old friends.

every now and again, i'll pull down a board i haven't ridden in quite some time ...give her a go again. its like that feeling you get when you "randomly" bump into a friend... and it's as if you pick back up right where you left off. in fact that is the metric of a good buddy. can you not keep up with each other, but when you see each other again... there is no "why haven't you called?" or "dude, you blew it, the point was firing last week" . rather there is just chuckles, and smiles. that is what my bing has been giving me, chuckles and smiles...

you can't f_ck with a bing pig!!!!!

jake in New York is PUMPED.

bing collaboration!!!

oh yes.

...surf a bing...

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bing 2680 seaworthy.

so, as i have mentioned Steve H gave me his old bing pig. I have been working and working on it.

here are some of the pictures i took as i hacked away at this beater.
after spending about 20 hours making mistakes, and getting discouraged i have made some progress.
this board will be a great rider.
i would never have bought this board, nor would i have paid to get it seaworthy.
i wasn't going to try to make it fancy...i just wanted to freshen it up enough for some more riding.
that is what i have done.
i hope to get my new fin here shortly.
it was a strange experience. the more time i spent, the more i wanted to make it nicer than i had originally intended. however, the more time i spent , the more problems i found.
2680
the logo
below is one of the fins Bing said it should have. as I mentioned, Adam is working on it. Our COOPERFISH BLACKBOARD fin is similar to this fin.
this is the other fin Bing said might have originally been on it. I have never cared much for the aesthetic of wood fins. it's just not my deal. i surf near cobble stones.
i still need to knock the black modified fin off and put whatever fin i end up with on it. i asked bing: "who shaped this board?" he replied: The board would have been shaped by myself, Dick Mobley or his brother John Mobley. We didn't sign the boards back then... just numbers. Bing

Brian Grady's BING PIG!!

Brian Grady sent this to me via surfapig@live.com:
"Mike, I've been following your blog for a bit now and recently came into a Pig that you may know or heard about. I was looking for a square tail to add to a small stable that has a Pin and a Diamond. I saw a Bing Elevator on lb.net that was being sold by a friend of yours, Rob Kulisek. Needless to say I was too late in getting the Elevator, but he said he had a Pig if I wanted to look in that direction. I was intrigued. Circumstances worked out and a deal was struck on the street in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge and now I'm the stoked owner of a Bing Pig. Rob mentioned your name during our conversation and I told him I had been checking Surf A Pig regularly. Thought you might like to hear this story of yet another "Pig's life". Stay stoked! Brian Grady"
NICE ONE!! ULTRA CLEAN!!