Category: Bugg’s Boards
19th March
Chuck Dent
Surfing gave his life meaning and Huntington Beach became his home. He was on the scene, man. From the early 60’s to his death in 1980, Chuck was firmly at the core of the southern California surf scene.??Chuck was a visionary of surfing and shaping talent bringing together the likes of Billy Hamilton, Randy Lewis, Barry Kanaiaupuni, Steve Bigler and many other talented surfer/shapers to shape and ride for him. He felt that the relationship between surfboard, shaper, and surfer was the key to the surfing experience. An innovator in the image making and marketing of surfboards (just check out some of his classic magazine ads and articles), Chuck’s persona was infused with the style inspired by the music and the vibe of his time. He recognized what surfing was and could be. In many ways … Read More »
18th March
Corky Carroll
The greatest competitor of California’s Golden Age and surfing’s first real pro, five-time US Surfing Champion (1966-’70) Corky Carroll is also famous as a surf instructor, an author, a recording artist, a TV ad personality and a surfboard salesman. This animated, witty and talented rider was as famous for his mouth as he was for his huge surf knots. Throughout those years, Carroll was at the forefront of developments in surfing equipment. His Hobie Mini Model, introduced in 1967, was the first production shortboard in America, and his Deadly Flying Glove model furthered the evolution. He was one of the first to convert to twin fins in 1971 and was featured in a number of surf films in the ’60s and ’70s, including MacGillivray-Freeman’s Five Summer Stories. Today, he works a record number of part-time gigs, … Read More »
17th March
Bruce Jones
Bruce Jones Surfboards has built premium surfboards for three decades. The company, renowned worldwide for its products, was founded by Bruce in 1973 after he shaped for many years with some of the biggest names in the sport: Hobie, Gordie, and Brewer to name a few.
Bruce was there at Hobie’s, during the golden age of the mid 1960’s, when the best shaping talent in surfing history was gathered in one place: Phil Edwards, Dale Velzy, Terry Martin, John Gray and Ralph Parker, among others. Starting in the glueing department, Bruce worked his way into rough shaping and then into the actual shaping room and lost no time in getting help from everyone involved.
In the mid to late 60’s, Bruce moved to Huntington Beach, where he shaped for Vardeman Surfboards, doing all the Jackie Baxter Models, which … Read More »
16th March
Bahne
A jack-of-all-trades if ever there was one, Encinitas-based Bill Bahne has had an influential hand in just about every Action Sports movement in the past 40 years. Getting his start in shaping in the ’50s before foam and fiberglass had entered the picture; by the early ’60s Bahne Surfboards was a thriving business.
As the popularity of surfing grew, Bill identified the need for a removable fin system, prompting him to start Fins Unlimited in 1964. Both the surfboard and fin business treated him well, but hardly one to rest on his laurels, by the start of the ’70s Bill teamed up with friend Mike Doyle and the two introduced the snow world to an early incarnate of the snowboard called the “monoski.” It was also about this time that Bill and his brother Bob started up … Read More »
14th March
Bennet
A family tradition since 1956, Bennett Surfboards has been in the surfboard business longer than any other Australian manufacturer. Surf Life Saving introduced Racing Malibu’s to Australian Titles in paddle board races and iron man competitions in 1962 and with longboards, was incorporated into Bennett’s surfboard production. Bennett’s has always maintained its strong roots in the Surf Life Saving environment. And for the last 40 years, has supplied many paddle board and rescue boards to overseas and local clubs. The Bennett name is highly valued amongst the Surf Life Saving fraternity and many Australian and World Titles have been won on Bennett boards.
