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Con Surfboards was founded by Con Colburn in 1958. His first surf shop, originally called the Surf House, was located in Santa Monica, California. A year later, two other retail shops were opened and Con changed the name of his surf shops to Con Surfboards. Con Surfboards’ two most popular models were the ‘Ugly Surfboard’ and the ‘C.C. Rider Surfboard’. The Ugly model was created during the noseriding craze of the 60’s and showcased a ridiculously blunt nose perfect for long noserides. The C.C. Rider, designed by Claude Codgen helped Con Surfboards enter the growing East Coast surfing market and featured classic rocker and superb noseriding. The company offers a variety of longboard designs from the original ‘Ugly Surfboard’, modern performance noserider, to the classic pin. 6 Comments »GREEKISLANDSURF, on March 3, 2009 @ 2:30 pm |To Mike Ballard: Do you remember the model “Crystal Spear” Con made back in maybe late 60’s to early 70’s? Also had the butterfly on the deck with a wing span of about 10″ of so. Any info on it? Todd Duncan, on May 8, 2009 @ 5:51 am |I had a 7′ Con Crystal Butterfly board that I bought from Pete Smith’s Surf Shop in the late 1960’s in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was 23″ wide with a kick in the nose and a diamond tail. It was my favorite board and I still miss it. Would love to find some pictures of the butterfly if you know anyone who has some. Thanks. Todd Duncan Pete Cowper, on May 21, 2009 @ 5:13 pm |I still have my 9′7″ Con with 775 written in the single redwood stringer. Surfed Cayucos area in mid-1960s. Robert Daniels (Bob Passman), on June 6, 2009 @ 7:57 am |Back in ‘66–’67 I owned a Con two piece board that fit nicely into my VW Bug. I think Con was the first to make these, but I have not seen one since. I’ll never forget the day at Latigo when Roy Seaman, rode the front half into the shorebreak when the pin securing the front to the back fell out. Robin Daniels, Ojai, Ca Leave a commentRSS feed for these comments. | TrackBack URI |
mike ballard, on February 18, 2009 @ 3:37 pm |
Rode for con in the 60 , OLD MALIBU SURFER .