was no longer on the highway. Panci set in however, as another car now pulled up slowly and then swerved around the scene more than they needed to and lightly banged the car next to them. Nobody was hurt, they claimed! Idiots! It took hrs before the police said we could leave and a few years to end the legal battle because they later tried to claim some fake injury. I also lost decades off surfing the board because of my stupidity and theirs as well.

9. 9’0: Dewey Weber: A Beautiful blue striped  from Matt at Pump House, a sister board to the Dewey Strato I broke earlier. Matt had bought himself at the same time he got my strato. It has lots of dimples on the deck but a beautiful board that is designed for summer surf. I rode it for a few months and my son Kyle did as well. I also rode this board in hurricane surf with Mark O’Connell watching and taking photos. In one picture, I’m no more than a small looking person in a huge wall of whitewater!!!  It’s also the board I’m holding in many of my articles on surfing featured in  the Cape Cod Times. This board looks too nice to surf!!!!

10. 9’ 6” Ricky Carroll: A gorgeous  with white top with lime green trim and bottom bought from Matt at Pump House and  wrecked at Nauset Public 10-12 footers with Dan Nenninger. Caught thousands of rides on this board and almost drowned learning how to ride bigger waves at the time. Spent some time at Nauset public which is where I broke it two years later in big surf. Still in the basement and probably repairable some day. gone now a shower stall somewhere on Cape Cod

http://randdsurf.com/ricky-carroll/

https://www.surfer.com/surfing-magazine-archive/surfing-news/month-of-the-shaper-ricky-carroll-112408/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wpkb6sGkfc

11.. 6’ 4” Greg Loher: Plastic surfboard given to me free from Tim Kelly gave to mejust before finding anotehr one days later in a dumpster. Tim Kelly is a iconic New England weather forcaster and ski bum who has made the transation to surfing as well.

https://www.swaylocks.com/forums/shapers-hotseat-greg-loehr

https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/east-coast-shapers-rick-carroll-and-greg-loehr-give-us-the-lowdown/

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/sports/2016/11/22/cocoa-beach-surfboard-pioneer-honored/94282846/

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/sports/2016/11/22/cocoa-beach-surfboard-pioneer-honored/94282846/

http://www.surfline.com/surfing-a-to-z/greg-loehr-biography-and-photos_849/

13. 6’ 6” Friedrichs: 6ft plus from history teacher at Harwich Middle school. I don’t know why I bought this board its way to skinny for anyone I know to ride it. A barrel rider for a small guy in my estimation. It’s only been hanging from the ceiling and needs to find someone small enough to ride and the right baja break!!!

14. 9’ 6' ' Hobie: Beautiful orange and black striped Hobie from the 60's with middle size wood D fin.  I purchased off craigslist  from a harbor master at Mass Maritime, who had bought it for him and his wife to use at Nauset, from Todd at Cinnamon Rainbows in 1980. His wifed got destroyed trying to use it and it sat in their garage ever since. The board has not been put back in the water yet but looks like she would be a great board. This was probably the first board I bought after starting back at Riverview. I literally drove over after work and picked up the board. I t made geting boards seem easy but it never really is all that simple to ge that good stuff. Desire Dedication, and determination are needed to make a reue collection that will stand out. I turned this back towards my teaching and towards coaching again thai time running and specially what I had been a champion at in my youth Cross-Country.

15. 9’ 11” Dewey Weber Performer: Beautiful banana shaped board with Yellow stringer in excellent condition with original hatchet fin. Took two years buying this board. Saw it and waited until the guy got more realistic with his price. Still paid $900 outrageous dollars for this beauty but they are really hard to find looking like this. I don’t think it’s had wax on it in over 40 years and maybe never. This board really is one of the best boards I own and needs to get in the water but I’m scared to get it wet!!!

16. 9’ 11” Dewey Weber: Planer with green with black stripes whose owner said to be a former two time winner of the prestigious Old Timers Contest had been refurbished unprofessionally by the former owner but recently sanded and looks sharp on the rack but never brought back to the Old Timer for return! she’s due!! Paid $125 in Mashpee and the guy sold me two others. 

17. 8’ 6” Ole:  signed by Bob Olson this was the above guy's beater board for years. My kids loved it but still need total restoration. Paid $150 by the same guy from above in Mashpee. Olson is one of the most respected early California shapers and this board deserves more respect and I'm going to tear it down to cloth and have it reglassed.

https://shredsledz.net/tag/ole-surfboards/

18. 9’ 6” Royal Hawaiian: with some damage from the same guy paid $100. First one that I ever saw but not the last! The kids surfed her because she was long and light. Serial # Green competition stripes. Another board sold at sears and hardware stores across the eat coast. Traded away in 2020 or so for who know what!

https://islandtradersurf.com/2014/04/28/1964-royal-hawaiian-vintage-longboard-surfboard/

http://theultimateguidetovintagesurfboardsandcollectibles.net/longboard-era-surfboards/

19. 6’ ?” Sunset (1): with Lightning Bolt on back from dentist at Hyannis Mall south side by International pancake man $80. This board has been on display twice at the Orleans film festival. 

Met another dentist who help me be a part of shark week 

https://www.thecoastnews.com/waterspot-memories-of-sunset-surfboards-resonate-in-encinitas/

https://www.swaylocks.com/forums/looking-info-sunset-swallowtail

https://www.swellinfo.com/forum/threads/sunset-surfboards.14971/

https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=ca916a0c3b12cef7fc8f1ae55&id=d5d949911f

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/david-scales/surf-splendor/e/64001236

http://willisbrotherssurfing.com/about-us/

20. 9’ 6” Gordie Surfboards (The Only Way to Travel): Famous Huntington Beach, California board that’s initialed MJS with serial # 120  with a huge 2ft “the Only way to travel” logo and red top half due to possible breakage ?.  Bought on my first travel into Narragansett (never even went to the beach, just the board) not sure if I had already met Chick. I think I paid $300

Met Chick He gave me a few historic books on surfing and

Sean Vechionne

 https://www.outsideonline.com/1787601/surfboard-pioneer-gordie-duane-dies

https://shredsledz.net/2016/12/gordie-surfboards/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/533958099550275396/

https://www.surfer.com/tag/gordie-surfboards/

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2011/08/04/california-surfboard-maker-gordie-duane-dies-at-80/

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/surfboard-designer-gordie-duane-dies-1.3076140

21. 9’ 6” Hobie Pig : Beautiful pig (cigar) shaped Hobie with incredible pinstriping design of triangle shape lines in black and red  with dorsal fin featured at the doorway at the recent Orleans film festival. Paid Chick $165 and it’s been repaired to surf.

2008  New England Longboard contest

Tim O’shea

Kenny Collins

22. 9’ 6” Hannon : Serial # 64325 plus that I've barely touched and hung up in the basement. White with just two black and red pinstripes and the green Hannon logo at the bottom with a big D fin. II think Kenny wants back both boards. Paid $200 Kenny Collins

http://www.eastcoastsurfinghalloffame.com/johnhannon.html

https://www.swaylocks.com/forums/john-hannon-restoration

https://www.surfersjournal.com/product-tag/hannon-surfboards/

https://www.brightonbeachsurfshop.com/store/p1277/Hannon_Surfboards_10%E2%80%994%E2%80%9D__1960s_.html

23. 9’ 9”  Inner Island Custom  Triple stringer semi-gun shape by “Sparky” the same nickname of my brother Dave. Picked on the 25th anniversary of Dave’s death the board is an amazing early 1960’s Hawaiian relic of the pioneer era of surfing big waves. Paid $150

https://www.swaylocks.com/forums/inter-island-surfboard

Inter-island Surfboards were originally by Mickey Lake, Joe Kuala, Sparky and John Kelly Jr. in Hawaii. http://www.inter-island.com/. Through the years a who's who of shapers have worked with them, including Mike Diffenderfer and Dick Brewer. Barry Morrison owns the label right now. Barry rides a lot of Brewer longboards, and is a great guy. Jim Phillips and Glenn Miyasaki have been shaping boards for them and we're all hoping Sparky gets back into shaping. I'm pretty sure you can get a custom Brewer with the Inter-island logo from Barry.

