A few days ago I got an email asking me when they first started putting fins on surfboards and who was the first person to do that. So I thought it would be fun to take a little look at the evolution ...
Australian surfer and shaper Neal Purchase Jr. has combined the best parts of a single-fin and a twin-fin in a new surfboard design he calls the Duo. Neal Purchase Jr. (NPJ) is an Australian ...
Click to open image viewer. Dave Sweet, owner of Dave Sweet's Surfboards, Santa Monica - Photograph by LeRoy Grannis, early 1960s This is a single glassed, lightweight surfboard with a single fin, and ...