Not sure what happened to him..... know he had a few different handles here. Never meet him, but saw him out there on the green NP Spent sold him back in the day. Coulda bailed PDX? Who knows?
Step ups..... Yeah just got a good wave board that is stepup-ish. Chunky up front, pulled in back with a round pin and wider, thicker, and shorter than my avg step up dims (getting old and fat) but true intent for this one is a good high performance board from 4'-12' faces that will paddle through current and get in and out of tubes when they present themselves as well as a good traveler. I have a couple more traditional steps, one being a 7'0" semi that gets used a handful of times a year. May off a magic Merrick 6'6" traditional step up at some point if this new board overlaps.......
These look nice:
https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/spo/d/surf-boards-cole-surfboards-2/6687515913.html Price is right too.
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