9'5" Gordon & Smith 1966 Sam-Style Log Used

9'5" Gordon & Smith 1966 Sam-Style Log UsedDrop into a little slice of surf history with this 1966 Gordon & Smith log. This was the year Nat Young won the World Surfing Championships held in San Diego on a self shaped, thin, convex bottom 9'4" log he called his Magic Sam. In the short video below you'll notice that Young was trimming fast, banking big powerful turns, and fitting in quick noserides with style. This heavy weight, Sam inspired log looks like it was way ahead of it's time with a

The outline is beautifully elongated with a nice amount of curve

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The bottom contour is rolled in the nose and transitions into a rolled vee out the tail

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The rails are soft and accomadating with a decent amount of thickness

with the wide point pushed slightly center

The bottom contour consists of a slight roll in the nose flattens out towards the remainder of the board

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