as clean as it gets. G & S

james sent this to me via surfapig@live.com:I am so glad I have found your site. I have been trying to find some info about a board I just purchased and have had no real luck. I hope you can help. It is a G&S 9' 6" pig with no serial # and cant seem to find anything that resembles it on the net. I Also had no response from G&S. I hope these pics will help. Thanks, James

i said, bring it to sacred craft, or contact the surfing heritage foundation. other than that...i suspect it's about a '63. i don't know...i'm just a humble math teacher!

how clean is this board?!
NICE!! all i can say...is ...if this were my board i would be PSYCHED! and I would surf this thing exclusively for the foreseeable future. assuming of course the blackboard didn't exist.
anyone with information on who shaped this and when/where it was shaped...please email me at surfapig@live.com

repaired G & S

David Brandt sent me this via surfapig@live.com:

"Hey Mike, just wanted to share a couple of photos and report.  Alex Martins did a great job repairing the front.  And he also added a leash hole which makes it much for useful for me, though not as authentic I suppose.  I took it out yesterday and had an awesome time right away.  I can definitely appreciate why some people are so into these types of boards.  I love the sliding feel, and the ease of turning and getting to the nose.  The weight made for tired arms, but also the momentum was amazing to feel.  What a wave hog.  I did not find it to be slow - actually I passed a guy who dropped in on me because nothing can stop this thing when it gets going.  It does have all the characteristics you identified, though not as extreme as a few others on the blog.  It has the narrow nose with back-set wide point, belly/convex bottom, D fin, weighs about 50 pounds...  Keep spreading the good word and thanks for the inspiration.  See you out there.  

Dave"

G & S 1960's

David Brandt sent me this via surfapig@live.com:

"Hi there, 

My neighbor was going to send this to the trash and I rescued it.  Trying to decide about repairing or restoring it.  It's 9'8.  Looks like kind of a hull shape on the bottom is that typical of these pigs?  I surf up in Norcal but don't know too much about these old boards.  It is a cool score.  Nice blog I enjoyed it.  Thanks.  Dave"

NICE SCORE DAVID!! I have an old tanker I used to surf a ton. Tyler fixed it up nice for me. I am calling go on repair! Dave wrote more after I posted this. Its below

"Yeah it definitely has a convex bottom with a belly.  I related to your postings when you were saying you look at these types of boards at first and think they will be very clunky.  Great to see in fact they are great if done well. I was kind of on the fence about it before I saw your blog,  But now I am inspired to get this thing in the water.  One guy here was going to take it down to the foam and redo with the same style for $3k!  Too much, and I want to preserve as much original as I can.  So I think I will get another guy to just repair it with a neutral color where it needs fixing for a few hundred instead.  Thanks again for the inspiration and info - you are right there is not much online to learn about them.  I'll let you know when I can get it in the water hopefully this summer while the waves are mellow.  Dave"

SUPER NICE!!

James Shank's G & S semi pig!

James sent this to me via surapig@live.com THANKS! LOOKS RAD! Here is how he described it:
"This is an old 9'6" Gordon & Smith semi-pig I have. 16 1/2" nose, 22" wide, 15" tail. "

James is selling this G & S for $400! craigslist ...thats Jame's Jim Phillips on the right! Well my Jim phillips after we trade!! SUPER SICK!!