fishlvr_69, on July 16, 2007 @ 4:02 pm |

larry mabile designed all of kane garden’s boards, most importantly, their fish series. here’s a link to his website: www.larrymabilesurfboards.com

Jack, on November 3, 2007 @ 3:16 pm |

Larry Mabile designed the all the Fishes at Kane Garden that didn’t work. Go straight my son, turning is bad……

Paul Sheckler, on January 11, 2008 @ 4:35 pm |

Well, its nice that you put up that whole spread on Kane Garden, but you left out the most important fact. Larry Mabile was the designer of the Kane Garden Line and their dominant shaper for 15 years before Stu Kensen came along. If you ask anyone other than Stu, they will tell you Larry was the driving force behind Kane Garden. Stu named himself the mastershaper after he bought into the company in 2006. In early 2007, Larry was asked by Stu not to shape for KG anymore which is when he began to pursue his own label.

Paul Sheckler, on January 11, 2008 @ 4:38 pm |

And to Jack(comment Nov 3)….Seems to me that Stu paid you to say that. If you’ve ever tried a Larry Mabile TWZ, youd know better……

Neal, on January 12, 2008 @ 8:55 am |

Paul, can you please explain to everyone who you are? Perhaps you can add some credibility to your name?

Aloha

Neal, on January 12, 2008 @ 8:57 am |

I got the following email from Paul Sheckler:

I posted several comments yesterday adding true information to your write up of Kane Garden. I think its unfair you didnt allow it to stay up. Why are you not includung the true story of Kane Garden Surfboards Design? You even allow someone to bag on Larry Mabile. I will post every day until you either allow it to stay up of change your website.

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I wonder who paid this guy to say that?

Neal, on January 12, 2008 @ 8:58 am |

Guess he doesn’t know that all comments are moderated to protect against spam. Well for users who didn’t know that…your comments are moderated so no spam and keep it clean. Mahalo.

sushi, on March 2, 2008 @ 5:04 pm |

Stu Kenson kicks a$$!

sean, on May 20, 2008 @ 5:55 am |

larry’s boards are awesome. I have bought two twinzers from him and they have changed my surfing.

Haybarn, on June 19, 2008 @ 11:36 am |

Stu Kenson is great shaper. Don’t listen to the haters.

arno blok, on June 22, 2008 @ 12:15 am |

Don’t know about Stu but Larry’s boards are magic!!!

Haybarn, on July 11, 2008 @ 1:43 pm |

Arno is that like Sterno in alley behind Mission, PB Point is not the world, not even Law St., Open your mind and be free

Paul, on July 30, 2008 @ 3:56 pm |

Larmo’s boards are right up there with ANYONE making fish-style boards. Who cares about KG. Get a Mabile and see for yourself who the man is.

Kevin, on August 6, 2008 @ 3:38 pm |

Riding the same KG(larry’s model) second gen twinzer for the past five years I can honestly say it has been the funnest surfboard I have ever ridden. It’s been a gift really. The board handles everything from knee high to overhead ++ Black’s. Love the feel of this boad. Somebody said something about going straight and sraight would be boring and I definitely am not. Whatever, don’t hate keep riding what you want. I just ordered a custom I love it some much with exactly the same dims.

2cent Jack, on October 14, 2008 @ 12:58 pm |

Want the real KG story? The label and name Kane Garden was established by Harlan Patterson,owner of Pacific Surf Glass, back in the 1990’s. It was a small local PB label that found its way onto a bunch of longboards, mid-lengths and a few fishes. Then, Peter Johnson was brought in from Rusty as a majority owner and manager of PSG, which was predominantly a production glassing shop. Peter was the architect of the KG evolution by bringing in Larry Mabile, Stu Kenson, and others to shape various boards in the line. The late Dave Russell and La Jolla’s Richard Kenvin were brought in to help out with marketing, including the limited KG clothing line that was produced around 2004-2005. While Larry was the undisputed “go to” for the twin keels and twinzers, many of the longboards, midlengths (like the Orca), and other shapes were Peter Johnson’s own. In 2006, Stu bought into the company, and then he and Harlan pushed Peter out. Stu then did the Boardworks deal, cut off ties with Larry, and ultimately, ran the company into the ground. Last I heard, there was a lawsuit between Harlan, Stu, and Peter over ownership of the whole mess. Rumors are that Peter’s back in charge of KG, but there is no more PSG. Anyone have more info?

