This Skip Frye belonged to Moonlight Glassing sander Kenny Mann in the 80's. It resurfaced in a Huntington Beach resale shop and few years ago and is now in the hands of Surfy Surfy team rider Justin Phillips who surfs it often.
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I always loved that moonlight logo. They all used to be so big!
ReplyDeleteThat board is in great shape, especially considering how old it is! As usual, great work by the Moon Crew!
ReplyDeleteMahalo.
Jp ya know i found that baby for you and you sold it?
ReplyDeleteI guess Justin is a good home!
This is funny cuz just the other day i was reflecting on not owning a Frye and I remember i could've.
Yes, it was Warm Jet who alerted us to that board. Justin was all over post haste.
ReplyDeleteTrippy, I was just telling someone in the water this morning that I have never ridden a Skip Frye that I didn't like. I bet it goes great. Too bad he doesn't shape for us mortals anymore...
ReplyDeleteDamn you Justin !!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool...
ReplyDeleteLove it
Last fall I was out at SUP reef on a Frye fishy and Justin paddles by on a paddleboard. chit chat chit chat. "I have one of the only bonzer style frye's ever." I called "wow, and bullshite." Guess he weren't lyin'.
ReplyDeletefrye didn't shape it as a bonzer...
ReplyDeletedid not know that. thought it was a moony museum piece. nice to know it is being surfed on....well.
ReplyDeletethanks jp
Kenny should be able to confirm.
ReplyDeleteWas this originally shaped as a Bonzer?
I've ridden that thing and it flies! JP are you in possesion of it right now?
ReplyDeletePerhaps I misquoted or misheard?
ReplyDeleteThis board originally was a glass-on thruster. After we started making Bonzers for Malcolm in like 1989 Kenny grinded the fins off and the board was retrofitted as a 5 fin. Who says surfboard sanders don't like sanding glass-ons?
ReplyDeleteWhen Justin got this board he surfed it 5 hours a day, everyday. It's currently safely in storage while Justin and his family are tearing it up in France.
*note-this board now has a slight twist in it so it goes right insane.
I have this board locked away in the my board dungeon.
ReplyDeleteJustin left it to me as a loaner till he gets back from "Franco-land". I got the "Skiponzer" in good 4ft. inside Swami's and have done some sneaky missions to my mysto beach break and Lowers. The board is snappy off the top and rails in the turns. Cruising out with it, you for sure get the weird looks.
So, until Justin gets back I'll have it under lock and key.