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https://shredsledz.net/2017/05/dick-brewer-inter-island-surf-shop/

https://inter-island.com/writings/sparky-and-save-our-surf-1965/

https://inter-island.com/about-inter-island-surf-shop/

Beautiful Surf boards in an almost museum setting. Until recently, when he finally passed, Sparky the original shaper back in 1960 was still producing boards--stop by to hear the story. An easy walk from Waikiki and very worth it. I lived in Honolulu in the 60's, now I'm on Maui, and this store took me back. The logo powerfully evokes the surf spirit of the time.

24. 6’ 6” Gordon and Smith Magic Ryder: plus green psychedelic pill that probably sucks to surf on. Bought somewhere in Mashpee by the barnstable playgrounds, cleaned, hung and never touched again. Paid $150 hard to see the psychedelic colored paint until you have it outside

https://www.swaylocks.com/forums/info-gordon-smith-magic

https://www.surfboardhoard.com/64-gordon-smith/

https://www.surfboardhoard.com/64-gordon-smith/

https://shredsledz.net/2020/04/early-gs-skip-frye-model/

https://gordonandsmith.com/pages/history

25. 9’ 6” Dewey Weber Iggy Model: I met Dave at the Narragansett beach parking lot paid $1200 for this Iggy Model in all original condition with blue nose area. My son Kyle’s favorite!!! Winner of the Old Timers Sparky Merrill award in memory of Mike Haughton in Sept of 2021.

26. 9’ 6” Hobie Gary Propper:  mutilated  with no fin box, just a complete square hole in board where the fin box would be repaired by me with fin bought from Nauset sports. Gave Chick a $50 gift card for the board. Now Mike W's

https://floridasurfmuseum.org/kahunas/east-coast-superstar-gary-propper-has-passed-away

27. 10’ 1” Hobie  ($100) log with huge logs I’ve been working on this board beautiful red dolphin fin bought near one of the casino on the ri ct border also bought  east coast see below 

28. 9’ 6” East Coast Surfboards:  plus flowered top board on tip. Board like this is featured on the old timer website with others stuck in sand. See another just like go for sale in 2019.

29. 9’ 11” Abercrombie and Fitch: The board was bought at Pump House for $300 and then used at Old Timers in 2012 very cool with a round see through circle in the nose for spearfishing?. I've seen another fro sale sthat is in perfect condtion  and priced it to ast over $1,000 and supposedly one of only 25 or so they made for prometional uses?

31. 9’ 6” Royal Hawaiian (#2): over  and in great condition for the pop-out that it is log and in excellent shape with serial number I only hung it up and paid $400 way too much but You win some and you lose some. Picked up in parking lot at Holiday Inn in Hyannis

32. 9’ 6” Koloa Phillips:  popout with flower inlay rescued from south Yarmouth for $20  cleaned and hangs beautifully downstairs may have been made by Jim Phillips himself according to online info.

33. 7’ 0” Becker: $20 surfboard that was also rescued and sanded form blue paint back to original beautiful  design red and yellow colors with bird insignia. Traded to Ms. Becker who got this board below

34. 9’ 2” Gordon and Smith Hot Curl:  from old store sign in Taunton

35. 8’ 8” Dewey Weber Performer: with a small hatcher fin traded for Becker. Surfed by Mike Coute many times over the last few years waxed and ready to go! Trade story Janet B

37. 6’ 0” JIm Overlin Silverlight: yard sale hanger for $50 needs repair and fin!

38. 9’ 10” Hobie: from Steve Miller serial #27337 two redwood stringers with painted middle

39. 10’ 1”Bing David Nuuhiwa  noserider over 10 ft and weighs a ton (Steve’s).

40. 10’ 1” Bing David Nuuhiwa: Steve’s David new Bing epoxy  pitted with sap cleaned up and ready to go (Steve’s)

41. 6’ 6” Outer Beach:  Serial # 0965

My wife Marie who usually in not on the board prowl like me and I bought this shortboard for Colin in Harwich for $100. Shaped by former pro surfer and East Coast legend Greg Geiselman, who is still shaping in Florida under his own Orion label. East Coast Glassing label on back as well  https://www.orionsurfboards.com/

Greg Geiselman has accomplished quite a bit in life: Olympic swimmer, ASP East champion,  owner/operator of Orion Surfboards, father to two of the world’s most progressive surfers… “They keep me super current,” Greg says of the input he gets from Eric and Evan, who went on to ride the best boards in the world after coming up on Pops’ shapes. “I try to make ’em see how much work goes into one. It’s not just put it in the toaster and it pops out.” 

Geiselman's son Eric survived a great white shark scare after he was blasted after a great white shark came up from below and snapped his board in half! 

The board has its own history for us as after buying the board Colin only used it sparingly before leaving for the Carolinas in 2013.  In 2016 a family friend daughter  stopped by the house to borrow a board. Seeing the Outer Beach getting no use and with wax on her, I told the girl to have fun but please bring it back after the summer. It never returned an we laughed at times about the reason why knowing the family. Years past then relatives of the family began working in my office and surprisingly her 18 year old son wanted to learn how to surf and was total jacked to go. We spent the summer of 2021 getting him to the beach with others from the office. I never mentioned the lost surf board that I knew her sites in law's daughter had. The mother was grateful and gave me gifts cards but I didn't l now the biggest gift was about to come. While I had never spoke of the board to her my own sister had been back in town for a few weeks and being the original family friend made attempts to get the board to no avail. I put it off as lost.  After the summer during the fall slowdown conversations turned to family and somehow the board loan came up. Not surprised the Office associate said she would fine out about the board. A few days later she came into work saying she had the board in her car! Incredible!!!! Cleaned repaired, waxed and ready to rock! Look out Great white sharks.

43. 9’ 6” Hobie Gary Propper (2):  I bought this on  Long Island after taking a ferry from Connecticut for $1200!!. I've never touched her but not an original fin. I need to ride this board!! Probably the craziest trip I ever took to get a board. Drove to Connecticut and got on the Ferry in ?? and rode the Ferry 1 and half thrs. to meet guy got off Ferry bought board guy wouldn't do any price dealling and took board and got back on boat and headed straight home. what a total asshole!!

44. 9’ 6” Stewart “66”:  beautiful board with huge repair on topdeck. Kyle surfed it one summer, paid $150 and traded for boards listed later sacrilege but waited until here the story behind it later.

45. 7’ 0” Perfection: surfboard bought at Dick’s Pawn in Conway SC paid $150. I took this board and cleaned and repaired it. Then showed it off for a year in the basement before bringing it down on a trip to florida in 2015 and then left a Myrtle beach house in 2016 used several times by me, Colin and of course Kevin!! I brought it home a recleaned and it's ready for a new surf adventure!

https://villagesurfshoppe.com/

Kelly Richards surf shop 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om3ZoHgn8iw

46. 6’ 0” Werner Vega Surfboards: Board was made in Jobos Beach, Puerto Rico with an awesome blue water theme bought at pawn shop in downtown Myrtle beach for $40. 

