Name: Vintage 1960s Jacobs Longboard Surfboard
Brand: Hap Jacobs
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Vintage 1960s Jacobs Longboard Surfboard

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About the Item

Early 1960s Jacobs longboard surfboard shaped by Hap Jacobs. Features beautiful gold resin panels and an attractive 5-piece wooden fin. This surfboard also has surprisingly white foam for a board 60+ years old, indicating it's been kept out of the sun most of it's life. An exceptional example of a vintage longboard from the 1960s shaped by an icon of surfboard craftsmanship. In 1953, Hap Jacobs partnered with the legendary surfer and shaper Dale Velzy. Together they opened surf shops in the Southern California towns of Venice and San Clemente. A couple years later, in 1955 Hap opened another shop in Redondo Beach, called Dive N' Surf with Bev Morgan. Hap would shape surfboards while Bev (an expert diver) focused on the wetsuit sales. Due to Jacobs continued work shaping boards throughout the late 1950s-early 1960s, he ended up as the final of the four great Hermosa Beach shapers (along with Greg Noll, Bing Copeland, and Dewey Weber) to hold his ground in the area. Jacobs opened his own store in 1960 along Pacific Coast Highway in Hermosa Beach. It was then that Jacobs developed his iconic red-diamond logo. Jacobs abruptly stopped shaping in 1971 due to the shortboard designs of the day gaining instant popularity, eliminating demand for the longboards. Rather than putting his skillfully crafted longboards on-sale, Jacobs brought them out the back door of his Pacific Coast Highway showroom and sawed them all in half. After his career as a shaper ended, Hap made his living running the King Harbor fuel dock in addition to catching swordfish aboard his boat “Patricia J” Jacobs would later go back to shaping longboards during the early 1990s, during the revival of Classic longboard demand. Hap shaped his last surfboard in 2019. His hand shaped surfboards remain highly collectible due to his legendary status and skill as a surfboard craftsman, a true Pioneer of the surfboard industry. Kent Jacobs, Hap's son carries on the family name and logo shaping custom surfboards out of Hawaii to this day.

Creator:
Hap Jacobs (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 117 in (297.18 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)Depth: 3.25 in (8.26 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Fiberglass,Foam,Softwood
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
1960-1964
Condition:
Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading. Minor dings repaired. Original fin refurbished.
Seller Location:
Haleiwa, HI
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU5290223538372

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