tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747709762620126283.post1406475422609525672..comments2024-03-04T06:13:12.444+11:00Comments on : Board Collector: Chop's from the UKBoadcollectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15473781096330782791noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747709762620126283.post-51121639611319547762008-10-13T20:53:00.000+11:002008-10-13T20:53:00.000+11:00Peter "Chops" Lascelles, originally comes from Cal...Peter "Chops" Lascelles, originally comes from Caloundra, settled in UK many years ago. He's the younger brother of Dave Lascelles, who set up Cord Surfboards, with McTavish, Platt, and Greenough on the scene also.<BR/>Last time I was in his shop (a couple of years ago) he had a couple of boards that Damian Hurst had sprayed (apparently Hurst wife come from St Agnes and surfs). Chops shaped them and then had his glasser finish them. Ones about to come up for auction in Sotherbys, c.£70,000+, reckon it will go for over £100k, don't think it will ever get wet....<BR/><BR/>When I visited the shop, got chatting to him, and happened to show him a picture of a Hayden Spoon I have, then he explained about Cord's connection to Hayden's, and how his brother set up Cord with some money from his parents and guys from Haydens left, even pulled out a nice old photos of the old gang including Greenough, classic..blueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089224952005546318noreply@blogger.com