49. 9’ 6” Surfboards by Phil’s: serial # 1412 Surfboard Phil’s from Downey, California. The surfboards from Ride the Wild Surf movie and Gidget TV series fame with blue striping and 3 logos. I paid $500 great condition not seen wax in years.  2 hr.  plus  drive to get her guy wouldn’t haggle and I would never see one again like this. In the movie 

https://www.swaylocks.com/groups/surfboards-phil

Phillip Sauer of Huntington Beach, California was born on January 16th, 1937. His father Cecil, was worked as a lifeguard, and the interest for surfing developed within Phil. While on summer vacation in San Clemente, he was taught how to surf by legendary Pop Proctor. Later on in 1956, he went to Hawaii to catch the big waves. After a year of exploring for surf spots, Phil set sail along with his friend and a wannabe captain on a small 38 foot sailboat known as The Gitana on October 4th, heading for Seattle, Washington. But only five days after the journey begun, a terrible storm caught their boat, and they were lost at sea for the next 71 days. They managed the two months with extreme thirst, and they were washed ashore 150km north of Cabo San Lucas, California.[1]

Four years later in 1961, Phil opened a surf shop on the corner of Firestone and Lakewood Blvds in Downey, called "Surfboards by Phil". Eventually the movie industry noticed Phil's shop, and over the next few years, it would be know as "Surfboards To The Stars". And they were featured along with his clothing line in almost every beach party movies, including, "Ride The Wild Surf", "Muscle Beach Party", "Beach Blanket Bingo", "How To Stuff a Wild Bikini", "Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine", "Beach Ball", "Bikini Beach", "Wild On The Beach", also classis tv shows as the "The Monkees" and "Gidget"[1]

51. 9’ 6” Dewey Weber Performer bought in Connecticut from the original owner, who only surfed it for one season along the RI coast and in Wellfleet at four mile. A beautiful 9’11” colored board dual stringer and small stringer block with large red stripes and black striping. (July 2015)

52. 9’ 0” Gordon & Smith Hot Curl: from Matt at Pump House at Orleans Film festival in 2014 for $500 paid over a few months. Awesome example of lighter boards from late 60's that surfers still love today!!!

53. 7’ 8” Greg Noll Seeker: I bought this board from my friend Rob who I first met down in Venice Florida but had seen him up on the cape at the Old timer only months before he recognized me because I had won the year and we struck up a friendship. He collects boards as well and Is a master artist on repairing the boards. (March 2016). I rode this board on Aug 19th 2021 in feont a corwd at White Creast with Andy Jacobs already in the water

54.  Paul’s Homemade:

57. 9’6” Velzy: popout

58. 9’ 6” Hobie: cigar charpe early 60’s with dorsal fin excellent shape traded the guy $200 cash and soft top surfboard. Displayed it a month letter at Old Timers where his wife and him showed up. I think she was pissed he sold it!

Late Summer 2015

59. 7’ 10” Stewart  Funline: bought in Hyannis. It’s an awesome mini longboard that I've ridden from here to cocoa beach sitting in the shed in Myrtle and think that was a mistake. Update picked this board up in Myrtle and brought it on a trip to Florida but lost at sea due to Shark bite.

60. 9’ 10” Surfboards by the Greek: The Greek big orange surfboard bought off rt 3 at exit 5 Mcdonald’ guy wanted $400 I paid $20 bucks thinking it was just a popout fin not original but the dog bone fin is sweet and logo has been reaffirmed in some fashion not sure?

Met Surfer Joe summer 2014???  Name of his buddies

Kyel Merrills freind Josh Dave and wade, 

Guys from band roots down below

Met Rob Knight Summer 2015 in Florida in winter

62. 9’ 6” Lari Jai: Fall 2016 $600

California company with the inlay fabric from the early 6o's that I had info on orgiablly but nbow cannot find anything on them. I think eddie Tanaka might have been a shpaer for them I heard in online crap years ago.

63. 10’ 9” Jacobs: Fall 2016 $750

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64. Blake Kookbox: Fall 2016 $900

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65. 10’ 0” Dextra:  in excellent condition as part of trade for Stewart mentioned above. 

66. 6’ 0” Bahne Twin Fin:

http://surfboardline.com/bahne/

67. 6’ 2” Jets surfboards - Vintage Twin fin ($300) with slight fishtail with single side bites and foils on bottom shaped by Jim Ellington of San Diego #697. Incredible aribush Jets logo and red orange and blue striping. Chick originally hawked this board to me as something Roger Beale had. Couldn’t pull the trigger and then two month later it showed up at Matt’s shop for the same price. I bought it and paid it off over a few weeks. Ellington is a favorite of the San Diego area and here is a link of him shaping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkmNenDmUu0

68. 7’ 0” Bing Kharma: $400 chick

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1969-bing-karma-surfboard-153415544

https://classicbingsurfboards.com/bing-surfboards/traditional-bings/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/439663982346304395/

http://backyardbullard.com/surf-shed/vintage-1969-bing-good-karma/

https://offerup.com/item/detail/454471801/

71. 9’ 6” Surfboards Hawaii: $25

72. 6’ 8” Corky Carroll Space Stick: $40 Twin fin 

http://surfboardline.com/corky-carroll/

http://www.surfart.com/bill-ogden/

https://www.swaylocks.com/forums/corky-cool-sticks

https://www.ocregister.com/2007/07/01/outta-this-world-surfboards/

73. 6’4” Jim Phillips: Strawberry shortcake bought from guys side barn like a picker 

74. 9’4” Gordon and Smith Midget Farrelly Stringerless: excellent condition cleaned paid over a few months including leaving money in the fridge and taking beers and $400

75. 7’4” Greg Noll Formula I:  good condition $200

76. 9’ 6”  Dewey Weber: early 60’s with Brian hansen brought to me in trade for a board to be named later

March 2017 trip to South Carolina and Florida

77. 9’ 6” Reef:  popout bought in Myrtle beach from craigslist.  Guy had originally bought the board in the north shore, Mass great condition with clean top and bottom decks and big glass in D fin. Pd $400

78. 5’10” Hobie Twin Fin: was bought in Myrtle at a Dick’s pawn shop for $180. A beautiful Incredible black and neon pink colors.

79. 8’ Ron Jon Custom Surfboard:  purchased from Craigs after my brother Paul called while I was in Myrtle about a board in Cocoa beach where I was heading to surf the next day. Pd $125 I had just got bitten by what I assume was a bull shark. 

80. 6’6’ Kinetic:

https://kineticsurfdesigns.com/

81. 7’ Phillips (?):  Teardrop ($500)

This is the sexiest board I own.  A definite keeper in any quiver she looks ready to blast into a barrel and then into the arms of some hot babe. She could be a magazine cover all by herself!!. This board has travelled. I first saw it originally listed in RI but my buddy Rob had bought it from Andrew I guy I’ve bought one of my dewey from expensive Rob surfed he said in RI but brought it to FL where I fell in Love with it. I gave a deposit in spring 2016 and finally picked her up and brought her back to cape in spring 2017 paid $400 This is probably the most badass single fin I own.

82. 9’ 6” Dewey Weber (?):  another Brian find paid $300 it’s all original with it’s fin cut to look like it’s curve rather than it’s original D-fin style

83. 6’ Hansen Master: Jon Sacus??

85. 9’ 10” Orca popout:

Mark donates two boards

The president of the Cape Cod Surfriders,  Mark O'Connell, who has been in San Diego for the past 30 years has a small collection at the family home in Yarmouth and with mom is selling the family home and Mark needed to move some boards. He left me with two boards: his own Hawaian gun that he used in Hawaii and a legendy log that we all used at the beach during parties and shows up in pictures from the day. 

