Hollow Plank with Redwood Rails, Nose and Tailblock
Shaper
Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison
Donor
Don Michels
Date1939
MediumRedwood, Plywood, Rubber
DimensionsBoard: 10 ft., 21 x 4 in., 72 lb. (304.8 x 53.3 x 10.2 cm, 32.7 kg)
Nose: 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Tail: 18 1/2 in. (47 cm)
Nose: 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Tail: 18 1/2 in. (47 cm)
ClassificationsSurfboards
Object numberS.43
DescriptionLorrin "Whitey" Harrison is widely considered to be one of California's foundational all-around watermen. He followed Blake in pilgrimaging to Waikiki in 1933 and built boards with Preston Peterson at Pacific System Homes. He pioneered such California breaks as Corona Del Mar, Dana Point, and San Onofre. Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison made this board on the beach at Sleepy Hollow in Laguna Beach for Don Michels. This was an early example of a semi-hollow design striving for relief from the heavy woods then in common use. However, being well before fiberglass coatings were known, it was prone to take on water and become even heavier than solid wood. This plank board has redwood rails, and a hollow center with a plywood cover. There is rubber on the tail block and a drain hole on the bottom deck. It has a 1" deep wooden fin.On View
On viewCollections
c. 1935
