Tiki Turbot
My buddy Matt Harrigan fell out of surfing years ago to pursue his dreams of world domination. Now he’s back and all surf stoked again, so he ordered his first custom surfboard. Shaped by Gary Hanel (aka GH), this board was designed to clear sections in the long mushy walls of north San Diego county.
Dims: 6’2″ length, 15 1/2″ nose, 21 1/2″ width, 16″ tail and 2 7/8″ thick.
5/4 S-glass coke bottle green resin tint by Gary Stuber. Bamboo side fins by 101 Fin Co. “Sleepy Tiki” hotrod pinlines by Peter St Pierre. Glossed and polished for looks and longevity.
Matt named this board The Turbot, after a fish that the UK and Canada almost went to war over. Read The Turbot War on Wikipedia.
If you want your own GH Turbot email me surfysurfy@gmail.com
Anonymous
June 29, 2009Love that outline.
SJQuadfish
June 30, 2009Awesome board! That’s going to be the Cardiff killer this summer. Gary did his awesome resin tint on my board too. Looks great.
Anonymous
June 30, 2009Summer Cuda 2
Anonymous
June 30, 2009weak
that guy from nz
July 1, 2009Beautiful.What’s the tail rocker ? Can’t quite read it.
Matt
July 1, 2009turbot report – rad. throughout this last swell this thing has gotten into waves great, and when a sketchy section comes through, little tiny polynesian people come out of the board and help you row through it.
People are really surprised when they ask about the board and I turn it over to show them the fin setup. I guess it looks like i’m riding a fish. Probably because i’m a spaz.
Thanks again fellas.