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Friday, 5 March 2010
Dick Brewer is little short of a living legend. His name graces the tomes of surfing annals alongside the likes of Hobie Alter, Dale Velzy and Bing Copeland, bringing with it the deserved respect of a lifetime’s experience creating surfing masterpieces.
Beginning his surfing life in California, Brewer followed the steady, underground stream of youths to Hawaii, a trip that would be pivotal to his life’s path.
The return to California saw his growing interest in surfboard design and creation and, with Hawaii’s salty brine still coursing through his veins, he returned to the Islands, generating for himself a reputation as possibly the foremost shaper of big wave ‘guns’, elongated, streamlined craft, shaped specifically for Hawaii’s monstrous waves.
Surfboards Hawaii, Brewer’s independent label, generated the mark of distinction, equipment that could be trusted to both perform and survive in such testing conditions.
But finance forced Brewer back to the mainland to work for Hobie Alter, a period during which he established the celebrated Hobie/Dick Brewer Gun model for which he now is so renowned.
But he pined for the islands.
Brewer’s adroitness as a surfer, fortified his reputation and when, in 1965, he returnd to Hawaii, to work under Bing Copeland’s label, his list of team riders included some of the finest names in the sport at that time. Reno Abellira, David Nuuhiwa and Jeff Hakman were among those to bolster their repute as surfers on Brewer shapes.
The ‘70s saw Brewer regain his independence, shaping under his own label, and working with the King of Pipeline, Gerry Lopez, through this greatly transitional period.
As time and the sport’s evolution took its toll on Brewer, he receded from the limelight, shaping as necessity required, and living a full life with his wife, Sherry.
The prodigious craftsman is bound for Noosa, drawn, as many celebrities are, by the annual Noosa Festival Of Surfing.
Not only will he be socializing and proffering his fountain of wisdom to enquiring minds, but he will also be shaping a very exclusive, very limited number of boards.
Working from the shaping bay of Peter White’s Classic Malibu factory, Brewer will be whittling away on a precious few boards of different designs, some the guns for which he has become so recognized, as well as several of the Pipeliner model; more of a conventional longboard template that he developed during his tenure with Bing Surfboards.
If you are interested in purchasing one of these highly exclusive, immensely sought after surfboards, this is an exceptional opportunity, for not only will you be able to own your very own Dick Brewer model but you will also be able to meet the creator himself.
Dick Brewer will be working at the Classic Malibu factory, on the corner of Gibson and Eumundi Roads, during the period of the Noosa Festival (14-21 March). Meetings with Brewer will be strictly by appointment and board numbers are extremely limited.
Please contact Classic Malibu at info@classicmalibu.com or by phone on: (07) 5474 3122 shuld you wish to enquire about this fantastic opportunity.
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