Vintage 1956 CUSTOM SIGNED VELZY Surfboard Longboard Start Price USD 2,500.00 Current Price USD 2,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, September 08, 2008 End Time Monday, September 15, 2008 Location North Shore See more about 'Vintage 1956 CUSTOM SIGNED VELZY Surfboard Longboard' Description THIS RARE VINTAGE PIECE OF SURF HISTORY IS A VERY SPECIAL! RELISTED WITH REDUCED PRICE! 1956  PERSONALLY SIGNED CUSTOM SHAPED BY  DALE VELZY LONGBOARD VELZY PERSONALLY HAND-MIXED THE FOAM FOR THIS BOARD AND SIGNED AND DOCUMENTED THE YEAR IT WAS SHAPED!  ALOHA, thank you for checking out this piece of surf history, please read all descriptions, look at all photos and feel free to ask any questions before bidding...Mahalo DALE VELZY SURFBOARDSDale first opened Velzy Surfboards in 1949 at Manhattan Beach, California, where he built the beautiful laminated wood surfboards of the day. In 1954 Velzy got together with fellow board builders Hap Jacobs to open their new joint venture as Velzy-Jacobs Surfboards, building mostly solid balsa wood surfboards with fiberglass skin. Some of the top surfers riding Velzy Surfboards were guys like Dewey Weber, Mickey Dora, Donald Takayama, Mike Doyle and Mickey Munoz.       THIS BOARD IS FROM THE EXTENSIVE VINTAGE QUIVER OF A LOCAL COLLECTOR AND  HAS A GREAT HISTORY! SEE PICTURES THE OWNER OF THIS BOARD HAD THE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE BOARD OVER TO DALE VELZY IN HIS SAN CLEMENTE HOME AND TALK STORY ABOUT THE BOARD. IN THE PROCESS VELZY SIGNED AND AUTHENTICATED THE YEAR AND PROCESS OF SHAPING THIS BOARD! SEE PICTURES THE FOAM FOR THIS EARLY FOAM BOARD WAS HAND MIXED BY DALE VELZY AND THEN SHAPED AND GLASSED BY "THE MAN". SEE PICTURES THE FOAM STILL SHOWS THE IMPERFECTIONS OF THE FOAM BLOWING PROCESS AND THE DISREGARD FOR PERFECTION IN FINISHING THE BLANK OFF. THE DECK PATCH USED WAS A ROUGH DIRTY PIECE OF CLOTH SCROUNGED FROM THE SHAPING ROOM OR HIS GARAGE.  SEE PICTURES THE BOARD HAD THE ORIGINAL EXTERIOR OPAQUE PIGMENT REMOVED TO EXPOSE THE CLEAR GLASS FINISH AND THE TRUE FOAM CONDITION BENEATH. THEN THE BOARD WAS PROFESSIONALLY FINISHED WITH A YELLOW CLEAR TINT.  THE BOARD HAS A 1 1/2 INCH BALSA WOOD STRINGER AND THE FIN IS THE ORIGINAL EARLY FOAM FIN SHAPED BY VELZY. NEAR THE TAIL THE BOARD HAS THE DALE VELZY SIGNATURE, THE YEAR THE BOARD WAS SHAPED AND THE "BUSINESS CARD" LOGO OF THE EARLY DAYS OF THE VELZY JACOBS PARTNERSHIP. THIS BOARD IS A PIECE OF SURF HISTORY, READY TO RIDE OR DISPLAY WITH PRIDE!  SEE PICTURES  BOARD DIMENSIONS Length=9 FEET 1 INCHES Width= 21  INCHES Thickness=3 1/4 INCHES This board will be professionally boxed and shipped from HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL airport to any MAJOR INTERNATIONAL airport in the U.S. for $175. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS........MAHALO!!!!   Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!