Do you recognize this picture ? Do you know who this is ? Or the exact location of this picture without thinking twice or having to look it up ? Then you were there in the beginning.
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This is what I grew up in the middle of and indelibly shaped the rest of my life. I would do it all over again.
“Surfing is kind of like the Dance of Shiva. Shiva dancing on the dwarf of ignorance…it will always be a way to keep in touch with the Earth and forget about all the bullshit and all the madness of modern life. That’s why I love it so much.” — el griffo, 1989
Before reading, I suggest putting on a pot of coffee.
A huge influence on my life. My last surfboard made by Bahne, which rests in the tool shed was shaped by Mike Hynson, one of the two surfers in the movie. Robert August was the other.
Bummer. Loved that movie. He did a great motorcycle movie back in the early 70's that influenced me called "On Any Sunday".
A huge influence on my life. My last surfboard made by Bahne, which rests in the tool shed was shaped by Mike Hynson, one of the two surfers in the movie. Robert August was the other.
David Nuuhiwa was one of my heroes back in the day. Was out in the water with him at Huntington one gorgeous sunny summer day in 68. We just both happened to be there the same day. Kinda neat. He was watching me ! I was having a pretty good day, everything was working. I was riding my board that Dale Velzy shaped for me, a nice 8'6" mini gun. I was just 15 then working in the El Paipo factory in Costa Mesa that summer. Dale was shaping for Hobie then and was doing the shaping for our paipo boards. I got him to shape one for me. Just cost me the price of the Clark blank. I did the rest, glassed it, the fin.
The old El Paipo logo. I got canned when the owner found out I was only 15. Something about being underage to work with power tools.
David Nuuhiwa was one of my heroes back in the day. Was out in the water with him at Huntington one gorgeous sunny summer day in 68. We just both happened to be there the same day. Kinda neat. He was watching me ! I was having a pretty good day, everything was working. I was riding my board that Dale Velzy shaped for me, a nice 8'6" mini gun. I was just 15 then working in the El Paipo factory in Costa Mesa that summer. Dale was shaping for Hobie then and was doing the shaping for our paipo boards. I got him to shape one for me. Just cost me the price of the Clark blank. I did the rest, glassed it, the fin.
The old El Paipo logo. I got canned when the owner found out I was only 15. Something about being underage to work with power tools.
sorry wrong one.. can't seem to find the right link.. whatever..
Don't know what you tried to link to but this longboard clip is nice. Excellent rides showing that a longboard in the right hands is very versatile and very maneuverable. It is much more than just standing in one place and ripping. Hanging 10 and backpeddling to the middle of the board fast enough going into a tube is not an easy thing to do. This was fun mushy stuff though. Perfect for nose riding.
