Like peas from a pod.

Dan has sent me pics of his Geoff McCoy shaped Lazor Zap that was custom made for world champ Pam Burridge in 1982. Almost a twin sister to Peters, below, and similar to my McCoy that was made for Pam in 1980 except that I stupidly sold mine after trying to surf it and finding it too difficult to ride.

Three of the most important surfboards of the innovation period.

An anonymous Australian collector has contacted me with pics of a couple of his boards, that are in my opinion, some of the most important and collectible surfboards from the innovation period of surfboard design. The first is an extreme version of the no nose concept and was possibly the very first Lazor Zap design by Geoff McCoy. I have read that the Lazor Zap shape and name came to Geoff in a dream and seeing this extreme early version of the design I can certainly belive that. This board is certainly one of the most important modern boards in the world from a design view point.

Greg Pautsch from McCoy USA is shown with a similar extreme 'no nose' design in Jeff Parker's Echo Beach.

The second board he has in his collection is one of the most photographed and recognised from the innovation period. Another Geoff McCoy shape from 1981 that was ridden around the world at the height of Cheyne Horan's fame, success and influence.

"THIS IS IT" written on the nose is, I'm told, in referencce to the one going experimentstion and tweaking that Geoff and Cheyne were doing with the design.

The third board he has is one of Pam Burridge's competition Lazor Zaps with original boomerang fin.

He is looking to sell all three as a set to the right collector.

I only know of three serious collectors and two museams who would understand the value and importance of these pieces.

You can write to me at damion@boardcollector.com and I will pass on your 5 figure offer or question.

Regrets, I have a few.......

I found this Mc Coy single fin on a surf trip up the north coast a few years ago. It was a nice board, it had a great spray. I tried to surf it a few times but it was too small for me, so I sold it.
I didn't pay any attention to the 'Mc Coy for PAM' in the stringer, nor did i think much about the size or who it could have been shaped for.
Till my friend gave me on old copy of World Champion surfer Pam Burridge's biography. I flicked through the photos and my heart sank. The provenance of the board was clear. The board was right through the book, Pam rode it right through her career. It was probably one of the most historically important boards I had ever come across and I let it slip through my fingers.
C'est la vie.