DISC

Designer:

Reno Abellira, Dick Brewer

Manufacturer:

Inter-Island Surfboards

Introduced:

1969

Length:

6' 6"

Width:

19"

Thickness:

2.75"

Weight:

8.5 lbs

Fins:

One

Core Material:

PU foam

Text from Inter-Island Surfboards ad, SURFER Magazine, January 1970

A radical new trip for the progressive surfer—the first authentic ski tip—designed by Richard Brewer and Reno Abellira.

Reno’s Disc is 6' 6" by 19" with a 14" tail and a 14" nose—the board weighs 8.5 pounds and is 2.75" thick—Reno weighs 116 pounds. He uses the Disc at Ala Moana and in California surf. Reno mentions “the disc is not pearl-proof but it saves me 90% of the time in crucial situations.”

The board is superfast ...