5'8" planing hull tri

a little action on the Simmons test track at
the 'Twang this week...just a few hundred
yards from Nautilus and Neptune...where
Parkin skated. board shaped with pride
and precision by Rusty Preisendorfer
for the Hydrodynamica Test Pilot Series.
photos by Anthony Ghiglia

THE NAUTILUS CHRONICLES PART I

there are hopes for a skate park in La Jolla
these days...possibly next to the fire station
on Nautilus Street...the same street where,
as far as we can tell,
Windansea surfer Peter Parkin rode the first
skateboard in 1947. Simmons kept boards at
Parkin's place. If that street could talk...
TA puts his two cents
in on a park in LJ.

asymmetric Alva

T.A. next pilot up for the 5'8" Ekstrom asym planing hull.

rucas gets radical

Lucas "Rucas" Dirkse on 4'8" planing hull quad.
photos by Geraldine mgotu.

IDIOSYNCRASIES: CHRISTIAN BEAMISH AND THE SIMMONS/CURREN GUNS

A few years ago Christian Beamish and I had a few conversations
about bringing Simmons design into a big wave board. A sort of
cross between a planing hull and a vintage Pat Curren gun.
I said I thought about that stuff a lot, but didn't have
the balls to go out in really heavy surf. Christian, however,
does have the balls, and he is currently
fulfilling his desire to build and ride a unique series
of big wave boards that use elements of the great boards
of the late 1940s and early 50's. The boards shown in these
posts were built by Christian after he took templates
and measurements from Simmons and Curren boards at
the Surfing Heritage Museum in San Clemente. They
are both dual fins.
Patrick Trefz has been documenting this passion
of Mr. Beamish for his new film, "Idiosyncrasies".
what does it all mean? it means across the board
and around the world surfers are taking back surfing
one chunk at a time...and Beamish is biting off some
really big chunks. Good work Christian.

Beamish Mavs