I was digging through my archives and found these pictures of my favorite board, Binki. A 5'10" Leucadia shop board shaped by Steve Clark. I got it in 2004. September 9th, 2004 to be exact. I remember the day. I had been looking for a Fish for months. Jeff the owner let me know that he had some boards coming and told me to come in to check them out. I went down to take a look and there she was. Jeff, who is a great guy, gave me a deal on the board and threw in the leash. I was stoked. About 9 months later I was riding my bike home from surfing and as I rounded my corner my foot slipped off the peddle and I flew into the air and onto my board. Luckily I was Ok. I bit shocked, but fine. My board, was dinged. I few days passd and I told Jeff what happened. He told me to drop off the board and he'd give it to his glasser.
Some time passed and Jeff gave me a ring. The board was fixed. I went in to pick it up and he handed it over. I asked how much and he just shook his head. Just take it he said. I did with extreme gratitude. Four years later it is still my favorite board. I've surf countless hours on it here and even was luckey enough to surf Honolua Bay on it.
Every time I ride this board I am greatful of what I have and for the crew at Leucadia. Without these guys in your neighborhood you don't get all the things you need for your daily glide.
Here is my thank you to Jeff and Mary who have supported their customers and friends. I know that with the economy in a squeeze times are tough for the surf shops. If you have a local shop, do yourself a favor and them, support them. You'll be thankful in the long run and you will have friends for life.
Very cool, Steve Clark makes clean boards. But if you want that to be an authentic Leucadia Fish you gotta have Leucadia resident Jimmy Robertson, owner of the Lokbox fin system, to retrofit that board and get those gimpy FCS plugs out of there. See today's Surfy Surfy post for an example. Leucadian Gary Hanel and his Fish: http://www.surfysurfy.net/2008/12/ghs-personal-fish.html
ReplyDeleteAlready done. I blew the right fin out in the first year and had LokBox's put in. Jimmy was cool enough to meet me at his warehouse the night before he left for a surf trip to let me pick out some fins. That was pretty cool. He didn't have a clue who I was but was stoked to help out. A true Leucadian. Check out the post about fin swapping. It talks about how I now have an asymmetrical fin set up. Both fins I got from Jimmy. http://www.theleucadiaproject.com/2008/12/fin-swap-anyone.html
ReplyDeleteha, that's rad!
ReplyDeleteWhy is there a leash on it? ;)
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