First surfboard shaped by Dave Sweet and Howard Terrill

First surfboard shaped by Dave Sweet and Howard Terrill

First surfboard shaped by Topanga Beach surfers Dave Sweet and Howard Terrill from balsa wood in the 1940s. Dave Sweet became a pioneer of shaping foam surfboards in the 1950s.

mid 1940s

Digital only

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Greg Sweet