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Surf Splendor

041 – Ben Aipa and the Sting

Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Sports

4.8653 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2014

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Surf Splendor, we dissect the Sting surfboard and its design revolution during the mid 70s. Featuring interviews with Ben Aipa, Matt Calvani, Davey Smith, Skye Richard, and Roger Hinds, this episode was recorded at The Boardroom Show during the Icons of Foam Tribute to Ben Aipa where six shaping contestants were tasked … Continue reading "041 – Ben Aipa and the Sting" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm shaping there's a hole in the wall.

0:05.0

Okay.

0:06.0

And in the afternoon the sun going down and I get a little light, right?

0:23.6

One afternoon it's shaping, you know, of course, ah, the light could tell me, okay, you know, I don't even look at my watch, you know,

0:29.6

okay, time for going all that.

0:31.6

When I said, I looked and the light wasn't there.

0:34.6

Okay, that looked good. I saw the eyeball. No way.

0:39.3

Very of looking.

0:41.3

He just lived around that area, the shop was there.

0:45.3

So I saw that, okay?

0:47.3

And I never say anything.

0:48.3

The next day, I saw it again.

0:51.3

So I just walked out of the shop, went behind and I go, hey, what you're

0:56.0

for?

0:57.0

That's unbelievable.

0:58.0

That's unbelievable.

0:59.0

To the kid.

1:00.0

To the sting.

1:01.0

At the time, he came in, but I was just developing the swallowtail.

1:14.6

Okay.

1:15.6

And had you seen swallow tails before or did you develop that on your owner?

1:20.6

For me picking it up, I think in the past somebody did dove tail.

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