New Boards this week

9'6" 40/65

9'6" 40/65

9'8" 40/65

Surfers are great friends

The one thing I have learned after owning the shop now for over 7 years is that the surfing community is very tight.  Customers are always willing to help the shop out anyway they can.  I was reminded of this when Dan LeHew came in and told me he was going to paint the shop for me.  He made it very clear that this was his gift and it would cost me absolutely nothing. 

It brought back the memory of when I was building the shop out at the beginning of this adventure.  I had been working on the interior for over 1 ½ months and the money and time was running out.  Larry Ugale who was a great friend and surfing buddy had been watching the progress, and asked me if I was going to paint the shop.  I explained that there was no more money available, and time was running out.

Larry told me to buy the paint and he would paint the interior for free.  I was so stoked as the paint inside the shop was 20 years old.  So Larry and little Larry came in and painted the whole inside of the shop.  When he was done, Larry said the outside needs to look as good as the inside, "so go get the paint".  Larry had one favor to ask, that was to give Little Larry a part time job.  It was a done deal without even thinking about it.

So what I have learned from these great people is that the local surf population has a lot of great giving people who share the stoke we all have in surfing.  A big shout out to all the friends who have helped me and the shop over the years.  Larry will always be remembered with his picture hanging at the doorway of the shop.

Clyde Beatty T-Shirt

Back by popular demand, Clyde Beatty Tiger Wave t-shirt designed by Brett Bednorz.  Just in time for Christmas.



Dennis Ryder "67"

Now days we have performance long boards, high performance long boards.  Before surfboards started to get short there were no high performance surfboards. We just had surfboards.  Making a surfboard high performance was up to the surfer. 

The last year of the long surfboard was 1967.  and reality is in ’67 there were some boards that could’ve been considered performance or high performance boards, but we didn’t call them  high performance boards, they usually had  the words “light weight” or “feather light” along with a model name. Basically a board that was in the low 9 foot range and a little thinner, not as wide as some of the other boards you might find on the rack in a surf shop and also, of importance, was they were laminated with lighter fiberglass cloth… of course that's why the were called light weight models.

These shorter, thinner, narrower, lighter boards were the performance boards of the late 60’s. I designed one for myself while shaping at Morey-Pope in 1967.  A 9 foot 22 inch wide thinned out narrow nosed light weight board that surfed really well. Quick turns, playful off the tail, good speed in trim. Nose rides, coasters, cutbacks, all the great performance stuff.  I liked the board so much and felt you could push it to new and higher surfing performance levels that I used the design in most of the early William Dennis boards when Blinky and I first got started.

I’ve now got a reissue of this board, I call the ’67.  A traditional single fin performance long board with a slender over all foil. Nice curve in the outline back of center with a soft rolled bottom and accelerated rocker out the back for quick turns and playfulness on the tail.  Narrow nose for lighter swing weight and better wave face fit. A long and low rocker curve through the nose for good trim and nose riding.  

The ’67 takes traditional long boarding to new performance levels. The boards are available at Wavefront Surf Shop.

Dennis Ryder

Vince Felix noseriding the "67"

9'6" 40/65

New delivery of a 9'6" 40/65 Davenport.  Great rootbeer brown tint job.

$895.00

Robert Heeley Surf Tee

We just got in a new 10 color design of C-Street from Robert Heeley.  We have these in short sleeve tee's, long sleeve tee's, and hooded sweat shirts in adult and youth.

Ventura Sunsets

Fall and winter bring us good surf and great sunsets.  I love the sunsets here in Ventura!!!  A few years back I added a deck to the front of our house for just this reason. 

It's always a hit or miss when it comes down to the end of it, but this one was worth the wait.

Those are the Channel Islands in the background.

New Boards this week

9'6" Chaser  $895.00

9'6" 40/65 $895.00

Orbicular Surfboards Mini D

Our new version of the Mini Simmons (with some of our ideas in design).  Board sizes are 5'2" to 6'0", and includes a set of round simmons style fins, and our speed keel fins.  When choosing your size, go shorter than what you normally ride, as these boards have a lot volume.  Board art designs by Mitch Bloom.  Boards are $450.00 including 2 sets of fins.

Feed back on this board has been outstanding.  Clyde has changed the fin placement from what you see on other Simmons style boards, allowing the board to hold much better, giving it a fish style ride.