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Vintage SurfboardsVintage surfboards are wonderful pieces of history. Build your own mini-musuem.
Polynesians rode solid wood surfboards hundred of years ago. You probably won't find one here...or anywhere. Those would be considered antiques instead of vintage.
The end of the 1940's saw the construction of the first use of fiberglass. Mostly fiberglass over balsa wood but the first fiberglass/foam surfboard was made by Bob Simmons in 1949. He disappeared mysteriously a few years later...and some conspiracy nuts think it was a plot by the old wood surfboard guys. The 1950's saw the widespread acceptance of the fiberglass/polyurethane foam longboards....same basic materials in use today, although epoxy is gaining speed. Shapes began to change rapidly in the late 1960's. The 1967 shortboard revolution led to short single fin surfboards. Then there were the even shorter but wider twin fins of the 1970's. In 1981 Simon Anderson introduced the shortboard thruster...and the story continues. Of course the newer non vintage boards are for riding, not collecting, so the story ends here. Tell Us Something about Vintage SurfboardsDo you have a great story about this? Share it! What Other Visitors Have SaidClick below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...
Vintage Boards during Slow Times
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