PIPELINER

Designer:

Dick Brewer

Manufacturer:

Bing Surfboards

Introduced:

1967

Length:

~ 9' 6"

Width:

~22"

Thickness:

~ 3"

Weight:

~ 27 pounds

Fins:

One

Core Material:

PU foam

"The Pipeliners: How Dick Brewer Bookended an Era," by Mark Fragale, Longboard, Sept 1998

On rare occasions, a series of events involving people, places and ideas comes together and produces greatness. Such was the case in Dick Brewer's brief but fruitful pairing with Bing Surfboards.

In the winter of '66-'67, reports were filtering into California of Dick Brewer's new and innovative surfboard designs coming out of Hawaii. Moreover, Brewer had a following of top-name surfers riding his boar...