Surfed with Skip for a number of years at PBPoint. He was always friendly and amazing to watch. Our club competed against windensea surf club at San Miguel in Baja. Skip won it on his green wide 9/4 board. Later at PB point I asked if I could ride his board and said sure. I loved it and a few months later he gave it me. In 1968 I was going to Hawaii to surf in the Makkah Championship and I saw him at Sunset Cliffs with three different guns. I asked him if he would shape me a board from Hawaii and he said he was only taking two of guns he was testing for the World Contest in Pueto Rico and i could have the one he didn’t take. He gave an 18 in wide pin tail gun and I had the pleasure to ride it for three weeks in Hawaii. The highlight was riding it in 15 ft Sunset Beach waves. Remember in those days there were no leaches and a lost board may cost your your board as it went into the beach and was caught in the rip and taken out to sea to never be seen again.
Skip was a great guy. Very quite but friendly. He talked about the Pueto Rico world championships. He had built boards for me to n the past when I saw him at Sunset Cliffs and asked him about a board for my trip to Hawaii in 1968. He said I’m testing these three boards for the world contest and I’ll give you the one I don’t take. It was a 20” gun and we took on the north shore in style.
Skip Frye is a legend to my dad Joe Quigg, who knew him and liked him a lot.
Mr Frye changed the way I design, shape and build my boards. Thanks for posting this. A true legend.
This man changed my life
The host didn’t do too much homework. He was way off on many points. Thank goodness Skip was forgiving and saved this interview.
Surfed with Skip for a number of years at PBPoint. He was always friendly and amazing to watch. Our club competed against windensea surf club at San Miguel in Baja. Skip won it on his green wide 9/4 board. Later at PB point I asked if I could ride his board and said sure. I loved it and a few months later he gave it me. In 1968 I was going to Hawaii to surf in the Makkah Championship and I saw him at Sunset Cliffs with three different guns. I asked him if he would shape me a board from Hawaii and he said he was only taking two of guns he was testing for the World Contest in Pueto Rico and i could have the one he didn’t take. He gave an 18 in wide pin tail gun and I had the pleasure to ride it for three weeks in Hawaii. The highlight was riding it in 15 ft Sunset Beach waves. Remember in those days there were no leaches and a lost board may cost your your board as it went into the beach and was caught in the rip and taken out to sea to never be seen again.
Skip was a great guy. Very quite but friendly. He talked about the Pueto Rico world championships. He had built boards for me to n the past when I saw him at Sunset Cliffs and asked him about a board for my trip to Hawaii in 1968. He said I’m testing these three boards for the world contest and I’ll give you the one I don’t take. It was a 20” gun and we took on the north shore in style.
the 'Baby boom' as well as technology had to do w/ the 60's growth of the sport...
Thought the host did ok 👍