Southern California: Seal Beach Pier, Ray Bay, Bolsa Chica, Blackies,
Newport River Jetties.
Favourites Spots:
Winter: Northside Seal Beach Pier/Trestles
Summer: Ray Bay (San Gabriel River mouth sandbar) Seal Beach.
Bolsa Chica, Blackies, Malibu.
My Biggest Wave:
Tripple Overhead
Prefered Wave Size:
Head-High
Favourite Type of Spot:
Right Pointbreak; Left Reef
Prefered Tricks:
Snap
My Best Ever Session:
Low tide overhead 70's Kirra way, way deep in the tube ... rocket assist and a prayer required!
Overhead plus, right hand peaks, San Gabriel River Mouth, December 2003 in the slot!
Ray Bay shoulder high glass walls, backhand floaters May 2008.
Overhead plus, left hand walls, Northside Seal Pier, December 2005.
Overhead plus, 'Harvey Wallbangers' Northside Seal Pier, May 2008.
Malibu chest high perfection, 100 yards on the nose September 2006.
Biggest Fear or Wipe out:
Caught inside with mountains on the horizon!
Favourite Surfers:
Mickey Dora (Da Cat)
Wayne Lynch
Michael Peterson
Mark Richards
David Nuuhiwa
Andy Irons
Kelly Slater
Joel Tudor
SOLD
Jean-Luc Roberts, Redondo Beach custom surfboards:
Super light, hard down rails with flat bottom.
3.25" (Future) side bites & 7" (Future Performance) center fin.
Tail:
squash
Bottom:
Flat
Type of Fins:
2 + 1
Rails, Specifics:
Hard down at rear ... softer forward.
Year Made:
6/2006
Year Bought:
6/2006
My Opinion About:
Fast and loose as a goose
Session Memories:
Low tide, head high, "Harvey Wallbanger" left handers off the break wall northside Seal Pier March 2008.
Board 2
Shape:
Longboard
Fins:
1- Single
Shaper:
Bruno, Seal Beach CA
Size x Width x Thickness:
9'4" x 22.5" x 3"
Condition:
Battered and Bruised
Make and Technology:
Bruno Custom Surfboards, Sunset Beach:
Slip sliding nose rider with a single 6" center fin.
The ZAP machine clears out the crowd sitting inside.
Tail:
squash
Bottom:
Flat; Concave
Type of Fins:
Single 6 "
Rails, Specifics:
Down at tail reverse at front with deep nose scoop.
Year Made:
11/2002
Year Bought:
11/2002
My Opinion About:
FUN!
Session Memories:
100 yards on the nose ... chest high Malibu, Summer 2006.
Board 3
Shape:
Shortboard
Fins:
3- Thrusther
Shaper:
Newport Surf
Size x Width x Thickness:
6'2" x 19" x 2.5"
Condition:
Still Sexy
Make and Technology:
SOLD
Thruster
Newport Surf Company, Newport Beach California.
Shaped by GP in 1995 for my daughter ... rarely ridden.
Some pressure dings and normal wear and tear but ready to rip!
Light Blue panels on bottom.
Clear deck with decals.
SOLD!
Tail:
squash
Bottom:
Flat; Vee
Type of Fins:
Thruster set up
Rails, Specifics:
Down rails soft V tail & rolled nose.
Year Made:
9/1995
Year Bought:
9/1995
My Opinion About:
Too much work for an old guy.
Session Memories:
Verticals
Board 4
Shape:
Fish Style
Fins:
2- Fish
Size x Width x Thickness:
7'2" x 23" x 3"
Condition:
Brand New
Make and Technology:
Jean-Luc Roberts, Redondo Beach NSSA Champ.
Mark Richards style "Super Fish" with rear
3" Stabilizer
Tail:
swallow
Bottom:
Flat; Vee; Concave; Double Concave
Type of Fins:
5" Twin Fin with 3" center stabilizer
Rails, Specifics:
Super light Mark Richards "Super Fish" clone. Slight V at tail with double concave.
Year Made:
10/2006
Year Bought:
10/06.
My Opinion About:
Snap backs off the lip
Session Memories:
Shoulder high clean glassy peaks "Ray Bay" San Gabriel river mouth November 2007
Board 5
Shape:
Fish Style
Fins:
4- Quattro
Shaper:
Kurt Ausburger (Team Aus) Seal Beach
Size x Width x Thickness:
9' 0" x 23" x 3"
Condition:
Brand New
Make and Technology:
Custom EPS/Epoxy Swallow Tail Quad. Speed and turning ability of a short board with the nose riding quality of a longboard. Double concave with slight V under tail. Flat middle with concave nose.
Tail:
swallow
Bottom:
Vee; Concave; Double Concave
Type of Fins:
Quattro
Rails, Specifics:
Super light, hard down rails at rear, soft forward. Soft double V at the tail with concave nose.
Year Made:
1/2009
My Opinion About:
Very stable platform for sections & nose riding. Rides best with 2 X 4.6" Outer Future Fins with single 4" Center Future Fin. Turns best from thr tail.
Year Bought:
1/2009
Session Memories:
50 yards on the nose Rincon
My Surftrips
Last Surftrips:
Steamer Lane Santa Cruz California.
Fort Lauderdale, South Florida.
Expat Kirra (Gold Coast) OZ local. Member of both Kirra & Snapper Rocks clubs back in the mid 60's. Lived in New Zealand with Nigel Dwyer (Dell Surfboards) in the late 60's and was a judge at the World Championships held in Gisborne. Then off to Maui in the Islands for a while in the early 70's now living in Surf City USA (Huntington Beach) CA. (Gave up surfing for a decade ... couple of ex-wives ... 24 year old daughter just graduated from California State University Long Beach.) Now surfing the dawn patrol pretty much every day using a super light, hard railed, flat bottom 2+1 9'0" or a hot new 7'2" Mark Richards based "Super Fish" shaped by Jean-Luc Roberts (young NSSA champion out of Redondo Beach) for the jucy stuff plus a 9'4" single 6" fin noserider for slip-sliding fun!
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