87. 6’4” Dick Catri Lightning Bolt: 

https://eastcoastsurfinghalloffame.org/portfolio-items/dick-catri/

88. 9 ’4” Velzy Pig (refurbished original and signed): ($600)

The f--inbg Velzy is the balls because underneath it’s beautiful refinished red coat you know is a board that was in the hands of the master of all dadass surfers Dale Velzy. That he signed it is incredible and is definitely one of the most prized boards in the quiver. Surf dog firesale from Summer 2017. It came with a lot of great stories from Bruce of surfing the outer beaches of the cape to RI. I need to get Bruce to come to an Old Timers contest. His wife told me to do so. 

90. 7’ 0” Challenger: ($20)

Picked up at Surf dog fire sale with the rest of the amazing boards. It’s yellow well worn decks show it’s obviously well surfed. Surfdog said he used the board on cape and RI needs lots of TLC and will get it eventually. It’s been getting the TLC it needed and while it will never be a show board it is now rideable and I’m excited to get it to the beach. I was told these were the rental type boards available at gas stations along rt 6 in Wellfleet back in the early days of surfing on the cape. 

93. 6’ 6”  unknown homemade: Blue Bought in Eastham buda shop

94. 7’4” Con Butterfly: 1968 -69 ($500)

 Originally owned by Mark O'Connell the forever president and creator of the Cape Cod Surfriders and designer of the infamous t-shirts, sweatshirts, logos and poster that attracted all the craies to our surg parties. Mark sold to my brother for his son, Brian to use in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Barely ridden and hanging in the garage attic for over 30 years. Bought for $500 in Dec 2017. It was one of the boards we showed at the Maritime Museum at the surf expo held in Hyannis in 2010.  It has a beautiful butterfly on both decks and at 7 ft with a curved nose it’s a perfect barrel rider for Cape waves and I plan to have my surfing buddy, Everett surf it this winter. Clean deck and great rails. 

98. 9’ 4” Dewey Weber Performer: Wide Flowered Top bought in Philadelphia from board faciato Steve Parmenter

Dewey Weber 9’4” with flowered cloth inlay that had is light for it’s wide size. I  needed to sand down nose on both top and bottom and same with tail end but definitely a cool surfboard from the longboard era. The fin, after consultation, was cleaned of the oxidation using a box cutter blade. It turned the fin from a dull glazed grey to the original blue tint. Awesome Board standing up or laying down!!!

99. Surfboards East: made in New Jersey 9’8” by Jim Phillips that has some great lines and at just under ten feet will catch everything coming your way. Total noserider!!! I met my friend Steve on the way back from Myrtle back to pick these up. He’s the bomb. Who else would meet a guy roadside a 9 pm on a Saturday night outside of Philly. Nuts!! We talked boards for a few minutes and then exchange cash and  the boards and off I went headed for the cape. I fixed up the several dings on the board and Mark used the board in the 2018 Old Timers when he was back. I had cleaned it but Mark waxed it all up and I might just leave it that way. The factory for East coast was on the shore in Ashbury Park and Bruce Springsten and his band would practice in the shop and Bruce himself worked on making fins for boards. Maybe mine was made by Bruce as hinted at in my board collection video part 2 put out by Cape Cod Wave by Brian Darcy. 

101. 8’4” Surfboard East Plastic Fantastic: $1500 (nuts!!!)

I finally picked up the board from the guy in Ayer mass David?? Steve?? I met him in the parking lot the weekend I came back from Myrtle in Worcester past i-90 at exit 23? He also had a challenger micro from 1968 that he also was selling that he told me he would bring. I finally got my hands on the surfboards east plastic fantastic and its awesome color and while it has a few marks on it from 50 plus years of storage it is beautiful!!! I had sent him money through paypal so the board was paid for but I brought cash for the other board. I didn't have any protective cover for it so I weaseled the board cover out of him as I bought the micro challenger as well for $400. After putting on an old blue matching in from another Eastern Challenger board I bought a new vintage fin that matches must better. 

102. 8’6” Challenger Micro: $400 still has the old wax from the guy I got it from on it. I don't think it's worth what I paid for it! What an idiot I am sometimes! But it is a Challenger Micro and try finding one. Still need to clean and check it out before it gets used or hung. Cleaned in January of 2019 but still needs to be rewaxed and ridden.

103. 6’6” Oceanside serial #1247:  Swallow Tail triple stringer with beautiful green foam top with darker green trim and bottom. Looks like the original fin which has some small slices in one area. No leash plug. Guy had two boards, an old beat up hobie that I felt was beyond repair and the Oceanside. He felt the Hobie was worth the money because that was what he had the most memories of.  He told me great stories of going surfing at Marconi beach before there was a road which I also heard about another guy a few years later. He didn’t say much about the Oceanside but I bought it for $100 and thought I should have paid more. Left the hobie but since I already had plenty of junk Hobies. Learned that Oceanside was a shop in Cocoa Beach run by East Coast Hall of Fame inductee Bill Feinberg. The Oceanside Spoiler is one of the most popular boards made and copied by China today. A forum post had this to say about the shop. What a great place- Marjane and Mike Margolis- they always treated me great and I was just a dorky kid. I bought my first new board from them in '69- a short board- beautiful maroon colored twin fin. They were so great ot me- they let me pay $10 a week on that board until I had paid it off, but they let me take it out and surf it all day and then bring it back at the end of the day. They gave me a free bar of wax every week as well! Those are some good memories. I remember hearing the surf reports in Orlando from them, always ending with "This is Mike Margolis (or Marjane) from Oceanside Surf Shop, Cocoa Beach!"

http://www.floridasurfmuseum.org/kahunas/bill-feinberg-east-coast-surfing-hall-fame

http://www.floridasurfmuseum.org/blog/the-original-east-coast-surfing-magazines-article-by-doug-fiske

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-county/2019/11/07/florida-surf-legend-allen-margolis-76-dies-while-surfing/2517069001/

Founded by Bill Feinberg in the early sixties. He and his wife Marjane ran the business until about 1983 when they sold everything and took off on a sailboat for points south. They're still cruising the islands and occasionally come through Brevard and stop in for a visit.The retail shop was where Natural Art is now. Roger Bakst, Mike Margolis and then Jim Maher ran the store in Bill and Mar's absence (they liked to cruise in their sailboat, even back then). The factory was originally in Rockledge. After a couple of fires (purportedly arson), they moved to a factory in Eau Gallie. They also made boards under the Ron Jon label for the Cocoa Beach retailer in their factory before opening their own retail store at the south end of Cocoa Beach. In 1970, they started selling G&S's in the retail store and offered them along with their own Oceanside boards. Later they added Hobie's.

In 1971 or '72, they closed their factory and subcontracted the building of their Oceanside boards to G&S in San Diego. Some of their popular models over the years included: The Spoiler and the Javelin. Some of their shapers included: Johnny Rice, Wayne Land and Pat O'Hare. Dean Ward and Tomb and Reeves also worked in the factory at various times. One of the more popular boards here mid-sixties thru early 70s. Sand floor with large stepping stones in da shop.

Lotsa hot guys rode for Feinberg.

104. 9’ 9”Mako:  A total score this board came up on craigslist and I somehow was the first caller even though the guy didn't return the call for a few days. The board was located in the Rehoboth/Attleboro area and I left school early while Kyle was still working and got the board paid $150 and the board is almost mint the numbers look like they were just written on it yesterday. The blue tinted layers and the overall lightness of the board make it a winner. I need to repair a small ding on the tail area and the board must be surfed! Saw one listed for $600 summer 2019 that was a piece of shit. Stupidly traded to Chick for some thing I can't remember now. What an idot I am sometimtes. I never learn. Other people's trash is someone else's gold!!!

