#1 pick is the Robert August shaped board, What I Ride Model. And this is what I ride! Its nice, its very nice!
#2 Hobie’s Vintage Model Surfboard or their Endless Summer Model – toss up here…
#3 Reynolds Yater Model, by Yater Boards. For some of you, you maybe asking yourself why this cool looking board isn’t at the top? Well its a Balsa board and its a lot heavier than the other boards, while it may look great I’m not sure it turns that great in the NorthEast waves that are steep and tend to flop over all at once.
#4 Kid Quick Model, by Channel Island Designs. This is great short board with a classic feel to it, I personally ride a JC Hawaii for a short board but mines more of a thrasher than this model.
#5 SD-3, by J.C. Hawaii. The neat thing about this shaper is that he’s a Christian and he’s shaped some of the more significant boards in surfing history, and for some of the biggest riders today. This board was shaped for Shane Dorian, hence SD.
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November 18, 2006 at 11:41 pm
Mark Traphagen
For many years my regular ride was a big, rectangular black-colored board that hung on a wall. I “rode” it with chalk and through it caused much pain to generations of sixth graders.
Seriously, I’ve always admired boards like the ones you’ve posted as works of art in and of themselves. My one attempt at surfing happened when we lived in Hawai’i and my students tried to teach me. Very nearly the death of me!