The displacement hull is a unique surfcraft designed to slice and glide across refined point waves and are characterized by knifey rails, a thin flexible fin, and low rocker. Although speed and trim come naturally to these boards, they require impeccable timing and wave knowledge. Few in the world have mastered their quirky flow like Jimmy Gamboa who’s shown in this clip tearing apart the glassy Malibu walls he’s grown up surfing.
location: 1st Point Malibu, CA
starring: Jimmy Gamboa and Malibu
camera/edit- Cyrus Sutton
Music
“A Phase Shifter I’m Going Through”
Lord Kenjamin and the Magic Skulls
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May 19th, 2010
do you know who shaped his board?
May 20th, 2010
I’m pretty sure it was a liddle…
May 25th, 2010
Klaus Jones 7’2 jaws first session.word is.
May 25th, 2010
what is the little water spout on the tail of the board? is that just a finbox/leashhole thing? or what
May 26th, 2010
7’2 klaus jones jaws template
June 6th, 2010
That was just incredible. It reminded me of endless summer and the perfect flow that the guys from that era had. I just love watching the water trim off of that board, it just fits perfectly in the wave somehow, like a soulmate.
June 7th, 2010
Is it me, or is Gamboa just not that fluid on a hull? There are so many other Hull nuts that surf them waaaay better.
June 7th, 2010
it’s you dude…
June 24th, 2010
that little mini rooster tail/water spout is tripping me out!
July 3rd, 2010
Can you give me dimensions on that board? I want to shape one! Mahalo.
July 13th, 2010
board looks awkward and slow.. the footage of mark martinson on his clunky vbottom in the classic film sunshine sea makes these shots of gamboa look silly..
water spout is water flowing through the drill through leash hole above the fin box..
November 1st, 2010
you guys are trippin, Gamboa is the man!
November 4th, 2010
i agree, board looks a little awkward. waves look a bit too small for the craft
December 27th, 2010
Used to ride them back in the day. Incredibly specialized, basically they only work in perfect point breaks with a defined bottom and constant water flow moving down the line and up the face. Completely useless in broad faced reef waves. A perfect example of surfboard specialization taken to the extreme. The other extreme, which developed at about the same time, was the Brewer/Lopez 9″ tail Pipe gun, perfect for trimming in heavy barrels, but utterly useless for turning in everyday waves.
April 13th, 2011
boards almost as gay as the longboards out there