LIGHTNING BOLT ORIGINS, TRIVIA, AND A QUICK GERRY LOPEZ INTERVIEW

In 1969, Lopez and Jack Shipley were both working the showroom at Surf Line Hawaii, in Honolulu. Lopez was also riding for Hansen Surfboards. In late 1969, Hansen introduced the "Lopez Series," a diamond-tail semigun. A few months later Hansen came out with their molded hollow-body "Stratoglas" line of board, and among these was the Lightning Bolt model, advertised as a "spacey, narrow delight" sh...