| This issue of Surfer
Magazine has become one of my all time favorites. The World Contest
article is immediately followed by one entitled, "Drag - Surfboard Hydrodynamics,"
by Terry Hendricks (part of a series he wrote that are posted
here). I vaguely remembered reading this article some 30 years
ago... but little did I realize that Terry and I would become friends some
three decades hence after exchanging several postings on the alt.surfing
newsgroup. After a couple of years exchanging AS postings and e-mails,
we finally met in person on the 4th of July a few years ago (see pic
of Terry and the gang at La Jolla Shores). |
World
Contest Results: (1) Fred Hemmings, (2) Midget Farrelly, (3) Russell Hughes,
(4) Nat Young, (5) Mike Doyle and (6) Reno Abellira. We grommets
didn't care too much for the California group, nor for Fred Hemmings.
They all seemed so constipated on their long boards and this inflated sense
of self-importance. David Nuuwiha and Reno Abellira rocked on down-the-line
speed and the Aussies were lot's of fun with their progressive approach
to wave riding and friendly dispostion--they also would loan us groms their
boards! |
Other
articles of note:
Editorial--Contests, Surfers,
and Hair (by Lord James Blears)
The Fantastic Plastic Machine
(by Eric Blum)
Artificial Reefs (by Rick Grigg)
Evolution--The Short Board--II
(by Drew Kampion)
Bad Karma at Huntington Beach
(by Drew Kampion)
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Removable
fins advertisements: w.a.v.e. Set (adjustable wave set on the way!);
fins unlimited. |
There's
even an add for Holmesy Surfboards, maker of the infamous "Sidewinder"
noserider. They offered to sponsor me back around that time but I
preferred a shorter board and was spending more and more time on my paipo
(incidentally made from a Holmesy that snapped in half at Bridges on a
4' day--no reflection on the workmanship, just the wave!). |
Save
on a SURFER subscription... $3.50 (for an entire year!). |
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