Eaton, Mike
Tireless and unobtrusive surfboard shaper from San Diego, California; best known as a leader of the longboard renaissance in the '70s and early '80s. Eaton was born (1934) in New York, New York, raised in Palos Verdes, California, and began surfing at age 14, helped along by seminal surf figure Tom Blake; Eaton used to transport his heavy wooden board to the Palos Verdes Cove using an army stretch...
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Mike Eaton (right) and Peter Townend. Photo: Bernie BakerSubscribe to view
Mike Eaton, Off the Wall, 1973Subscribe to view
Mike Eaton, 1979. Photo: Guy MotilSubscribe to view
Mike Eaton-shaped funboard, circa 1980Subscribe to view
Peter Townend on a Mike Eaton-shaped board, Hawaii, 1972. Photo: Tom GillenSubscribe to view
Mike Eaton, mid-'50sSubscribe to view
Mike Eaton (right) and Peter Townend. Photo: Bernie Baker
Mike Eaton, Off the Wall, 1973
Mike Eaton, 1979. Photo: Guy Motil
Mike Eaton-shaped funboard, circa 1980
Peter Townend on a Mike Eaton-shaped board, Hawaii, 1972. Photo: Tom Gillen
Mike Eaton, mid-'50s