This flick is up on Amazon and is a pretty cool account of how the shape evolved from bodysurfing, paipo, and knee riding as very much an alternative wave riding vehicle.
http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Surfboard-Do ... B01DCQQFR0
Fish: The Surfboard Documentary
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Re: Fish: The Surfboard Documentary
That will be a nice follow-up to the printed story appearing in Cher Pendarvis's article in The Surfing Journal a few years ago: Pendarvis, Cher. (2011, Feb-Mar). Home Grown: Steve Lis and His Fish. The Surfer’s Journal, 20(1), 108-119. Article summary: It was only one of the most influential developments in surfboard design, no big deal. From his quiet perch above Sunset Cliffs, emerged Steve Lis and this unabridged Fish story. Paipo bottom turn storyline: Steve Lis started out bodysurfing at age 10, but wanted to rider steeper, faster waves. He started building and riding small marine plywood paipos, adding skegs near the tail, and then starting experimenting with foils, concave and rocker.
Some of the early years kneeboarding footage in the trailer looks like some nice Big Rock surf riding (located on the south end of "Windansea Bay" in La Jolla, San Diego, Calif.).
Some of the early years kneeboarding footage in the trailer looks like some nice Big Rock surf riding (located on the south end of "Windansea Bay" in La Jolla, San Diego, Calif.).
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Anyone know Steve Lis?
I believe he now lives on Kauai.
I believe he now lives on Kauai.
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Cher knows him fairly well.
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Re: Fish: The Surfboard Documentary
I had a fish shaped by Lis way back in the day. Haven't seen him since the day I got the board.bgreen wrote:Anyone know Steve Lis?
I believe he now lives on Kauai.
It was everything you've ever heard about. Sadly stolen out of a pal's yard in OB a few years later.
Paipo surfer in repose,
Nose on the nose,
No grunting he-man pose.
See how fast he goes!
What is it he knows?
Nose on the nose,
No grunting he-man pose.
See how fast he goes!
What is it he knows?
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