The Natural Beauty of Wooden Fins
photos and captions courtesy of JP St. Pierre
by Ken McKnight
posted 2004-09-15
He did this for years in an underground way.
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"About four years ago my wife got me a gift certificate to a lumber company after I'd told her I wanted to try and make a Balsa board."
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"So I made a chambered Balsa Board and wanted to put a nice fin on it and my imagination just kind of went crazy with me and I have been putting wood fins together ever since."
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"When I was thirteen I had a Gordie three stringer with Aqua blue panels and a rising sun pattern. I really liked that design.
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Remember the old Stoner, Griffin, Severson stuff. Every Woody had a surfboard with a different fin pattern on it hanging out the back. I love that.
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You just don't see it that much anymore. So, when the longboard nostalgia came back, it was just the natural thing to do."
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How did John Cherry get started in a new industry with an old design? The best way possible!
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