Dick brewer plumeria surfboard

Tell us about your transition from Surfboards Hawaii to working with Hobbie Surfboards. Dick put everything he knew about surfing and design into his boards. Then, the buyer for the Wigman Department Store came to me and ordered boards…and that was the beginning. Hobie had hired Dick to shape big wave boards exclusively, paying him twice as much per board than he did any of his other shapers. Beautiful blue tint, 3 stringer. The first one I shaped and sold was in Haleiwa Hawaii in

With his love of surfing firmly established and a newfound understanding of the power of meditation to guide him, Dick continued to grow as a shaper, producing some magical boards during this revolutionary era. Blessed with the brainpower, skill, and aptitude it takes to be a successful designer he would have been successful in any profession he chose. What made you decide to open up Surfboards Hawaii in Haleiwa and start shaping and selling your own boards? The very next day Dick Brewer Surfboards was born. Needing to get back to Hawaii, Brewer decided to go to Kauai and set up shop in Hanapepe. When are we going to see the ultimate design? I made him one, Buffalo saw it and then he wanted one too.

In , he returned to Hawaii. Life and a deep sense of adventure took him to Hawaii and in Dick began on a journey that he would continue for the rest of his life. That must have been a pretty good feeling. The recruiter had told him he could finish the year out at Long Beach State when he joined.