My dad made us each triplane bottom single fins with this outline in 1968. Joe was 43 years old and his was 7'4", and I was 11 years old and mine was 5'1". Both boards were stringerless, glassed with minimal 4ounce, and were radically lighter than the other boards of the times. There was sort of a secret sweeping fad for ultra light stringerless boards amongst the hottest board making surfers in '68 and '69. '68 was a great fun breakthrough era in the transition period of surfboards from classic Phil Edwards and David Nuuhiwa long boards, to effective short boards that could actually shred eyeballs and blow doors off of hinges. The south shore of Oahu in the summer of '69 was a hot bed of shredding and surfboard innovation, and the waves were on fire. Some of the leading shaper's of the time besides my dad Joe were Ben Aipa, Gerry Lopez and Reno, Don Koplane, Rick Irons, Davey Smith, Barry Kaniapuni, and many high end local shaper's. One of the hottest surfers that I have ever seen, was this phenomenal shredder Mark Sedlack at Kaisers. But that is the era from which this style of board arose.
Would Love to watch a " CI TPH according to Devon Howard" to get some more insight! I'm pretty sure I will be making this board my first mid length. For the past 20 years I haven't surfed anything over 6'1 and in the past 5 the longest would be my 5'7" weirdo ripper but I want transition to just cruising the wave and enjoying the ride instead of ripping and tearing down the line.
Mikey F. surfs best on mids. So smooth!🤙🏻
My dad made us each triplane bottom single fins with this outline in 1968. Joe was 43 years old and his was 7'4", and I was 11 years old and mine was 5'1". Both boards were stringerless, glassed with minimal 4ounce, and were radically lighter than the other boards of the times. There was sort of a secret sweeping fad for ultra light stringerless boards amongst the hottest board making surfers in '68 and '69. '68 was a great fun breakthrough era in the transition period of surfboards from classic Phil Edwards and David Nuuhiwa long boards, to effective short boards that could actually shred eyeballs and blow doors off of hinges. The south shore of Oahu in the summer of '69 was a hot bed of shredding and surfboard innovation, and the waves were on fire. Some of the leading shaper's of the time besides my dad Joe were Ben Aipa, Gerry Lopez and Reno, Don Koplane, Rick Irons, Davey Smith, Barry Kaniapuni, and many high end local shaper's. One of the hottest surfers that I have ever seen, was this phenomenal shredder Mark Sedlack at Kaisers. But that is the era from which this style of board arose.
Had one in "79" it was the first truly magic board I had ever owned.
nice edit, cheers
nice vid, thanks
Would Love to watch a " CI TPH according to Devon Howard" to get some more insight! I'm pretty sure I will be making this board my first mid length. For the past 20 years I haven't surfed anything over 6'1 and in the past 5 the longest would be my 5'7" weirdo ripper but I want transition to just cruising the wave and enjoying the ride instead of ripping and tearing down the line.
Please tell me Alex's board size.
Near the end of the video it shows all the sizes. His was a 6'3 x 20.5 x 2.5 custom.
Seems like it's dragging? Does thatake.sense?
i find mikeys surfing contrived am i the only one? likelly
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