We are all sold out of the 3,000 copies of the book “Harbour Life in Surfboard Culture Chronicles,” that was published by Orange Coast College. They printed about 70% of what I gave them. In many instances, certain pictures of personal magnitude, were either too small, or just not in the book. Included are several shots taken at the infamous Seal Beach Bikini contest.
The sample shown here is a “black cover-up.” to keep this site clean. My book is Uncensored with no cover-ups.

OCC just couldn’t publish such pictures, but I can! I have, for more than a year, been creating my own, “Uncensored” version. It also contains classicphotos like the center spread taken in 1965 at Honolua Bay.

This book contains many new sidebars that focus on the changing board designs. This is information that should have been in the first book.

Last January I published one copy, and a very expensive venture that was. I found many areas that needed correcting, and I have just completed that task. Ten copies are on order. They will be for sale by the middle of next month.
Ten copies of a large format book (12 3/4 x 11 as seen in the comparison photo) is not a cheap book to print. They will cost $200.00 per copy. Each will be signed and numbered. No.s 1, 2, & 3 are already spoken for. There are only 7 left. Email me at: richharbour@gmail.com to reserve yours today.

Sanding the slightly concave bottom.

After 53 ,years of shaping, I’ve collected the proper tools for the job. Here’s a case in point. For the final sanding, the stringer needs to be level with the foam. This is typically done with a block plane but in this case, a standard plane is too wide and floats in the concave without cutting. However, my super small (rosewood) plane does the trick perfectly. And I do it (perfectly) no other way.

Shane and I with the 4-11 Simms style Diamond tail that was his inspiration. It will be a twin “keel” style fin set-up.

There are some minor kinks to work out, and it is still a balsa blank that has to have all of the irregularities leveled out.

This one will get a new special (wooden) triangle lam that Todd and I are working on.

More on that project later.

Our records show that this board that is numbered 4915, is a 9-10 that was ordered May 5th, 1967.

If you want a restoration done, Randy is located on Oahu, Hawaii. If you live on the mainland, getting the board back and forth will not be cheap.

And I now offer 8 quarter (about 1 7/8″ thick) hard rock maple racks to display your prized board on your wall.
Here is part of the process of assembling after about a day cutting out and sanding.

The pieces

This is a mortise & tenon joint.

Assembling

Finished rack. Of coarse there is another to make a pair.