Here's a nice early 70s board by John Hall of Tiki , with its original rubber stick on leash plug, from Alex's collection. John Hall grew up in Sydney Australia and was in the same school year as Nat Young. In '69 he went to South Africa for a couple of years and started shaping professionally before settling in Devon in around '72. He became one of Tiki's top shapers through the 70s, also making a few of his own boards like this one. By the early 80s he got into the windsurfing craze and was shaping them, as were a lot of shapers by then, cashing in on the new high demand.
Here's a nice early 70s board by John Hall of Tiki , with its original rubber stick on leash plug, from Alex's collection. John Hall grew up in Sydney Australia and was in the same school year as Nat Young. In '69 he went to South Africa for a couple of years and started shaping professionally before settling in Devon in around '72. He became one of Tiki's top shapers through the 70s, also making a few of his own boards like this one. By the early 80s he got into the windsurfing craze and was shaping them, as were a lot of shapers by then, cashing in on the new high demand.
from Atlantic Surfer ,late 70s
1978
I happen to store 2 Floater 6 286 cm shaped by John, produced by GAL in my basement. One of them is a 1986.
ReplyDeleteOne has a destroyed mast track, the other one is pretty slippery since the pre-owner painted it.
Does anybody know where I can find John ?
Cheers,
Johannes (info@iconicity.de)
Green island east coast
DeleteI’ve got a 72 tiki shaped by John too ! Had it for years but didn’t know much about it til today thanks to Jon at wolf restorations & Charlie Spurr for his knowledge
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