cleaning out the quiver

[Aguaholic]

All,

I have way too many boards and getting rid of some for new one's :D I have a 6' 2" 1968 hobie quad fin. I'm debating on selling it. I was wondering if something that is 40 years old would be of any value? The board is in excellent shape as I repaired it.

Would the board be worth any good $$ since it's 40 years old?

Should i hold on to it as a souvenir?

Opinions please -- my gut says to keep it. But just wanted to know if it worth any value?

[endlessummer89]

i'll buy it :D

[xgen70]

If you were trying to get some money out of it, you may want to list it/or check for a buyer across the bay. I was approached by a buyer for a board I have. It is from 68 as well. I got the impression that there are a bunch of KooKs with Money to burn who want to be able to show up to the beach with a vintage board in tow,...:rolleyes:

I could not stand the thought of selling the board and it going to some Kook just so they could feel good about themselves for having an Old board.

Otherwise, If it really is no big deal to you, maybe you may want to donate it to BigWaveDave..........he has a surf Museum off of route 54, heading out from Fenwick Island. He has some very nice pieces, from days gone by.

[gcahsed]

I doubt that the old board is worth much. Like Xgen 70 said, you may be able to find some kook to pay a pretty penny for it.

A buddy of mine has a couple of old vintage boards in his house as decoration. They look pretty sweet as show pieces. If your gut is telling you to keep it, then I'd suggest listening to your intuition. Let it sit in the corner to pay homage to the history of our sport.

[OBlove]

my guess is frisbee dave will give you some money for it. you are crazy though because I know for sure that if its in good condition it is of some good value. i would hold it if you are a surfer. i dont think a kook will buy it unless its what is seen on the cover of a magazine. if you need money that bad, talk to frisbe dave. his collection is brilliant.

[Aguaholic]

Yeah, I think i'll keep it. definitely don't want it in the wrong hands. I just wanted to know it's value. I guess to some it's very valuable and others it's worthless. I looked at a site can't remember where but I think they were very inexpensive. I'm not hard up for money. I just don't have the space. Now thinking I may just hang it up on the wall and stare at it's beauty.

I'll post a pic of it when i get home.

Thanks!

[epidemicepic]

build a huge --surfboard room/shed/glassing-repair station-- addition on to your house, that would be sweet.

[Aguaholic]

build a huge --surfboard room/shed/glassing-repair station-- addition on to your house, that would be sweet.

haha....that's what my place looks like already. jugs of resin, q-cell..and cloth everywhere in the house...even the bathroom. Dunno even how a bottle of resin ended up under my sink?

But yeah that's something i would like to accomplish one day....a nice board room.

[Aguaholic]

Not the best pics but you get the point

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/thugsurf/IMAGE_127.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/thugsurf/IMAGE_128.jpg

[conway]

that board looks pretty cool. id keep it.

[Aguaholic]

that board looks pretty cool. id keep it.

Thanks!
Indeed I will :)

[tbing]

Ride it anymore?

[Aguaholic]

Ride it anymore?

occasionally......I took the wax off to show this solid resin tint job.

For anyone that don't know what resin tint is. It's colored dye added to the resin and then glassed with the color.

Notice the board is 4 different colors and blended into each other....extremely hard to do.

[wontonwonton]

keep it, you'll miss it

[Zippy]

Just curious, are you sure that board is from 1968? Looks like a very modern outline to me.

[MDSurfer]

Trust me when I say I graduated high school in '68, and that is NOT a '68 vintage Hobie by any means. Now if it were a Pan Slug, or a Propper Model, or a Weber Ski or Pig or Vee Bottom, then you might have something of value.

Nice fade glass job though.

Bottom line, if you ride it, or plan to ride it, keep it, if you don't ride it, unload it.

[Aguaholic]

Just curious, are you sure that board is from 1968? Looks like a very modern outline to me.

I was told It's a 68' from a very reputal shaper from a shop in San Fran. I got this board over 20 years ago in CA. There was some confusion to exactly what year it was. But I was told it's between 68' - 76'. Also i've been told by several shapers that it looks like a late 60's early 70's board.

But I don't know 100% what year it. Not sure if there's a way to tell. I've search online b4 for the board could never find it. Nothing on the stringer and the bottom has been painted.

