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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Velzy-Jacobs Pig

Posted by Wave Farmer at 10:00 AM



"You know how our most famous design came to be?" Jacobs asked about the Velzy-Jacobs pig board. "In the balsa days, there was a lot of sawing involved, and Velzy wished we could just leave the tails blocky to save the trouble. Well, on one board, he just left the tail fatter than anything and had her glassed. When he saw the finished board, he shook his head and said, 'It looks like the ass end of a pig.' Muñoz tried the thing out at the pier, and it went great."

 

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1 comments:

Anonymous said...

First time I got to try a pig I fell in love w the design! Best log for big radical, hit the lip, cruise, and also ride the tip! The board features reverse rocker, moderately, and s rolled bottom, I think? Might even be rolled v? Rails are a pinched out 50/50. Big D fin glassed right on the tail block too. I thought it would be hard to turn, but with the wide point back 6-10" it cranks out big turns like dream! Rip Dale Velzy

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