Thanks for those pics, Geary!
The famous Ala Moana Bowl!
Getting back to Harold Iggy.....he was good friends with Bobby Owens who spent time here when he was growing up. Bobby and local board maker Bernie "Mad Dog" Crouch were good friends and at some point Bernie made arrangements to have Harold shape boards for him to sell at his
shop in Daytona Beach Shores. Word got out that we could have custom shapes from Harold and many of us would stay in touch with Bernie as to when Harold would be in town shaping. We'd book an appointment and let him know what we wanted and we'd have our Iggy. Bernie's factory would finish the boards and they would be badged with the Iggy name.
Last one I had made I took my 6'6" Richenberg thruster to him and said..."If can you improve on this - go for it." He could and he did and I loved it.
We had a joke that his boards were so fast that when taking off on a wave your board would scoot out from under you before you could get stood up...lol.
That Iggy of mine got some fin damage when I surfed at C-Street while on a trip to Cal and needs some attention so I'm on my other boards for now.