Beautiful combination of spraywork and pinlining, signs of quality.
I got the board from Alec, who had it for years and is emigrating to Australia and couldnt take it with him. When I got it it had this peculiar deck grip on, which I removed to get back to the original board.
1977
1977 artwork by Neil Wernham
Heres one of the ultimate collectable Tris singlefins, with artwork by New Zealander Neil Wernham, who worked at the factory for a few years in the mid 70s. This one features the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland, puffing away at a bit of homegrown ? The caterpillar went into the later version of the Tris logo by Keith Flack. Neil Wernham now lives in Raglan ,New Zealand and has a lot of good memories of his time in Cornwall. He is still a big part of the surf scene there and his son is semi pro.
Roger Robinson.
ReplyDeleteWhich one is the Roger Robinson board?
DeleteYes this was a Roger Robinson board. He should have sold it to me !
ReplyDeleteThe twin fin is lovely! Thanks for the info, I have one quite similar..a battered version anyway.. so interesting to hear about it.
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