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Pete
Since 29 Oct 2007
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jbruxer
Since 24 Jul 2005
398 Posts
Beaverton, OR
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 Fri Jun 13, 08 1:35 pm Re: Here's your chance to buy your own |
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I love his discription: "bitchin"
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RichK
Since 30 Jun 2009
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South Carolina
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| Tue Jun 30, 09 6:50 pm The real designer of " Skurfer" |
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Hi Gang... I have been hiding out since 1992 and am now surfacing...ha. I wanted to set a few things straight on your thread about SKURFER.
I owned a custom sailboard shop in Cocoa Beach Florida and also one in Annapolis, MD. I was under contract to re-design the SKURFER in 1987 by the owners of " SKURFER" that was Sentinal WaterSports. I was designing all kinds of professional sailboards at the time using the latest in materials, and going after the World Sail Speed Record in France. I took the origional "SKURFER", through it away and came up with the RAGE, Launch, and a few advanced wing models that worked extremely well but no one has seen. The biggest flaw in the " SKURFER" was that it was too hard to get up. The Launch was to fix this and Tony Finn and I tested it with kids right off of the beach, at Mission Bay, CA and it worked unreal. What else do you want to know????
After many years designing all kind of composite stuff all over the world I am now coming back this year with a whole new line of custom wake boards that will blow away everyone.
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Tommy
Since 12 Apr 2009
225 Posts
Gorbachev sings tractors: Turnip! Buttocks!
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| Tue Jun 30, 09 6:56 pm |
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Want an old 2-line Wipika to go with that? 
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RichK
Since 30 Jun 2009
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South Carolina
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| Tue Jun 30, 09 7:05 pm By the Way |
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I have not seen Tony for many a moon, since he stayed at my home in Cocoa Beach. Say, HEY to him if anyone see's him. I did not know about his connection to LF, but maybe he would like to see my new line of custom sticks.
SAY HI to Tony...GOOD GUY ...have him tell you about the time he gave me his Antique English School Teachers Bike to ride around La Jolla. There was a major bike race and I ran into my friends from the shop next door that built Greg Lamonts bikes back in Fla. and here I am on a old English Bike..ha... they had a laugh for sure and were surprised to see me.
Bye
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carolb
Since 04 Nov 2006
590 Posts
Stevenson, WA in the summer, SPI in the winter
Bolstad Clan
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| Tue Jun 30, 09 9:31 pm skurfer |
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| Sweet - My buddy had one that we used all the time behind his boat in Boulder, Colorado too. |
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beoutside
Since 10 Aug 2014
1 Posts
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| Sun Aug 10, 14 8:43 am |
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| cosmodog wrote: | Nice, you might have some luck with the three fin model, but the whale tail model is a pig.
A friend tried kiting it a couple of years ago - could not stay upwind. |
I just picked one up from a charity sale, should be fun behind the jet boat, anytips?
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dwaynej
Since 09 Sep 2013
207 Posts
Stoked
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| Sun Aug 10, 14 9:07 am |
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| I first saw kite boarding in Nelson, New Zealand 2004 but had no idea at the time how young the sport was. Totally blown away by what I saw. |
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flipper
Since 17 Oct 2011
320 Posts
Obsessed
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| Sun Aug 10, 14 4:49 pm |
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| The purple Skurfer had fin harmonics. I always knew I was shreddin' when the fin started talking to me. |
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