Surfboards: Butler 1974
added to the website on Jul 15, 2010
This is a mid 1970s Maurice Butler single fin stinger, shaped in East Anglia. Maurice was a pioneer surfer in Lowestoft, Suffolk and his first sight of surfing came in 1964 on holiday at Woolacombe in North Devon where he watched a couple of 10 foot boards being ridden (possibly shaped by Bob Powers). Back ……»
Photographs: Bob Powers 1964
added to the website on Jun 06, 2010
Surfer-shaper Bob Powers on the beach at home in North Devon with one of the boards he made in Mortehoe. This was his personal board and Bob donated it to the Museum of British Surfing – you can see it in surfboard timeline on this site.
Surfboards: Powers Surfboards 1964
added to the website on May 25, 2010
When this board was shaped around 1964 boards were called ‘malibu’ boards or just surfboards – the term longboard didn’t really come into play until the 1980s when people wanted to differentiate between the ‘older’ style of board (usually 9 to 10 feet long) and the ‘modern’ shortboard. Bob Powers was based in Mortehoe on ……»