Found a couple of photos from the summer of '72. This is my first Creation board. I'm leaning against my Buick Special that we re-painted maroon. I went on tour that summer up the East Coast to visit my Aunt in Manasquan, NJ and stopped along the way to surf at as many spots as possible. That fall I entered college at UF.
Creation Surfboards was a local company owned by Jack Reilly, who did the shaping and also everything else at first and then hired many of us locals to help with other parts of board manufacturing. I ended up doing the polishing. Others did glassing, sanding, pinlines, and I think one even did some shaping. I also did fin boxes later on, so it was great experience for us all to learn about how boards are made.
Jack went on to become head of the Art Department at California State University Channel Islands and in addition to teaching art, he also created a class called the zen of surfing...lol....
Jack is originally from Clearwater and along with a group of friends came over to NSB after graduating from HS to live and surf. We all hung out for quite a few years to come and participated in the usual hi jinks, so lot of great memories!
Oh - and also the Creation logo was created by another mutual local surf legend, Mike Martin (RIP), who patterned it after the Carpenters logo.
