New 'how to' manual: Building the 'Original Sim' 5'6" wooden surfboard

"The Simmons surfboard is as strange an apparition today as it was when it first appeared. In its time it broke all the rules of the day. It represents a shift from heavy displacement to light displacement along with the application of scientific theory. It was a radical departure, far ahead of its time. . ."John Elwell on Bob Simmons 1994 The Surfer's JournalThe book can be previewed live in the box below, please be patient it can take a while to load. ..