105. 6’ 4” Hot Buttered Australia Surfboards:  (Myrtle beach pawn shop) $100. Bought her to use in my classroom because we were using the theme of Australia for summer school. Real light tri fin with some light repairs done with bondo! Crazy is that due to the shark crisis, Ian Cairns who was sponsored by them came to the Cape and I met him only briefly some of the guys really got to know him.

106. 6’ 4” Caster serial # : Myrtle beach surf city surf shop for $100. Full volume short board single fin era with triple stringers. Needs to be sanded down is some areas including the top that has a 4 by 10 inch gloss coat over the logo for some reason. Lots of life left and ready to go!!!! Shaper Bill Caster has a long ans toeried history detailed in several artiucle and swaylocks and shred sled post. Creazy to hera the stories the tell of him and his legend. I honored to have one of his boards in the collection

https://www.swaylocks.com/groups/caster-surfboards-bill-caster

https://www.swaylocks.com/forums/bill-caster

https://shredsledz.net/2016/12/caster-single-fin/

https://www.10news.com/lifestyle/exploring-san-diego/inaugural-members-of-san-diego-surfing-hall-of-fame-to-be-inducted

https://boardroomshow.com/icons-of-foam-tribute-history-bill-caster-2008/

https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1975/dec/18/cover-the-surfboard-shapers/

http://www.surfysurfy.net/category/caster/

https://www.swaylocks.com/groups/sacred-craft-tribute-masters-shape-bill-caster-oct-11-12-2008

107. 5’ 10” Lipstick serial # 00825 (#2):  craigslist Myrtle beach $50. I love this little board. It has a cool logo with two stingers crossed. Bought it off a kid who had listed it on craigslist and found it with his dad cleaning out some place. I’ve repaired it and it’s hanging up in the ceiling waiting for someone to take her down and give her a spin!

113: 6'6" Con Spear: https://www.surfboardshack.com/blog/con-surfboards/

114: 6'4" South Shore Surfboards:http://surfboardline.com/south-shore/

115: 7’ 4” WRV: Swallow tail  $175- Sweet vintage board that I bought from a guy close to Wrightsville beach in North Carolina while I was down at my house in Myrtle South Carolina. The board has beautiful air brushed red orange color on rails and a big WRV dolphin logo on top. Has one small quarter inch hole in the middle of the deck that I plan on repairing over summer when I get back to Myrtle when school ends.

119: 6’4” Dewey Weber Performer: single fin from mid 70’s. I paid $350 from Matt at Pumphouse. Shaped by Mike Gieb longtine shaper for Dewey Weber for Warren maybe former pro surfer Mark Warren. Warren was from Australia and the 1980 winner of the Duke Classic. Fairly clean condition with original fin(?) and a small blue Weber Performer logo on both sides. #21536

120: 9’0 Hobie surfboard: ($275) This beautiful sea green foam single fin was shaped by Midget Smith of San Clemente famous not just for his surfing skills but as a shaper and later years as a judge of contests worldwide. Hobie bought it from Michelle, friend of Spencer and Peter, shaped by Midget Smith. Gave Michelle $100 and have yet to pay the rest. Handed off $80 to Spencer to get closer on final payment. Hopefully soon! Surfed this board at Nauset LIght on June 6, 2020 in waist high waves and has a  ball!! Sold for $250 to friend Flow who rode waves with me at Lecounts and other places that year. 

121: 6’ ?” Skipps surfboard: bought in Warren, RI. Probably have had more fun buying the board at this guys garage tucked in off the highway in Warwick, Rhode island than any other. He was quite the character and had a motorcycle and lots of other junk piled into the small garage under the house.  The first board an australian Skipp was light as a feather and cool striping I had to have it and l gave Tim every penny I had plus starbuck coffee card to sweeten the deal.. He also had a cool sign and he let me get one which was an original ford porcelain. We sipped cold coors in the garage and talked shit for 20 minutes before I finally left. I came back a week later with my wife and picked up another board and Hawaian island Creation and was headed for Myrtle Beach . I used the board all week in the small surf boogie boarding. The top pads made it awesome for riding!!! Tim has one more board a Neon Orange Russell that I need to get (Cracked)

122: 5’8” Hawaiian Island Creation: Warren Ri. On my second return to Tim's garage I was on my way south to Myrtle and stopped in quick to pick up this stick. It didn't disappoint as I used it exclusively all week in Myrtle to boogie surf the 1 ft waves we had. The board was shaped in Hawaii by Chuck Andrus who shaped boards for Laird Hamilton among others. Definitely collectible!

https://shredsledz.net/2016/11/hic-chuck-andrus/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hp8Yb-t9Zs 

125: 8’6” Bing Lotus: ($800) purchased from Matt at pumphouse over the course of summer 2019 and later displayed at the Orleans film festival in October 2019. 

126: 6’2” Indian Summer: ($100) I purchased this surfboard in Dennisport which is the closest I’ve ever gone for a surfboard along with the Ole from last year's haul.  and made I think on Nantucket signed RB with great pinstriping and red and orange colored graphics. Repaired by Ron Knight when he stayed over for a week at the house. I finished polishing up Rob’s repairs and what to show it to the guy I got if from He was an amazing old guy who had surfed the outer coast in the late early 60’s including dragging his old bard through the woods to go surf. He also had made some hollow boards in the footsteps of Robert Blake and showed me what he had plan on going back to see if I can get one of his boards which were really awesome and not that heavy as as expected. 

127. 9’10” Dextra: donated by ???? after a party at Kenny Stockdale’s cleaned up and removed lots of old wax and she looks great.  Sealed up some spots and now in the office in my house 

128: 9: 2” Boner: surfboard purchase in Myrtle beach for $300

129: 7’ 0” Greg Loher: semi gun with Greg Loher log and signed by Greg. Recused for $100 in Harwich off craigslist. Repaired the damage to the top front and bottom of the tail. On display and ready to ride! 

130. 9’ 8” Jack Haley Seal Beach: $100early 1960’s original condition with great orange patina. Call from Kenny Collins got me started then luck brought me some cash and I swepted in. Haley is one of the true legends of California surfing as both surfer and later restaurant owner of Captain Jack’s. Haley won the first ever West Coast surfing championship in 1959 and opened his surf shop in 1961 in Seal Beach. Captain Jack’s is on the Pacific coast Highway. His son would go one to NBA stardom but die of cancer

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-28-mn-13550-story.html

131. 6’4”  Spectrum: ($225) shaped by Carl Schaper with glassed on tri fins. Second one in my collection with a Bullock quad fin at #102. This one is a really nice piece of Clark Foam with amazing purple glassed on fins!!!! Carl Schaper is recognized worldwide and has a shop in Hawaii called Schaper Hawaii. Here’s a link to some info on him from the Florida Surf museum. http://www.floridasurfmuseum.org/blog/the-florida-connection-carl-schaper

132.  David Endress Design Power Tool: l $100classic 80’s colors. 

Dave Endress is a long time east coast shaper that used to shape under the label PowerTools and now shapes all the Pride boards and runs the GlassTech glassing shop outside of Wilmington, North Carolina.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxFBihkh_rE

Glass Tech, Inc. was founded by Dave Endress in 1976. The company currently manufactures approximately 800-1,000 boards per year, and employs five people, including Endress himself. "It’s my way of participating in the surfing world," he says. "I have a love of the craftsmanship of making boards, creating designs that are successful for the waves we ride, tailoring a board to specific guys."

Customers can buy one of Endress’ boards off the rack at 17th Street Surf Shop, under the Pride label, or place an order for a custom board at 17th Street. For Endress, customs are where it’s at. "Everyone wants something a little different than the next guy," he says. "Buying stock isn’t conducive to the complete surfing experience."

