Summer of 83' Model
Summer of '83 Model:
The first thruster models I was designing and shaping, and being sold at Local Motion Hawaii and in Japan, were mainly designed for Mark Liddell and "Button's", who were my team riders and riding for LM since 1978. In the middle of the Summer of '83, I had 3 different magazine cover shots of that same thruster design, and so the name: "Summer of '83" model was appropriate.
At the time, I was mainly making these first thruster boards with a double bump-wing squash tails and we were also playing with twins and quads. Because of heavy experimentation in fin designs and placements, all my personal boards had 5 fin boxes in them. Ken Bradshaw and Ben Aipa both really influenced me in putting in multiple fin boxes, so we could fine tune the fins and fin placements. This true-to-form early '80's model is presently being faithfully recreated off my original notes, to intentionally be true to form as I was building them in '83. They are styled with a "sleek- beak" nose, and the thicknesses are shifted forward of center but not as forwardly pronounced as my single fins were in the 70’s. A healthy panel Vee flowing throughout the whole bottom with a double concaved vee in the tail, was the motor on that board's ability to go from rail to rail easily, and pick up speed going from rail to rail (just like shifting gears in a Porsche!)
This model is such a fun board to ride in all conditions and the 80's outline with the lower bottom rocker, flatter deck and fuller rails complete the package.
Summer of '83 Model Range:
5'6 ~ 6'10
While I think it’s helpful to have rider weight and dimensions: remember these are only a general guide. My team will work personally with all my customers and their specific needs:
5'8 x 19.25 x 2.50 @30.2cl
5'10 x 19.50 x 2.62 @32.9cl
6'0 x 19.75 x 2.75 @35.1cl
6'2 x 19.87 x 2.81 @37.8cl
6'4 x 20.00 x 2.87 @39.7cl
6'6 x 20.37 x 3.00 @42.2cl
6'8 x 20.87 x 3.12 @46.2cl
Summer of '83 Model:
The first thruster models I was designing and shaping, and being sold at Local Motion Hawaii and in Japan, were mainly designed for Mark Liddell and "Button's", who were my team riders and riding for LM since 1978. In the middle of the Summer of '83, I had 3 different magazine cover shots of that same thruster design, and so the name: "Summer of '83" model was appropriate.
At the time, I was mainly making these first thruster boards with a double bump-wing squash tails and we were also playing with twins and quads. Because of heavy experimentation in fin designs and placements, all my personal boards had 5 fin boxes in them. Ken Bradshaw and Ben Aipa both really influenced me in putting in multiple fin boxes, so we could fine tune the fins and fin placements. This true-to-form early '80's model is presently being faithfully recreated off my original notes, to intentionally be true to form as I was building them in '83. They are styled with a "sleek- beak" nose, and the thicknesses are shifted forward of center but not as forwardly pronounced as my single fins were in the 70’s. A healthy panel Vee flowing throughout the whole bottom with a double concaved vee in the tail, was the motor on that board's ability to go from rail to rail easily, and pick up speed going from rail to rail (just like shifting gears in a Porsche!)
This model is such a fun board to ride in all conditions and the 80's outline with the lower bottom rocker, flatter deck and fuller rails complete the package.
Summer of '83 Model Range:
5'6 ~ 6'10
While I think it’s helpful to have rider weight and dimensions: remember these are only a general guide. My team will work personally with all my customers and their specific needs:
5'8 x 19.25 x 2.50 @30.2cl
5'10 x 19.50 x 2.62 @32.9cl
6'0 x 19.75 x 2.75 @35.1cl
6'2 x 19.87 x 2.81 @37.8cl
6'4 x 20.00 x 2.87 @39.7cl
6'6 x 20.37 x 3.00 @42.2cl
6'8 x 20.87 x 3.12 @46.2cl
Summer of '83 Model:
The first thruster models I was designing and shaping, and being sold at Local Motion Hawaii and in Japan, were mainly designed for Mark Liddell and "Button's", who were my team riders and riding for LM since 1978. In the middle of the Summer of '83, I had 3 different magazine cover shots of that same thruster design, and so the name: "Summer of '83" model was appropriate.
At the time, I was mainly making these first thruster boards with a double bump-wing squash tails and we were also playing with twins and quads. Because of heavy experimentation in fin designs and placements, all my personal boards had 5 fin boxes in them. Ken Bradshaw and Ben Aipa both really influenced me in putting in multiple fin boxes, so we could fine tune the fins and fin placements. This true-to-form early '80's model is presently being faithfully recreated off my original notes, to intentionally be true to form as I was building them in '83. They are styled with a "sleek- beak" nose, and the thicknesses are shifted forward of center but not as forwardly pronounced as my single fins were in the 70’s. A healthy panel Vee flowing throughout the whole bottom with a double concaved vee in the tail, was the motor on that board's ability to go from rail to rail easily, and pick up speed going from rail to rail (just like shifting gears in a Porsche!)
This model is such a fun board to ride in all conditions and the 80's outline with the lower bottom rocker, flatter deck and fuller rails complete the package.
Summer of '83 Model Range:
5'6 ~ 6'10
While I think it’s helpful to have rider weight and dimensions: remember these are only a general guide. My team will work personally with all my customers and their specific needs:
5'8 x 19.25 x 2.50 @30.2cl
5'10 x 19.50 x 2.62 @32.9cl
6'0 x 19.75 x 2.75 @35.1cl
6'2 x 19.87 x 2.81 @37.8cl
6'4 x 20.00 x 2.87 @39.7cl
6'6 x 20.37 x 3.00 @42.2cl
6'8 x 20.87 x 3.12 @46.2cl