Surf's up!

Matt---It was an omage to Noll's shorts!!! man , and I was thinking who's board is that! Not who's board-shorts  Trick Question !!

Oh well......& you'd think the Ventura guy would have guessed it!

Those are some kool groovy wheels!!  Just the thing to build while listening to Misirlou by Dick Dale and The Del Tones.

I knew it was not Gerry Lopez...

Dr. Faust

Matthew Usher:

*INDY:

That is absolutely beautiful Mr. Usher ! I love it. I admit to having a weak spot for these and my oun VW storys---I had a '67 VW Bus (the split-window) and if I still had it I'd be rich!

 

In chronological order, I've owned a:

1971 Karmann-Ghia convertible

1984 Rabbit

1987 16-valve Scirocco

2000 New Beetle Turbo

All gone now, unfortunately. I have a real soft spot for the air-cooled cars, and I'd love to have a '66 or earlier Beetle.

Can anyone tell me who the black-and-white striped board is a tribute to?

Matt

 

Tom Blake  ?

Dr

The board is a tribute to big-wave surfer Greg Noll. He surfed and sold boards in the 1960s, and he always wore black-and-white striped swim trunks. It made him easy to spot in photos from the shore. If you're interested in big-wave surfing, I'd highly recommend the documentary "Riding Giants." TONS of great surfing (and surf-wagon) footage.

Matt

Matthew Usher

*INDY:

That is absolutely beautiful Mr. Usher ! I love it. I admit to having a weak spot for these and my oun VW storys---I had a '67 VW Bus (the split-window) and if I still had it I'd be rich!

 

In chronological order, I've owned a:

1971 Karmann-Ghia convertible

1984 Rabbit

1987 16-valve Scirocco

2000 New Beetle Turbo

All gone now, unfortunately. I have a real soft spot for the air-cooled cars, and I'd love to have a '66 or earlier Beetle.

Can anyone tell me who the black-and-white striped board is a tribute to?

Matt

Tom Blake  ?

Dr

*INDY

That is absolutely beautiful Mr. Usher ! I love it. I admit to having a weak spot for these and my oun VW storys---I had a '67 VW Bus (the split-window) and if I still had it I'd be rich!

In chronological order, I've owned a:

1971 Karmann-Ghia convertible

1984 Rabbit

1987 16-valve Scirocco

2000 New Beetle Turbo

All gone now, unfortunately. I have a real soft spot for the air-cooled cars, and I'd love to have a '66 or earlier Beetle.

Can anyone tell me who the black-and-white striped board is a tribute to?

Matt

That is absolutely beautiful Mr. Usher ! I love it. I admit to having a weak spot for these and my oun VW storys---I had a '67 VW Bus (the split-window) and if I still had it I'd be rich!

Knarly Dude!

A little on the clean inlander barney side.

Throw those long boards in and head for the wedge man! Offshore winds, bathwater temp and the chicks are hot man. Put your toes on the nose and rip in Surf City! Brau!

Way Cool! I mean Bitchen!

Dr

Cool model!!!

There ya go!and do'nt forget the fun fur and dingle balls.

Matt, looks great, even with a showroom finish paint job. Masking those windows must have been a monumental task.

You could have eschewed the masking and painted over the windows like this, but I think your paint job was easier!

Konigwolf13

Nice bar 2 issues. Surfboards with a finish that clean? They may be that clean at the shop but, hmmm, thats about the only place, a couple of sessions and that sand and salt does alot. Second, NEVER seen a surfie with a combie looking that shiny, new and unloved. Three,  NO FURRY DICE!!!

Andrew

That's funny! I wanted to add a little weathering to the bus -- some sand kicked up onto the body by the rear tires. But there's hardly any bodywork back there! I'd like to do another one as a well-weathered board hauler -- a little primer here and there, etc.

I have the pickup version in my collection somewhere. That would be a great candidate for some wear and tear, too.

Matt @ FSM

Nice bar 2 issues. Surfboards with a finish that clean? They may be that clean at the shop but, hmmm, thats about the only place, a couple of sessions and that sand and salt does alot. Second, NEVER seen a surfie with a combie looking that shiny, new and unloved. Three,  NO FURRY DICE!!!

Andrew

Nice factory fresh finish Matt, most VW vans I have seen cruzeing south central BC have been painted in a 'flower power' theme LOL How about two quotes:

'Ahh Gnarly!' and 'Tasty waves and cool buds are all I need' ~ Jeff Spicolli

Nice job dude.Definately off the beaten path.The kind of kit I really enjoy.

Nice model, although I am an aircraft man myself.

When I noticed the title of this post "Surfs up" & saw it was from a "larger cheese" at FSM, my instant reaction was to assume "surf" was mean in the WWW sense & considering some of the more recent forum issues - you can imagine the conclusion I quickly came to!

I have been surfing since the early days, I used the "Smartmodem" to get into the astonishing BBSs that were available - still dont understand why you need the VW or the big snowboard to surf?