Wetsuits: Tiki steamer 1985
added to the website on May 26, 2010
Tiki started life in South Wales in 1967 before Tim Heyland and Dave Smith hopped across the Bristol Channel to Braunton in North Devon. They soon became one of Britain’s leading surf companies, competing with the likes of Bilbo in Cornwall who had a couple of years head start on them. Alongside their classic surfboards ……»
Wetsuits: Tiki vest 1979
added to the website on May 26, 2010
Wetsuit vest made by Tiki in Braunton, North Devon around 1979.
Surfboards: Tiki by John Hall 1975
added to the website on May 25, 2010
John Hall was one of a group of hot Australian surfer-shapers who settled in North Devon in the 1970s. He joined Tiki in Braunton for a while, and produced this stunning little single fin in 1975 featuring intricate airbrush art on the deck. It suffered a leash cut in the rail back in the early ……»