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"Challenger Eastern" Surfboards
’67, 3 STIK NOSE
RIDER – 9’ 8” X 23”. PRODUCED BY CARL “TINKER” WEST. STARTED HIS
SURFBOARD BUSINESS IN SAN DIEGO, PACIFIC BEACH. TINKER WAS THERE
FROM ’61 –’65 AND SOLD THE BUSINESS TO BOB THOMAS. BILL BAHNE WAS
SHAPING FOR TINKER ’61 – ’64. BOB THOMAS PRODUCED SEVERAL MODEL
BOARDS THRU THE ‘60’S WITH THE HELP OF SHAPERS LIKE BILLY CASTER.
BOTH CASTER AND THOMAS ARE GONE NOW.
IN
’65 TINKER MOVED TO N.J. AND OPENED “CHALLENGER EASTERN” AND STARTED
SHAPING, BUSINESS AS USUAL. THE RAILS ON THIS
BOARD ARE SWEET AND THINNED, AND A SLIGHT DISH UNDER THE NOSE FOR
NOSE-RIDING. VERY NICE BLUE GLASS FIXED D-FIN ALSO, NOT TO BIG,
PERFECT, WITH MATCHING BLUE GLASS NOSE – AWESOME SHAPE .
I WANTED TO ADD
THAT TINKER WAS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S AGENT & MANAGER WHEN SPRINGSTEIN
FIRST STARTED AND WAS STARTING TO CLIMB THE RANKS.
$1,700. Now $1,250.
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