Sarah Peeples, on November 9, 2008 @ 10:56 am |

I recently purchased a Stu Kenson board, signed #64 for Dana LeDanne and signed by stu, can anyone tell me about this board.
Sarah
Gulf Shores Al.

PJ, on December 9, 2008 @ 1:03 pm |

I want to set the record strait that Kane Garden was founded by Harlan Patterson and original owner of Pacific Surf Glass and Kane Garden surfboards. KG was created by Harlan (not Larry Mabile) and it was a small local label in San Diego buiding San Diego style fishes, speed eggs, and longboards. It was a very successful surfboard factory and glass shop with KG as the shop label built mostly for the local surfers and private label brands.
Peter Johnson bought 75% of the company in 2001 with Harlan staying on as a minority owner and Peter put together the overall plan to build KG into a major label.
Peter and Harlan saw an oppertunity to grow the brand and brought on a team of shapers and designers to promote a philosophy of teamwork, promote a pool of ideas and build a line of boards with each shaper contributing their best designs to the brand. There were many designs by many shapers that contributed to the line and not one shaper dominated the any portion of it. Peter Johnson was the main architect of the brand and under his guidence the board line was put together and finalized. Although Larry is a Master shaper and was a major contributer to KG, he was just a part of a team that included PJ, Bill Minard, Brain Szmyanski, Steve Barto, Mike Walker, Roy Sanchez, along with Pat Rawson and Mike Hynson working closly with the crew on a daily basis. Stu Kenson was brought in because he is an outstanding surfer, shaper, and versatile desiger and greatly contributed to the success of KG before he bought into the company as a minority owner in 2005. All of these shapers have an incredible amount of experience and have great board designs that might fit better with certin surfers but work well for everyone overall so comparing them against each other is like comparing apples to oranges. Although Stu and Larry have moved on, KG has a great team of shapers lead by Peter Johnson and a versatile board line with new innovative post modern designs that have taken their most successful designs in recent years and improved their performaces so the boards are faster, manuverable, and at the highest levels of performace. If you liked the KG Twinzer, check out the new Nautilus which is faster design but lets yu go vertical!!! To see some of the new desgns, go to SDsurfboards.com and/or Kanegarden.com
Lets keep it cool and the energy positive for everyone!!!

shawnholder, on December 17, 2008 @ 12:12 pm |

have been riding delray superboards for two years, best boards ever! they are fast loose wave catching machines.

C.delgado, on December 18, 2008 @ 12:32 pm |

well……I recently got a cold call from peter johnson to purchase his boards in my shop. When he was running KG…he used to charge my credit card double for a single order. Then he would blame it on his secretary. He’s a crook! Then I asked If larmo was going to shape for him again and he said yes…I called LArmo and he said he would never work for that snake in the grass again. Be careful public. PJ and Rick sharp are liars and thieves.

c.delgado, on December 18, 2008 @ 12:36 pm |

PS…stu…you need to let the public know how PJ robbed you too.

JJ, on January 5, 2009 @ 4:04 pm |

I’ve been doing business with PJ for almost twenty years and he has done nothing but build great boards along with great service. If there was ever a problem it was taken care of usually to my benifit……..I don’t know what happen but when he left KG it fell apart. I look forward to carring KG again now that he’s back.
Good guy, I know him well.

BB, on January 5, 2009 @ 4:34 pm |

Like it was said, keep it cool and positive, everyone has moved on and there are always two sides to a story. Trying to hurt someones business with unsubstanciated irresponsible comments causes great exposure………. you should check with your attorney on that one.
Stu, PJ, and Harlan are all good guys that are now doing there own thing and have moved past all this. You should too.