A sought after classic, early 70s John Conway from Henry's collection. Apart from making boards John is best known for starting Wavelength, the UK's longest running surf mag , taking loads of classic surf images which is now the Wavelength archive, and for bringing surfing professionalism into the UK through the world tour events held at fistral in the early 80s.After an apprenticeship at Bickers through the mid 60s he started shaping under his own label at the end of the 60s and soon got a reputation as a quality maker. This classic rounded pin is from the early 70s shaped in Newquay. The unusual logo placement is a sign of John's different and creative approach to boardmaking. The purple bottom is not original but still looks nice with the green and red pinlines , and like Henry says its a part of the boards history and worth keeping as it is.
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John with ale 1981
Shortboard surfboards are usually beneath in breadth than 7' although some shortboards for beyond guys can be beyond than 7 feet. There are abounding altered types of shortboards.
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