[MDSurfer]

These were the boards we were riding in '69 from the Mid-Atlantic East Coast Championships at the OC Inlet: http://www.swellinfo.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=733&catid=member&imageuser=411
They were Weber Vee-Bottoms and strato series Mini Feathers, generally 7'0''-8'6''. Only about 2 years after the '67 Performer Super Scoop which by today's standards was still a longboard at 9'. My friend Gary Ferguson was riding a Hobie Phil Edwards Model in '68, and that too was essentially still a long-board. Bill Gibbs of OC's Doughroller fame still has his 12' Weber Harold Iggy Model in his posession from that time. It's a beast, but Bill's a big guy. Quite the basketball player too.

By 70-71 sizes had dropped to the 6'-7'6'' range with the Weber Ski (http://www.swellinfo.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=784&catid=member&imageuser=411) and the 5'-6' Pigs by the mid seventies when Sidewinders and Rick Flex-tails and a twin fin fish became fashionable for a time. As mentioned elsewhere, each new board style required different approaches to riding, and all of them with their own group of devotees. I've been through pin-tails, squash-tails, step-decks, flex-tails, bonzers, thrusters, quad-fins, and a host of others and in every instance what matters most is the person riding the board more-so than the board itself. A good surfer will be a good surfer no matter what he rides. Not denying that a good board is a good board, is a good board. Different strokes for different folks. If I had to make a call on your quad, I'd say it's late seventies to early eighties at most. Narrow nose and wide hips for planing and the offset quad fins for skate moves.

Can you pull a serial # off of it somewhere, maybe underneath your paint? Hobie is making more sailboats than boards these days, but I'm sure if you provide them with a serial no. they could give you a more accurate assessment. Post the result here so we can all enjoy the ride.

[freewax]

is the ax for sale?

[Aguaholic]

My buddy has a 1971 weber that looks almost exact to my board in regards to shape. except it's a single fin

I've been trying for years to figure out exactly what year it is. Seen a board in the oceanside surf museum that looked similar. It was a 74' But. the shapers opinion and that being a 68'-76' he's 78 years old and has been shaping for 60 years. ( maybe he is senile)
thought he knew what he's talking about. From the side view the board is like 4 inches thick. round rails and hard as a rock. The bottom was painted white by me as i was planning on doing some artwork. Never finished tho.

Regardless, if it not a 68' i can live with that. It's still vintage and it's still a sweet board

I really would like to just know the year....the real year

Also i wasn't even alive yet in 68' :D

[Aguaholic]

is the ax for sale?


The ibanez?

[Aguaholic]

MDsurfer,

Maybe you are right i have no idea...I didn't think there was a quad setup that early on. But that's just what i was told. I've had the board since i was 10.

[Aguaholic]

.Can you pull a serial # off of it somewhere, maybe underneath your paint? Hobie is making more sailboats than boards these days, but I'm sure if you provide them with a serial no. they could give you a more accurate assessment. Post the result here so we can all enjoy the ride.

Yeah i think there was a serial under the paint. Great idea I'll give hobie a shout. I'll post results

Thanks!

[Crist]

Keep it bro! Hell, Ive still got my first board, some other piece of trash from when I was 15, and some I will never ride again. and you want to ditch a 68 Hobie? put it on the wall bro.

[freewax]

The ibanez?

yeh the ibanez, is it in good shape and is it for sale? send me private mail with the price, if it is?

[aczaplicki]

Deff. keep that board!!

[yarddog]

well at least it says hobie..

[Zansurf]

I am currently searching for genuine historic boards not as a kook as one user has described but as someone who does not care to ride a newly designed "retro" shape. I want to ride the genuine article. By riding one of these boards you are "forced" to experience how wave riding has developed from single to twin to quad to tri-fin boards. I was able to ride a haut twin fin a little over a year ago and have wanted to purchase any type of old board available since them. My dream boards would be: An early twin fin, any generation (but modern) single fin, and more than anything, a rather large balsa longboard preferably from the 50's. Even with my short experience with these boards i have been able to develop and learn about my style and technique on my daily ridden channel islands. If anyone has boards getting dusty in their garages and they would like to sell them i would be happy to talk about buying them, i assure you they will get some much deserved use.

[alpacasrule]

ill buy your shoe.