12 apr 2011
BELLY BOARD 1958
NEWS to TESTIFY PRE-SURFING ACTIVITY IN ITALY
I heard many times elders talking about have seen people "gliding" thru surf along Versilia coast line with wooden planks in the fifties and before. That was not properly what we call surfing, but...
This pictures was taken about a piece recently added to the personal boards collection of Michele Puliti, the owner of OlaSurfboards brand.
It's basically a belly board or paipo, to be prone ridden. Timber should be from spruce family. Little belly around bottom, and concave deck.
It was made in 1958 from an unknown person, signed "Piè di Gambalecca", probably a former carpenter as the few news I reached about him.
I don't want to do a C-14 inspection, but it seems to be fully original.
NEWS to TESTIFY PRE-SURFING ACTIVITY IN ITALY
I heard many times elders talking about have seen people "gliding" thru surf along Versilia coast line with wooden planks in the fifties and before. That was not properly what we call surfing, but...
This pictures was taken about a piece recently added to the personal boards collection of Michele Puliti, the owner of OlaSurfboards brand.
It's basically a belly board or paipo, to be prone ridden. Timber should be from spruce family. Little belly around bottom, and concave deck.
It was made in 1958 from an unknown person, signed "Piè di Gambalecca", probably a former carpenter as the few news I reached about him.
I don't want to do a C-14 inspection, but it seems to be fully original.
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