To all those who sweat the "Stink eye" or "hate" yada yada...

[eastbound]

thx for the nice pic/story......pimp on, man!

[KiwiSupGreg]

Creek, love the double denim......very now.

[spookini]

Creek,

So James Dean.

Rebel without Applause. 

(Don't worry Creek, that's the sound of me doing the one-handed clap  )

[surf4food]

Here's a picture of me holding the board.... I still have the "Weber" emblem that I cut from the board. it was probably the late 60's... as this was a promotional prototype.

Completely off topic from this thread but holy crap Creek I think I found your doppelganger.  Even the same time  period. Are you a rock star and not telling anyone? 

[supthecreek]

Spook... I thought I heard nothing... it musta been you     ps... "Rebel without applause".... not bad.... you are channeling your inner pdx

S4F -  my only musical talent is playing the stereo!

[magentawave]

Great photo! Did you break his board because he had been an a-hole to you or friends of your prior to that? I'm curious as to why he would lend you his board...

By the way, Nat Young, Skip Frye and Billy Hamilton were the three surfers who's styles I tried to emulate when I was a 13 year old gremmie.

NEp... Nat's nickname was "Animal" ha ha.... that is a hint to his "go for it hard" approach. He was a very animated, big, rangy dude that was always pretty cool when I had an opportunity to be around him.

He loaned me his Weber Ski one day... it was the first board I had ever seen with no sanding or gloss coat... raw textured deck to keep weight down and performance high.
I came back from the beach, he said
"Where's me boooard mate?"
"In the trunk"
"It won't fit in the trunk"
"It does now!" ... I opened the trunk and took out his board... I had broken it in half...oops.

I don't remember what he said or did.... but he didn't punch me out... so he's ok in my book 

Here's a picture of me holding the board.... I still have the "Weber" emblem that I cut from the board. it was probably the late 60's... as this was a promotional prototype.