Here's a rather nice Tris which was on ebay recently with a rare large scale spray on the underside.This one is a 6'3 from around the early to mid 70s with artwork by New Zealander Neil Wernham, shaped by Tris himself and glassed by Johnny Manetta. Obviously with that spray its a custom board ; nice laminate ply fin and one of the finest logos on a surfboard.
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Late 70s, check out the tail on the board by the window.
Great blog, have just started to work with Tris at Homeblown and its such a pleasure to see this post. He just made me a new board, and it got badly dinged tonight on first ride - but what was really cool, was that the guy said- oh no its a Tris, thats terrible I am soo sorry.
ReplyDeleteYeah people respect a Tris, unless they don't know what one is. I was out on one last night too, 35 years old and still showing a clean pair of heels to Godrevy peelers.
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