Surfboard Builders Memorial I Paddleboard Builders I Brazil I Hawaii I Shaper of the Month I Tree I Contact Tales from the Saga Joe Quigg with his daughter Kathy, holding the first ultra light all balsa model airplane construction paddleboard; 1954 Honolulu, Hawaii. Tommy Zahn won the 1954 Diamond Head paddleboard race on it and set a new record. The catamaran hulls nearby are of Joe Quigg's design. Photo courtesy of Mike Eaton The following tales are from surfboard builders and those who were there from the balsa and foam surfboard eras. Their locations and times maybe different, but their goals were the same. Individuals who wanted to make their own surfboards and by doing so, built an Industry. THE BEST OF TIMES A story of Bing Copeland and Rick Stoner making the first foam surfboards in New Zealand MIKE BRIGHT He could Paddle JACK O'NEILL AND SEA ODYSSEY Teaching kids about the ocean SHAPING THE ART FORM By Steve Pezman JOE KUALA THE ROAD TO PROGRESSIVE EXPRESSIONS IN OLD KOLOA TOWN By Tom Takao THE ORIGINAL MAYOR OF MAIN STREET HUNTINGTON BEACH 1967 By Tom Takao A COASTAL CRUSING CATAMARAN By Mickey Munoz RICH HARBOUR By Tom Takao GOING BACK TO THE 1968 WORLD SURF CONTEST AT RINCON, PUERTO RICO By Tom Takao TO LANAI ON PARAGON WITH CAPTAIN RANDY DRAPER By Tom Takao North Shore DON KOPLIEN IN AN ERA THAT WAS LEGENDARY By Tom Takao DOUG HAUT INTERVIEW By Deb Hopewell VERSATILE SHAPES By Carl Ekstrom DAN BRAWNER By Tom Takao INFINITY SURFBOARDS By Steve Boehne TONY CHANNIN By Tom Takao STEVE CLARK By Chris Ahrens TONY MIKUS By Tom Takao JIM PHILLIPS By Tom Takao MICHEL JUNOD By Tom Takao CLYDE BEATTY Jr. FROM THE ROCKET TO THE TIGER FISH By Tom Takao JOHN KIES By Tom Takao MATT CALVANI By Robyn McGinnis ROBERTO DAMIANI, PIONEERING BOARD BUILDER OF URUGUAY By Tom Takao WAYO WHILAR STARTED SHAPING DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF PERUVIAN SURFING, AND STILL SHAPING TODAY By Tom Takao Chorrillos photo by Jose Whilar GEORGE LANNING, ONE OF THE FIRST TO GO SURF PIPELINE By Tom Takao DOUG HAUT AND MIKE DIFFENDERFER SAILING FROM INTER ISLAND By Tom Takao STEVE DUNHAM SHAPING AT PANCHOS RESORT By Tom Takao Costa Rica RANDY DRAPER CLIMBING HALEAKEALA VOLCANO ON AN PERSONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE By Tom Takao LOREN "BUTTONS" HUMPHREY By Tom Takao SONNY VARDEMAN STORY By Tom Takao THE LITTLE SPARK THAT GREW By Bruce Gabrielson Ph.D. Indo Sunrise CAT IN DA SHADOW By Steve Boehne SURFING INTO HEALTH By Frank Addleman ROSEMARI RICE, THE FIRST WOMAN SURFER ON DEWEY WEBER'S SURF TEAM By Tom Takao THE CASE FOR POLYUREATHANE By Ned McMahon GUILHEM RAINFRAY BUILDING BOARDS IN FRANCE By Guilhem Rainfray BRUCE FOWLER by Bruce Fowler FOR THE LOVE OF SURFBOARDS, OVER 40 YEARS CREATING IN FOAM,WOOD, FIBERGLASS, AND RESIN BY Bud Gardner BLUE CHEER DAYS By Mike Perry COMPUTERIZED SHAPES FROM BRASIL By Henry Lelot MIKE WELLMAN RIDES BOARD-BUILDING WAVE (Article done in the mid 1980's) By Chris Cook FATTY FIBERGLASS, LESLIE ANDERSON A WOMAN GLASSER By Tom Takao BOB SKALAK, SHIPWRIGHT, SHAPER, AND GLASSER By Tom Takao GRANT REYNOLDS OF BAY CITIES GLASSING By Tom Takao ON THE BEACH WITH JOE BLAIR By Tom Takao DENNIS PANG NORTH SHORE SHAPER/ DESIGNER/ SURFER By Tom Takao BEN AIPA, HAWAII By Tom Takao JACK REEVES, THE NORTH SHORE GLASSER By Tom Takao ROBERT "OLE" OLSON By Tom Takao

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