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Topic Title: Vintage Challenger 9' 6" -- SOLD! -- Longboard late '50s or early '60s Topic Summary: SOLD! Created On: 09/11/2014 08:53 PM |
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09/11/2014 08:53 PM
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Special price drop for 2ndlighters. I need the cash. -- $360. In pretty good condition for being over 50 years old. No delam or soft spots, only a couple of dings that I fixed with suncure, it is now watertight and ready for the water. Not sure if you can tell from the pics but it has a stringer that tapers getting smaller in width as it approaches the nose. 9' 6" x 21 3/4" x (approx) 2 1/4" - 2 1/2" I'd love to keep it as a piece of history but I don't have the room. Can deliver as far North as Melbourne. Thanks for looking. Edited: 02/09/2015 at 01:37 AM by funzy |
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09/12/2014 05:42 AM
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I have a Challenger Eastern that looks pretty similar, especially the fin. Challenger Eastern was a east coast offshoot of Challenger (Cali). The Eastern was quite possibly shaped by Jim Phillips in Asbury Park NJ (or there abouts) and they had a young fin guy/musician working in the shop named Bruce Springsteen! Guess he ultimately liked music a bit more than the board building.... Nice boards, somebody buy it!
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09/12/2014 08:55 AM
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That's a Jim Phillips if I've ever seen one. I can feel a certain character his boards have in the OP. And its a good character, one of the best in surfing. ------------------------- "Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is" a.camus |
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09/15/2014 09:03 PM
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I'm looking for a surfing sup if anyone wants to trade. |
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09/21/2014 06:44 PM
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Will also trade for a Mega Magic. |
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09/29/2014 04:42 AM
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I'm always interested in trying out a new high-performance longboard. |
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10/04/2014 03:43 PM
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I also got a Greg Noll for sale, suprisingly good noserider but you can still crank it. http://treasure.craigslist.org/spo/4681193403.html
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10/14/2014 08:19 AM
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I wouldn't mind trying out a Walden Enigma if anyone has one. |
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10/18/2014 06:45 AM
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Price change. |
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10/30/2014 08:42 PM
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Might as well bump, as it is still for sale. |
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11/09/2014 01:20 AM
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Bump. |
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11/18/2014 01:39 PM
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Xmas is coming soon. |
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11/18/2014 03:06 PM
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Challeger Surfboards were made by Bobby Thomas in Pacific Beach CA. He started as one of the production shapers at G and S He was also doing some of his own boards He had a very creative mide and his own ideas on design that did not fit in well with doing production. He was offer the opertunity to buy Challenger from a business man that really wasn't into surfing. He took that Name and made it into one of the best Board names of the mid 1960's. Both Mike hynson and Skip Frye had a lot of respect for Bobby and his skill with a Planer. A lot of people will also tell you he was a pain in the ass to work for since he was a perfectionist. Challeger East was an off shot of Challeger. It wasa way for them to overcome the high cost of shipping. C East was run By Tinker and Tinker is the one who tought Phillips how to shape. Jim will tell you he owes Tinker a lot for showing him how to really get the most out of a blank and skil 100 planer. Unfortunily Challager did not survive the era of the under ground shaper. Many of the big name builders didn't |
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11/25/2014 09:24 PM
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Thanksgiv bump. |
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12/03/2014 09:44 PM
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Dec bump. |
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12/14/2014 11:55 PM
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"Challenger" was made in Calif. Thomas and West and several others like Diffenderfer were involved. in early '64 or so......Carl "Tinker " West came east to NJ he opened a factory here in Neptune NJ (He also was a big influence with this guy from Freehold NJ West let his band practice in the shop he was his manager for a while too, his name is Bruce something .. Springsteen as I recall). Well anyway, The factory out here on the right coast was called "Challenger EAST" not Challenger. |
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12/16/2014 09:34 PM
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XMAS SALE. FIRST $400 GETS IT! |
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12/17/2014 07:21 AM
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Neat pic. |
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12/23/2014 01:59 AM
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Last chance for Xmas. |
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01/07/2015 07:13 PM
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bump |
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