 On
the family tree of surfboard
shapers, one would put Dale
Velzy right at the
top—along with legendary
designer/shapers Bob Simmons,
Joe Quigg, and Matt Kivlin.
While Simmons and Quigg in
particular have been credited
with many design innovations,
Quigg himself once said,
"You couldn't even
sell a board in the Sixties
unless it looked like a
Velzy." And as a mentor,
no one was more influential
than Dale Velzy; many of the
best known shapers from the
late '50s and into the
'70s learned the art of
shaping under his tutelage. A
phenomenal surfer himself,
Dale is sometimes credited
with the first to hang ten.
The waveriding tribe suffered
an immeasurable loss when Dale
passed away in
2005. |
