STRICTLY HARDCORE SURF SPECIALTIES BLAST FROM THE PAST

Soulful entrance.                                colorful character, shorts and board!                                      1st trucker hat appearance.

       '85 homefront                                            Fulbright 1987...1st epoxy                                        Fulby- 1987 team board.

Still my best form of advertising...to date.           This place had SOUL!!!            Fulbright, mowing foam for almost 15 years now.    

        1st flyer Feb.'86                                  How it all began...quality ding repairs. 1986                       A sketch look...3000 shapes ago.

 

 Every one of these boards were sold for less than 200 dollars!       Check out the TGF stickers in the case...remember them??           Nobody can beat "Roboto's" surfing or art.                            

     BEFORE the longboard rage!                       1st counter area 1986.                                        1st Team Rider Steve Rabelas '87

 Show your colors!                                   Shaka Hawaiian Dude painted on wall courtesy of D.K.

     TEAM VAN painted by Ronnie Meeks. 1987                                                Shop interior 1987

                          Yeah...girls surfed then too.                                                   Journey to the impact zone and Surf Specs!!

                                  Team rider 1988                   (l to r) 1st employee Dave Schafer, James Fulbright and film producer Jeff Neu.

 Tropical entry...complete with hammacks.            A who's who look at the best Galveston surfers.(then AND now)          A black and white issue.  

   Down home entry '87                      Texas State Surfing Champions 1987                               Texas State Surfing Champions 1989  

 

Back then, I couldn't SELL an all-black wetsuit!      I went from 600 to 1200sq. ft. and no more 6ft 6in. ceilings!!        Our hours...depends on surf!

        THE NEON ERA!(glad it's over)                      The Antique Store just next door made a perfect 2nd location from 1989-1995

 

                 No shortage of color selection!                               "Drew" worked both my 37th and Seawall stores Great guy!                                      

                  Gary Jewell ponders a new short purchase.              Andrew Danner, James& Deb just before the move to Seawall Blvd.

                                                                             Our largest team and sweetest victory!                     

                                                                                           1991 Texas State Surfing Champions

I built over 400 boards a year out of that factory...got broken into and cleaned out 3 times!

                                               The 3rd surfboard factory I built, located in Downtown Galveston, in an old milk plant. 1994-99.

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