From the photo's I've seen, it has a few rail dings. I spoke to Bird several minutes ago, and he expects to have the board in his hands by Sunday. He will notify me, and we'll take some photo's, that we will then post on Swaylock's.
Yes, that was the fin system I designed, developed, and marketed. I had not seen that ad before. I gave the system to Billy Caster, and Phil Castignola, and they formed Sea Sea Distributers. The name refers to the first letter of thier last names. Instead of C C Distributors. In Sept of 1971, I closed Surf Systems, and went into real estate. When I say I gave the system to them, I did exactly that. I never made anything from the system after that. I was glad to see them get some mileage out of it. Both Phil and Billy were two of the nicest people I ever dealt with in the surfing industry. I was saddend by thier early passing.
Phil was a great guy and Select Surf Shop was core. All the best boards by all the Local Boys. Hamel’s Shop at the Pier and Bill Andrews and G&S down the street. Tug’s on Thur. night and Maynard’s Fri. The Point or the Pier every morning.
When I was a kid I use to hang out at their shop on Midway dr in the old lumber yard. They had to move down the street when the freeway got built over the old shop.
I’ll look for it again. Got a bunch of Mags From that era . Bought a guys collection a few years ago. Seems like I would remember the Orange thing. I’ll take another look. It was pretty recently. It’s probably laying on top of the pile.
Bill Thrailkill
SHAPER SINCE 1958
We be a dying fer dem pics.
Bill Thrailkill
SHAPER SINCE 1958
I’ve got a pile of old magazines laying in a corner at the shop. I ran across an old Surf systems add recently.
Bill Thrailkill
SHAPER SINCE 1958
I think I posted this before, years ago?
An old scan of an ad related to you, Bill.
From 1971
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“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
Aloha Sammy,
Yes, that was the fin system I designed, developed, and marketed. I had not seen that ad before. I gave the system to Billy Caster, and Phil Castignola, and they formed Sea Sea Distributers. The name refers to the first letter of thier last names. Instead of C C Distributors. In Sept of 1971, I closed Surf Systems, and went into real estate. When I say I gave the system to them, I did exactly that. I never made anything from the system after that. I was glad to see them get some mileage out of it. Both Phil and Billy were two of the nicest people I ever dealt with in the surfing industry. I was saddend by thier early passing.
Bill Thrailkill
SHAPER SINCE 1958
Phil was a great guy and Select Surf Shop was core. All the best boards by all the Local Boys. Hamel’s Shop at the Pier and Bill Andrews and G&S down the street. Tug’s on Thur. night and Maynard’s Fri. The Point or the Pier every morning.
When I was a kid I use to hang out at their shop on Midway dr in the old lumber yard. They had to move down the street when the freeway got built over the old shop.
I’ll look for it again. Got a bunch of Mags From that era . Bought a guys collection a few years ago. Seems like I would remember the Orange thing. I’ll take another look. It was pretty recently. It’s probably laying on top of the pile.
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