MAGIC SAM

Designer:

Nat Young

Manufacturer:

Gordon Woods Surfboards

Introduced:

1966

Length:

9' 4"

Width:

22"

Thickness:

2.5"

Weight:

—

Fins:

One

Core Material:

PU foam

Nat Young shaped "Sam" in early 1966, and rode it for about nine months, during which time he won the State and National Titles, Bells, and the World Championships in San Diego. Sam was still on the longboard side of the shortboard revolution, but it was small and thinner than what was being used at the time, which allowed Young to turn harder and find more acute angles on the wave, which in turn led directly to the deep-vee "plastic machine" shortboard-launching boards that Young's friend Bo...

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