Any of you still have your first board? I've met some people that keep theirs on a rack in their garage. Mine was a NSP durable little funshape. Still use it.
I got a completely destroyed 6' R. Richenberg off a used board rack in stone harbor NJ when I was 11. Im pretty sure it was waterlogged, I only stood up on the thing a few times, that was my first board. It was a $50 dollar special that my grandpa surprised me with after realizing how much I wanted it. I wish would have held onto it, but I passed it on to a friend when I was in High School and he passed it onto another friend who took it out to washington. Its probably in a landfill somewhere. I bought a new funshape when I was 12. My dad and I split the cost, worked my ass off mowing lawns all season to afford it. he wanted to get back into it. The board got stolen that very same night out of my grandmas back yard in Ocean City. My dad felt so bad we went out and got another one, which I have held onto ever since. Still paddle it out from time to time, its got hawaiian flowers painted purple on the nose, somewhat feminine but when youre 12 anything is cool.
First board was 5'7" Heritage from my cousin I still have. My first new board was a 6'3" Nirvana. Still have both boards, Heritage needs a little TLC, must be 25 years old. Nirvana still in great shape.
My first was a 7'6" WRV big guy new style fish shape it was a great board to learn on I rode that thing forever now its delaminated and has dings all over but it still floats probably soaks up some water though I haven't used it in a few years I got it in 04. I finally got my first new board a 6'0" sharp eye disco
My first board was a KS Semi-Pro chip that I got with two wettys, boots, and mitts. How much you think I surfed that stick? Correct. But I did sell it for $50 less than I got it and kept all the neoprene. The stick I got next (7'4 fun board) was when I started tasting any rides at all. So, there's the first board I purchased then there's the first board I started any surfing on. Let this be a testimonial to kooks everywhere as to what stick not to buy - an HP.
My first board was a 7'4" vernor funboard. I think it was 7'4" may have been 7'2". Either way it was my first.
My 1st surfboard was a 6'6" Line Drive (Skip Miller). Bought the board at Heritage in SIC NJ.Surfed that board forever in NJ. Owned plenty of boards after that and surfed them until they could not float. Now me and the family live in Florida and surf almost everyday and recycle boards.......ahhhh I will not bore you no more. I would hate to hijack this thread.
in the eye, 6'0'' heavy glassed with channels? cant remember 80's style thruster, wish I still had that board
First board was a Heritage 6'2" hippy trippy...My Dad traded in a '69 Con that we attempted to fix (a ton of resin...a quart of urethane...and little to no sanding) for the board--dad inherited the board and we had no idea what we were doing. Guy on LBI---tiki surf shop I think--traded me straight up for the Heritage--lost the original fin, but still a great ride. Plenty of repairs, dropped in a plug, and recently fixed a huge delam on one of the rails. Still a great board and fun on the right day...will never sell it!!!
Man my first board? It was a single fin bought at Island Style in sea bright nj. I think I tore the glass off in an attempt to repair serious delams, put it aside in the shed, the shed leaked and 5 years later my step dad through it out of bulk pick up day. I wonder if anyone nabbed it and finished the repair?
Mine was a 6'4" Bat HPSB, didn't take very good care of it, tried shotting the pier with limited experience and ended up putting holes in the bottom of the deck by hitting the barnacles under the pier. Did some very sh*tty ding repair work on it and kept "riding" it for a while till I realized I wasn't catch anymore waves on this thing hardly. I still have the board but it just collects dust. I keep telling myself i'll try and restore it one day but I seem to find better things to do with my time. One day... one day.
My first board was a 6'10 hammer surf short board, we'll not so short for me since I'm 5'1. I got it off eBay for $150 and tried riding that but then my friend gave me an old 7'6 Ron Jon tht I rode for 8months until November. I just recently got to a 5'6. I've been surfing a little over a year that's my surf story haha
His first board at 5. 4'10" Natural Art.......it was head high!!! https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-...AAACcbc/DYo1UBgETbc/w958-h636-no/DSC_0646.JPG
My first board was a 9'2" Buddha Shapes I bought used with a leash for $350. A few pressure dings but it surfed great. I still have it since I started surfing only about 5 years ago. I only own three boards now -- a 7'4" and a 9'6" both custom made. Still like to ride that Buddha occasionally.
My first board was actually a quiver. Pops acquired an abandoned school bus that had been converted into a band bus for Jerrys Kidz, a VB band from the 70's-80's. If you were around the oceanfront in those days you couldn't miss it...zebra stripes all over it. It had about 8 boards in it. Old Melotts, Canyons, Surfboards Hawaii and a few others. Gave a few away and rode the rest off and on for years. They were a little dated for the mid-80's so my first real board was a WRV twin pintail but I couldn't understand why my 'rents wouldn't let me get the newfangled board right next to it with 3 fins and a custom airbrush on the bottom that said Thrust-her along with the requisite blond beach bombshell butt picture on it. I guess mom would've felt a little uncomfortable walking out of the store with that under her arm at xmas time.
My first was a 10-2 singlefin longboard made by Southpoint. I took vacation to visit my sis in Hawaii and she took me out for a surf lesson. I loved it so much I came back to Florida and went to the surf shop as soon as I could. I asked the clerk for the floatiest toughest longboard that a newb like me couldn't destroy. I still have the board, it rides sick and is virtually indestructable. I take it out once a month or whenever I'm feeling like loggin. I recently stopped in the shop where I bought that thing and the dude who sold it to me remembered me even though I hadn't seen him in 10 years. I will never sell that board ever. Love it! Great thread too!
My best friend and I shared the cost of a lime green 9'6" Dewey Weber Performer. We had it shipped to a marina in Seacrest Beach, NJ for I think ~$75. I later bought out his interest as he went radical (for the time) short - an 8' Rick. It was eventually stolen out of the back of my 63 Ford Econoline PU ~ 1975 down in JAX. I sure wish I still had it. Great memories!