Legends of the Shred

Here is a snap of two legends, Will "Robert's Grom" McEachern and a Classical Glass thruster, shaped by Dave Endress. Mr. Endress, who started his craft in 1973, is arguably the godfather of surfboard shaping in southeastern North Carolina. Many of the area's top shapers, including Will Allison, Greg Eavey and Shawn O'Donnell, and others worked with and under Mr. Endress over the years. Mr. Endress has been a longtime shaper for 17th Street Surf Shop and has operated a few different labels under his name Classical Glass, Power Tools, and now Glass Tech, which operates in the L.A. of Brunswick County. 

133. Eagle surfboard designed by Woody Styvon and shaped by David Endress #121091: with rare G & S star system quad fin with two fins (one broken). Purchased at Bert’s on a two for one price. $150. See other 

134.  5’ 7” Haut swallow tail: twin fin $150 with bottom foils and shaped by Joey Thomas in 1981. Needs repair and has delam but the shape and fins are amazing. Serial # 7441 with fins unlimited twin fins screwed through the deck.

135: 7’10” $100 Haut semi-gun: It’s crazy to think that I had just bought the red twin fin Haut down at Bert’s in North Myrtle when I got home and two days later an ad for a Haut goes out late at night and I see it early in the morning. By 9 am I'm meeting the guy off exit 14 in Norwell. What a score!!!! Doug Haut is an iconic shaper from Sant Cruz but respected as one of the top despite being unheralded of his time which stretches from Greg Noll to today.

136: 6’4” Local Surf Club: - $30 (Yes, $30!!!)

137. 6’ 9” Blank ($40) Craigslist ad from the next town over in Yarmouth and coincidentally my son's former roommate was the guy selling it. Tom had been a good friend and roommate of Kyle’s while in college and was a great entrepreneur having his own sneaker company while in college. Balls!!! He wasn’t home his dad gave me the board but he texted to say hi to Kyle. We were all wearing mask! I hope to have Rob or myself make something from it or just keep it as a museum piece of what a blank looks like!!!

Spring 2020

Dave’s boards come together

139. 9’ 8” Keoki Popout: ( $175) Craigslist in New Hampshire as part of a two board deal. Incredible pop out from the very early 60’s in great condition for its age. Needed my cleaning skills to bring out the real patina. Keoki is part of some Hawaiin greeting. Drove to part on North Shore, Mass that is known for hardcore surfers but I never go there. The guy even had to tell me what he meant by the Brownies which ended up being some lobster shack everyone goes to. These kind of pop outs are getting real valuable as bar tops because of the usual completely flat shape, great logo, and colorful patina. Jeff, the owner, had some heavy involvement with surfing. He spoke about hitting some double overhead barrels on the shortboards that he was selling. He also surfed in Chick Frodigh’s first original New England longboard classic which was held at ????.  I felt bad for the guy because he said he was on a second bout of brain cancer. He just had a tumor removed but he was still hoping to someday get back out and surf. Some guys never give up!  I paid his full price!  I didn't want to be a prick and haggle with someone I saw Jeff as a true soul surfer. 

140. 6’2” Blue Hawaii Tri fin Craigslist New Hampshire part of two board deal for $350 and incredible airbrush with dual blue colors and glassed in fins. Has delam that needs fixing but a total wall hanger!!!! Blue Hawaii has a good rep from these early models including the Potz. Already used for decoration on my 60th birthday party and needs to get the delam fixed and some other repairs before bringing her to the beach for some action. Looks amazon g in the basement!!! Glen Minami, owner and head shaper

https://shredsledz.net/2018/12/pottz-blue-hawaii-model/

https://shredsledz.net/2020/04/blue-hawaii-twinzer-pottz-model/

https://shredsledz.net/2018/12/pottz-blue-hawaii-model/

141. 7’11” Hansen 50/50 Mini: ($180) From Craiglsit in Myrtle Beach from this guy Wes, who ended up asking for more money after another collector from Charleston told him how much it was supposedly worth. Wes, however, didn't really tell anyone however that his son has used a wood burning tool to drill two holes through the stringer including the logo. All I’m told to save $50 bucks on a set of board hangers. He said his son was an artist. A Tattoo artist is what is what I say. What an ass! He even used the tool to burn eyelash marks everywhere and made huge gouge lines along where the added  volon cloth for kneedpadlling shows. Then Wes added more to the damage and used a razor blade to remove some paint his son had used on the back of the board! To make this deal even worse my son refused to go pick up the board because he felt it was too far to drive (20 minutes) highway with board on top of his car even though we have the soft start setup to use. My wife chinmed in as well so I had to find another way to get the board. I did, however, convince my wife to go drive down to Myrtle beach for Memorial Day to visit our son at our house there and Wes after some wrangling was willing to wait as long as I paid his full price! It sucked but I did get the board. I drove 900 miles in 14 hrs and picked up the board after surfing first at 44th street in Myrtle then taking the 15 minute drive to Little River where the board was. Wes felt bad and gave me little trinkets he didn’t need that were part of his former surf theme decor. Luckily, I chose a wooden mermaid that was approx 3 ft long. My wife loved it when I showed up at the beach house and put it on the outside back wall. I win!!!

142. 6’6” Blue Hawaii (Cino) (2): ($60) CG Boston I don't know why sometimes boards just draw me in. This board is no prize but for the $60 (price of a good dinner out) I picked up a board made by a heradled shaper from Hawaii Cino ???? Granted this board has some nasty repair work already done but she is surfable and just has that I've ridden and tubed many times look that I love. A board that has seen some action usually has great patina. Least I know that it’s a good surfable board,  right? Boards in perfect condition make me feel like something is wrong. Why wasn't it  surfed??? So the Cino has been given the traditional cleaning and still needs some work on the tail to make it surfable. But feels good in the hands. Someone will want to ride her again someday. I repaired the tail and still need to work on the back side which is in need of a cleaning and small repairs. 

144: 8’2 Rusty Desert Island: $450 Craigslist Plymouth MA Saw this at 10 pm at night and send email but forgot all about it until the morning when this guy emails me back if I want to come look at it this morning. It was only 30 minutes from me but an expensive New board I was definitely unsure of but I remember looking at it the night before and going wow that board would rip the waves all summer!!! Luckily I had been roofing all week on the side and had some hundreds I was suppose to use on other boards but once I had it in my hands it was over. I actually picked it up in my 67 mustang and  so it easy a classic ride with the board stickin out the window driving back on the cape people must have relaly been looking at me like I was crazy.I even went back to work to finish the morning off for the last day of the year and possible forever at Riverview depending how covid goes and my pown piurlookon what ot do next. But I kne what indeed to tdo that afternoon and that was go to the beachcombe with my wife for shrimg pa dnddrinks and pissible surf. I was even thingking about the nw board until I got hme ans really started o look at her and siads im takingit to the comah. Is this board several times over the last couple sessions and stomped on the ways with it I got barreled a couple times can't wait to see me even bigger waves 

145: 7’ Wayne Lynch model Rusty:

I rode this down at Myrtle Beach and had a blast on it quickly gets into the barrel can't wait to serve it again 

146: 7’ Savage 1

Total wall hanger has never had wax on it we put the fins in it for the first time needs love 

148. 9’8” Hannon “Red Baron”  I got this from Chick again Peter Pan vintage board can't tell if the red is original from the factory or painted on afterwards only had Willie one real digging it underneath it’s heavy 

149. 8’1 Duke Surfboards Australia: $240 from Chick Frodigh via Peter Pan

Needs repair to the middle fin which is broken off and not much after a good cleaning. It has amazing 90’s ?? look

150: 6’8” Dewey Weber Ski (?): $375  Finally picked up by Brian the week and waiting myself to put my hands on her. I have read lots about The Ski and have always wanted one. It will hopefully look super next to the small weber performer. It’s not right next to the performer but one board over. It does look great in the museum. When I picked it up the wax on it was old but still in good shape to almost take the board for a spin but I decided to clean it and go over it good to check for any possible damage before rewaxing and riding it here on the cape! A real gem!!! Original fin!!!