-taken from www.bennetsurfboards.com
KEY: O= Original, R= Repaired, RF= Refurbished. Condition of board rated: 1(worst)-10(best)
Board Dimensions
Length: 7′ 5″
Width: 20
Thickness: 3″ 1/4I acquired this via EBay … Read More »
14th March
Bunger Surfboards
Charlie Bunger has been in the business of building surfboards for just over 40 years and is still at it today. He started building boards in 1962 in a garage in his backyard in Lindenhurst Long Island. His name has been mentioned in the same sentence with many of the great board manufactures around the country. Over the years Charlie has turned his love for building surfboards into a family business. He currently has a retail establishment in the Village of Babylon that is run by himself, his wife Janet, and his children, Theresa, Susan, Charlie Jr, and Tommy. Bunger Surf Shop is one of the oldest surf shops in America and his children are sure not going to end this great family tradition any time soon.
KEY: O= Original, R= Repaired, RF= Refurbished. Condition of … Read More »
13th March
Challenger
Bobby Challenger Thomas has designed, shaped and manufactured thousands upon thousands of surfboards since 1957.
Bobby is a surfing pioneer, 60’s surfboard industry icon, surfing champion and a living legend. Bobby’s aggressive attitude, designs, models, higher standard of quality, coupled with his colorful Surfer advertising campaign made Challenger Surfboards of San Diego California known world wide.
Today, surfboards personally designed, shaped or manufactured by Bobby are collectibles VALUED at thousands of US Dollars. Now collectors, veteran surfers, and new surfers alike can enjoy the legacy and ride of this NEW & UNIQUE collection of designs that span over four decades.
KEY: O= Original, R= Repaired, RF= Refurbished. Condition of board rated: 1(worst)-10(best)
Board Dimensions
Length: 7′ 10″
Width: 22″ 7/8
Thickness: 2″1/2
This was a rare find from Smiley … Read More »
13th March
Bushman
Jeff Bushman started shaping surfboards in Ventura, California during the 1970’s. He shaped boards as a hobby, and, according to the Surftech website, claimed to have shaped 3,000 surfboards before he saw another person make one. In 1982 he took on the name Cyclone Surfboards and shaped surfboards wherever he traveled.
In 1988, Bushman moved to the North Shore of Oahu to put his surfing and shaping skills to the ultimate test. Bushman says, “The best surfers and the best shapers live in Hawaii, and so I went there to see if I was up to it.” He has since shaped 31,000 surfboards to date and has shaped for big names including current team rider Pancho Sullivan, Shawn Briley, Tamayo Perry, Jack Johnson, Luke Egan, and Mick Lowe. Ross Clarke-Jones won the 2000 Eddie Aikau Invitational … Read More »
13th March
Buttons Hawaii
Boards were plenty small by the ’70s, but surfers had yet to make sense of the new equipment. Ideas of what could be accomplished on a wave were changing with each passing swell. Staying ahead of this revolution meant paddling into every session with an open mind, an ability to erase all preconceived notions. The leading force of change was a pack of young Hawaiians, none more exuberant or spontaneous than the one they called Buttons. – from surfline.com
KEY: O= Original, R= Repaired, RF= Refurbished. Condition of board rated: 1(worst)-10(best)
Board Dimensions
Length: 5′ 11″
Width: 19″ 1/2
Thickness: 2″1/2
Not Vintage Yet only a limited of these were built as the business model folded. Of the few that were built cool … Read More »
12th March
Infinity
The first Infinity Surfboard was shaped in 1970. It is a 7′ balsa single fin with #1 proudly printed on the tail. It has never been ridden but hangs as a memorial on the wall. Since that time, more than 30,000 surfboards have been carefully created. They on the other hand, have taken the drop and drawn every possible line that perhaps 35,000 or more riders could think of. The shapers at Infinity, Steve and Dan Boehne, Larry Cobb, and Ryan Engle take a lot of pride in the heritage that they bring to each shape. Steve, who taught the rest of the crew the many lessons in sculpting foam, shaped and glassed his first board in 1960 at the age of 13.
Steve discovered surfing in 1959. His first board was a balsa Velzy -Jacobs. He surfed Torrance Beach and … Read More »
