
I know nearly nothing about this board and for the first time I don't want to know.
I simply want to sit back and and admire its simple beauty without becoming clouded by the history and politics of its life story.
The clean lines of the single fin shilouette. The bold, fun use of early 80's color. The handsome use of the pin line. The blue accents on the rails. The gloss finish. The semi translucent fin with rice paper decal inlay. A fine example of applied art meets scultpure. Rip and Tear indeed.









ad from Surfer 1982
McElroy is from San Clemente California and was the board to have in the 80s especially @ trestles. Archibold and Christian Fletcher rode his boards as well as lesser mortals. What happened after his run I dont really know . Some say he crawled into a bottle and never came out . His brother is the football coach at the local community college
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