151: 7’6” Hansen Superlight Mini (?):  $200 from Craigslist Brewster. I had just left Kenny’s house in Harwich shaking a deal on buying his collection or primo boards (Morey-Pope, Weber, Noll, Bunger) when this pops up on craigs just minutes from Kenny and just another exit down the road from me. Total score!!! The guy was great and said that he had surfed it at Wells beach in Maine during 68 or 69 and a few times on the cape (doubtful from the look of the board). Cleaned up amazing and a few small dings fixed, I'm ready to give her a spin hopefully on the Cape or down South this fall or winter. Brain Hansen is looking to trade for other boards but not interested.

152: 9’8” Competition Striped Dewey Weber (?): ($1200) Early 1960’s D fin Weber with triple stringers and incredible full length stripes of 1 inch green trim on sides and 6 inch blue middle with tail block. Purchased from Matt at Pumphouse over two  year period

153: 9’4” Ashton big wave gun: traded Chic two boards a china built  Ron Jon 8’6” and 9”6” beat up Hawaiin King. This gun is the real deal!!! The Rhino chaser is solid white except for the Ashton logo.

154: 1967 9’5” Greg Noll Da Cat (2) - serial #  - Clear coat with real nice logo including original bolt on fin with foils on bottom. Purchased from Kenny C after 4 months of making payments on three boards I was allowed to take this one home for Christmas! Kenny has semi restored her where she is all sanded down and ready for a new gloss coat! Question is what color or colors and why not just leave her as she is. In comparison to my other Da Cat this one is much lighter in design and weight and I feel much better rider than my first but who knows if I'll ever surf that one. I’ve seen very few of these ever go for sale and always in the $4,000 range for one that’s nice. As a rider she’s priceless to me!

Christmas Presents for Myself

155: 1965 10’1” Dewey Weber Pre-Performer - serial #  - Clear coat with rare Dewey Weber Sprocket Logo and original hatchet fin. Purchased in package deal above from Kenny C and brought home just after Christmas. Very clean 9.5 or better condition and Pre-Performers are starting to be recognized as part of Weber Performer development. With a dozen Webers being listed in the catalog I could outfit a whole shop! Looks like it needs to be surfed!

156: 1967 9’6” Morey Pope Blue Machine - serial #  - This Morey-Pope Blue Machine was kept for many years by original owner Andrew McKinney when it first was delivered in 1967 to his  Surf City shop in Wellfleet. Some 40 years later, I was just finishing setting up my surfboard display at top of the hill at White Crest ( 4-Mile). That afternoon would be the Cape Cod Oldtimers Surf contest and I wanted to proudly display my boards after a few years of searching.  I've been collecting boards since 1986 when I first started surfing but the past few years I've been spurred on to find even more vintage boards. I had over 20 boards on display including  names like Hobie, Weber,  Gordon and Smith, some short boards, and a few popouts. 

As I was taking my first sips of Coors and relaxing, up comes an older gentleman, who  starts a conversation about boards. He tells me he loves my museum and that he used to be a shop owner years ago. He then boldly tells me he has a vintage board rarer then anything I have because it was  one of the first transitional boards which was made by Morey Pope and designed by Bob Cooper.  I asked if he was interested in selling it and he said yes and he actually had it out in the parking lot on his car. I said go get it! 

Just as he left, they called the first heat which was of course the Old Timers. My heat! In moments, I was headed down the hill to the beach below with my vintage rider for the event which was a Abercrombie and Fitch popout with a port hole in the nose. It would be hrs before I came back up the hill smashed from  Willys Wipeout punch and surf fever.  

The grills were lit and food and crowds of surfers were jostling about as we waited for Jasper's legendary owner Mike Haughton to give out the awards. There I saw the old gentleman standing with Kenny Collings, both a respected legendary surfer and vintage board collector, looking down at was just a marvelous looking blue colored surfboard with large black rubberized like pads covering several portions of the boards instead of slipdeck material. Very innovative for the time! 

Kenny starts shaking hands and walks off with the the board! I'm shocked and as it getting dark rush to start putting my own vintage boards into my truck back bed. The lot was empty when I pulled out my truck pilled with museum pieces and rain coming down. I was pissed! Kenny had stolen the board from under my nose as far as I was concerned but since I had already bought several boards from Kenny I also knew that he would likely sell it to me but for much more than what he paid. 

Months later, I attended the Newport Surfest 5 put on by Water Bros's Sid Abruzzi, one of the most iconic surf shop owners in New England! It was awesome! The boards were incredible! Just walking in we saw circles of amazing short boards stack on the ground and then inside a big tent vintage boards galore. Every maker and model was represented! I had known about the Surfest and knew I should have followed up and brought boards to show. What a fool I had been. Regardless, I walked the walk carefully examining different logos and styles and just falling in love with tons of boards! 

Afterwards, we watch the incredible skateboarders cranking down the ramp that had been built for the event. I was almost unable to walk away from the vintage cars with boards displayed next to them.  As we walked out, I knew I'd be buying more boards soon! 

It would be days later when I looked at online post displaying a picture of the best board of show. There was Kenny Collings standing in front of the crowd with the blue machine hoisted high in the air. Fuck! 

https://www.swaylocks.com/forum/48488/morey-pope-blue-machine

157:   6’0” Classic Glass Dave Endress Quad Fin ($100) Airbrushed green and blue and speckled blue with blue striped trim Amazing glassed on quad fins with foils and side cuts!!! Total work of Art! Paul found it on “offer up” in North Carolina and it’s the third Endress! Whileit has some dimples it really is a fantastic board that needs to get in the water. 

While covid pandemic raged in the country, Marie and I went down to the house in Myrtle Beach and visited Colin. I surfed every day including three times on thanksgiving. Great waves in Myrle!!! Sweet fast drops!!

Thanksgiving 2020 Myrtle Beach

159: 6’8” Design 1 Fred Hemmings Jr. model: ($300)

I had seen a really cool Design 1 online from Burlinton and knew instantly it was my friend Brian  Who I have traded boards and bought also before. I heard from Brain and after a few text and a long call made arrangement with him to stop by my house with the Design a1 and look at trades by It old him I have cash.  lots more to say

Oh lordy lordy, my past returns to haunt me. Sold those for a few years, well made board and that one is in good shape. Not what I'd call super-inspired or super-innovative design or shaping but a good board in general. Very good usable board in, say, waist-head high stuff, held an edge well, a high line trim back a little from the widest point is what makes it go best, if memory still serves.

Rod Sumpter was connected with the company as a kind of team rider/sales rep of sorts, early-mid '70s, when he came through here and I met him. Nice guy, by the way. I seem to recall that they were East Coast made, Jim Phillips would know better than me. That one was right around the Reno Abillera super-scooped nose era, I think the company faded away before twin fins came out, might have gone down with the ship during the Honeycomb hollow boards thing, I think they fiddled with that some.. I don't think there's any successor company you could look to for records, but give me a week to see if we still have anything on paper to do with the ones we sold, though 30 years ago, I dunno . If you can see the serial number, that wouldn't hurt. They ran ads in the magazines as well, and in that era shapes were quite different every year topush boards, so that might help a lot in dating it.

