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support the folks that support this website - Aftanas Surf Designs in Tofino British Columbia Aftanas Surf Designs
1024B Campbell St. Box 448 Tofino, BC. V0R 2Z0
e-mail - Stefan Aftanas - (250) 725-2375

support the folks that support this website - Sitka Surfboards in Victoria BC Sitka Surfboards
538 Yates St Victoria, BC V8W 1K8
e-mail
Rene Gauthier / Andrew Paine
(250) 382-7873

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Visit WATERMAN... Our Pacific Ocean Heritage the roots of Hawaian surfing which includes ancient construction and board type information. " Only three types of tree were used to make the ancient surfboard; the wiliwili, the ulu (or breadfruit), and the koa. Once a tree had been selected ........... "

In the 1920s & 30s boards were made from Redwood planks and could weigh in excess of 100 lbs.
By the 1950s Balsa and fiberglass boards proved lighter.
In the 1960s Polyurethane Foam and fiberglass took over as mainstay construction materials and Jan & Dean, & the Beachboys brought surfing into our everyday consciousness.
In the 1970s Shortboards answered the desire for ever more responsive boards, fins began to multiply and tails began to squash.

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