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During a summer vacation in 1950 Alter began by building 9-foot balsawood surfboards for his friends. He asked his dad to pull the DeSoto out of the family's Laguna Beach, California, garage, and converted the garage into a woodshop for his hobby. [3] Initiated into surfing by Walter Hoffman, he started shaping balsa boards in the early 1950s.
In 2007, the building housing Horizons West Surf Shop (formerly Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions) was designated to be demolished to construct condominiums. [4] Local skaters and surfers, led by Jacob Samuel [5] began fighting to protect the building. [6] On April 9, 2007, an application was filed to designate the building as a City ...
From 1999 to 2007, Morey focused on developing new, soft-surfboard technology. He handmade these boards in a small workshop in Carlsbad, California. His most famous of these was the Swizzle, a parabolic-shaped longboard design. Morey marketed and sold the boards under the name Surfboards by Y. Morey died on 14 October 2021 at the age of 86. [9]
In 1950, Hobie first began shaping balsa-wood surfboards in his family's Laguna Beach garage; however, it wasn't until a few years later that he opened the first Southern California surf shop in Dana Point. Hobie was a pioneer in 20th century surfboard construction and design; his most famous legacy lies in his creation of the polyurethane foam ...
Things have since become a bit easier. In 2007, Pang bought software and a surfboard cutting machine for $70,000. (He shares the equipment with the Town & Country factory; Pang also shapes boards ...
Bruce Jones was a founding pioneer in the surfboard shaping industry.. The company he founded, Bruce Jones Surfboards, has built premium surfboards since 1973. Jones developed his skills by working with industry pioneers Hobart Alter founder of Hobie, Gordon Duane founder of Gordie Surfboards, and Dick Brewer founder of Dick Brewer Surfboards.
David Earl Weber (August 18, 1938, in Denver, Colorado – January 6, 1993), known as Dewey Weber, was an American surfer, a popular surfing film subject, and a successful surfboard manufacturing businessman. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he distinguished himself with a surfing style unique at the outset of that era.
He was one of the first commercial surfboard builders of the 1950s and is best known for his noserider, the Yater Spoon. At that time, it was the thinnest and lightest board available. Prior to opening Yater Surfboards in 1959, he worked with both Hobart Alter and Dale Velzy, two of the pioneering surfboard builders in that era. [1] [2] [3] [4]