Foam, "Crystal Ship" model, orange, mini-gun outline.
Datec. 1969
ClassificationsSurfboards
Credit LineSpencer Croul
Object numberS.371
DescriptionThis is similar to Dick Brewer’s early mini-gun designs and is representative of the Hawaiian influence on surfboard design from this period. This design came out of experimentation with wide-tailed shapes, which had a tendency to skip out too easily in overhead surf. In mid-1967, Brewer relocated to Maui and set up business as Lahaina Surfing Design (LSD), where he set to work developing shorter, lighter guns and then “mini-guns” with the help of an adventurous team of test pilots. It was in Lahaina that he met Aussie Bob McTavish (who was test-driving his shorter vee-bottom boards at Honolua Bay with World Champ Nat Young), and the two shapers fed off one another.On View
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