These shots come to us from North Devon, UK. (Chris Preston of the Adventures in Trim blog and frequent Drift contributor). The board is a 5'10" Gulfstream (local north devon shaper) that was from a fish template of Jimmy Blears. Chris informed me that Jimmy Blears beat David Nuuhiwa on a fish in the 1972 World Title. Thanks for the info, hope the facts are accurate.
Yes, that's true! Jimmy Blears did win the 1972 World Contest in Ocean Beach on a fish he borrowed, which was a home grown original shaped by our friend and we all were there to cheer Jimmy on. It is a fun story.
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Please help, there was a bug with Blogger, and I did not mean to post a few times, please remove all by the first one, thanks, Cher
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Cher- no problem- thanks for checking the blog- jack
ReplyDeleteHi, Jack, the English photos are beautiful, and Mike would be stoked to see the fish, which was inspired by the board he shaped.
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