That help any??

https://www.swaylocks.com/groups/design-1-single-fin-questions

I am not worthy

161: Jim Phillips Soul Creation 

162: Hansen Super Light (?):

https://medium.com/vintage-surfboards/vintage-surfboard-rehabilitation-a-documentary-in-words-and-images-part-iii-w-a-v-e-set-fins-c649c7b7652c

163: 6’2” Natural Art: by Prichard Price 1985 incredible Airbrush blue and pink with amazing “Natural Art” log and square tail. Purchased off Facebook from a young guy from Gloucester. Drove at 5:30 am and through Boston to get there and when it came to take the board the guys started to say he was having second thoughts. I had already given him the money and had the board in hand and almost ran toward my Bronco. I was back on the highway in minutes and psyched to find such an iconic 80’s board! It did take me almost three day to slowly get all the cemented wax off her but she looks incredible. She has had some small professional repairs and then one poorly done job on one fin. 

165: 6'6' Jed Noll

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167: Marlin popout

168: Homemade Gun 

169: G & S Hot Curl

171: 1964 9’8” Hansen Master: Traded for previous boards to Brian

Bought the board from the original owner after getting info from matt at pumphouse. Matt didnt like the board because the logo on back had shrunk the foam but I knew this was common for board of the early era especially Hansen the glu the used would expand creating air bubbles after it shelf life expired

The original owner was only a teen in 1964 when he ordered it directly from Hansen and paid for it working after school for months.

173: Channel Islands Al Merrick design $400 Phil at Nauset sports

https://shredsledz.net/2017/04/al-merrick-hand-shape/

175: Surfboards Australia 3A Round Tail $300

https://daydreamsurfshop.com/products/77-surfboards-australia-1969-3a-round-tail-1

1969 3A Round Tail Surfboards australia

1969 Surfboards Austrailia established in 1969

I saw this board originally a year before while picing up another . It was lying in the dirt along the dedge of the guys back yard and house. Not sure if I even pic ed up but I told him I would be intrestred in buying it but he wasn't ready. not srue why??  When he did finally get back in touch it was agian almost  months before I finally made the commitment to go get it at a price I though was ridiculous but late on feel good about. He say his neoghbor has some as well?? When are they gong to call??? Definitely most modern design for the time period I’ve seen very thin and knife like all around.

176: 6'6' Fox surfboards: facebook Fall River met at Five guys in Wareham paid $260

The Ad had been on facebook for a few weeks if not longer before I made the contact. Fox surfboard is legendary on east coat florida and carolinas and personally one of my favorite riverview student I’ve ever had and still stay in contact with is Corbett Fox, part of a very wealthy family from the North Carolina

177: 6’ 2” Natural Art (2): Richard Price signed ($280) bought of Facebook in Cohasset

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1986-08-31-0250150166-story.html

Live in Norwell and family has big roots in hingham but weh  I went on the drive to pick up this board in coahset i was blown away by the vista looking out over the rocky Inlets that make up part of Boston Harbor scene. 

http://naturalart.com/na/

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/collectibles-curiosities/sports-equipment-memorabilia/1980s-vintage-natural-art-surfboard-rich-price/id-f_21782862/ 

178: Rick Surfboards from Brian pre UFO model with same tail curve downward as real UFO I have of Robe’s in garage.

I feel this is probably the best crafted surfboard from this era I’ve ever seen!!! Long story about why I wanted the Rick boards goes back to my brother Dave and one wild night of partying ending with him having a new name Rick base on the babe he was with. 

179: Heritage Surfboard 6’4” New bedford

I love this board!!! can't stop picking it up and handling it. Flat bottom rails and very cool deep yellow pigment make her a definite winner!!!

180: G& S Wild Pig Hank Warner model $80

Laugher of a deal with a listed board on criags that I feel is already gone a get a call the next day.  

Ken 1 Chick 0

181: 6'4' Aipa Sting

182: 6'6' Cinnamon Rainbows Team Rider

183: 6'6' Con Butterfly Crystal Spear

Bill,

Sorry, for the delay in responding. I had several boards with a butterfly on them. I have only one picture of a butterfly board. It is me standing next to my favorite board which was a Steve Biggler with a pintail custom made for me to ride in the Malibu Invitational Surf Classic in 1967. I was one of the youngest surfers and I beat Corky Carroll and Barry Kaiapuni (not sure of spelling for his last name)in my heat. Barry was from Hawaii and known for his bottom turns. Those were the good old days! Mike Ballard

 Co

Compared to many of his counterparts who built surfboards in the 1960’s, Constantine “Con” Colburn could almost be considered a senior citizen when he began surfing at the age of 22, in 1956. And though Con may not have been known for his surfing prowess, he made significant contributions to the sport as a product innovator.

A savvy young businessman, Con quickly recognized the growth-potential of the surf industry, and opened his first surf shop in Santa Monica, California, in 1958. Called the Surf House, it was originally a ding repair shop; by 1959, Con had changed the name to Con Surfboards, and operated three retail locations. The legend was born.

Along with his Con Surfboards business, he also started ConTrol Products, a company dedicated to developing new products for the surfing industry. Between 1966 and 1971, ConTrol introduced a floating removable-fin system, a surfboard traction spray and the first commercially-produced* surf leash, called the Power Cord. Con is also credited with inventing and introducing the leash plug during the same year; after other methods of attaching leashes failed, today’s leash plug remains essentially unchanged from Con’s original design.

www.consurfboards.com

184: 6'6" South Shore Surfboards

185: 6' 4" Sunset Gun (3) ($250)

186: 7' 4" Bunger Swallow Tail ($100)

Sweet deal from Facebook that had the board listed in Fall River for $150. saw it only 6 hrs after listing but figured it was already gone.  phyced to get the message it was available and somehow convince my wife is was a great day to geo se eh 97 year old mom despite it snowing outside and 20 out I told her I was getting the board and also planned on going surfing at Newport's second beach despite the 20 degree temps and wind chill in the teens. I had luckily just received some checks for extra work so Marie was fine with me spending $ and met the dude at the Job lot in Fall River. The board look like it had bee in the garbage and when seeing the guys Fall River recycling shirt I  understood why. He said he had surf when he was younger and need to get to Florida soon and laughed. It was fucking freezing and he's hold the surfboard in a parking lot full of snow!! He says he sees lot of these and promise to get in touch again. He even text me after that "it's a work of art." It sure is! Built for paddling into big waves with beautiful green trim and yellow back. It had lots of crappy work done to it that definetly needs work and some gashes that I hadn't seen in the pics. He knew it was needing lots of work and I started off with you listed it for $150 BUT ... he quickly cut in and said if $100 was okay and I said great!

I placed he board in the car and drove off not sure really what I had. We stopped for lunch meat (veal loaf) went to Marie's mom for a few minutes, then I went off to Newport. Arriving in Newport, the waves were incredible with a dozen guys out in what looked to be head high or better bombs. I josted for a front parking space and was in the water in minutes What a f.. wave!! Inspired as I always am after buying the board the shape of the wave that day demanded step drops to make the long rides going right to start and then left as the tide pulled out. The 70's style fat swallow tail had been made for just that but my cannibal performance long board always can be counted on to transform itself into the weapon most needed to rip!!! Epic riude for over 1 and half wi 20 degree weather seeemed like a gloioussummer day

187: 6'4" Ashton surfboard

188: Quiet Flight 6'4" Air Brush Tri Fin  serial # 7571

Put a deposit on this board months ago with Keith down in Wrightsville, NC. Beautiful Quiet Flight air brush logo with cloud scape background also air brushed.  Glassed on white twin fins with small clear freestyle center fin.