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Surfing during the Vietnam War
and the healing power of wave riding
Suggestions or corrections? email: surfupguy.vietnamexhibit@gmail.com
1962 through 1973: in the world, U.S. involvement in Vietnam; in the ocean, the evolution and revolution of the short board.
thanks to Jared Henderson, archive's curator, Califonia Surf Museum
1966 BING Surfboards
"David Nuuhiwa Noserider"
length: 10' width: 23 1/2
thickness: 3 1/8"
wt: 34#
1967 BING Surfboards-"David Nuuhiwa Lightweight"
length: 9' 4"
width: 22 1/2
thickness: 3"
wt: #
This board is much different than the one that David
rode just a year earlier at the 1966 World Champion-ships. It feels and looks a lot more like "Magic Sam," the board that Nat Young rode and won the contest on. This board gives an insight into the coming short board revolution.
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