Cleaning out the Garage

Every so often we sign up for a vendor's space at our local swap meet and set up shop for the day. It always end's up being a blast, despite weather mishaps and occasional van problems (like the time it caught fire and broke down in line at 545am), and you also have the pushy bargain hunters with little respect and no-shame...ya we still end up making it a hoot!

I've sold quite a few boards over the years, including a red and white lightning bolt WAYNE BROWN "MIKE PURPOUS" model which was the go to board for myself, the family, and all of the neighborhood kids back in the day. I am really sad to have sold that old board, because I knew how collectible it was...but I was fresh off a move back to California from a job I had just quit, and I was really strapped for cash. Super sad. That same day I sold a sick little 5'8 teal and orange BABY SWALLOW SCHROFF.

But all of that is in the past now, and just a few weeks back I had a great time out at the swap meet again selling and trading with the local folks. I brought four old boards that were buried in my garage and sold them all to one fella who was loading up a van and shipping it all back to France. I had just picked up the HOBIE NORFLEET, but was not terribly sad to see it go. The BURKE was however a difficult one to say goodbye too, but it was really damaged and I'm pressed for space so...bye bye birdie. Let's see, the ENCINITAS was actually a cool board, with surf-able potential. I bought it when I saw it perched up in this dude's flower bed as decoration, so I hit him up and bought a new board with thoughts of paddling it out. Unfortunately I never did surf that board. Then there's the older NEWPORT SURF & SPORT which was severely sun damaged and meant as a decoration.

We really did have a good time. And put together a nice little bank roll for future vintage surfboard shopping!