flickamag - Wind | Water | Snow | Popculture » shortboard http://flickamag.com Wind | Water | Snow | Popculture Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:01:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 ‘Going Vertical’ teaser http://flickamag.com/water-sports/surf/%e2%80%98going-vertical%e2%80%99-teaser/ http://flickamag.com/water-sports/surf/%e2%80%98going-vertical%e2%80%99-teaser/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:42:12 +0000 Zosia http://flickamag.com/?p=5197 gv_bumper1

The epic search to unravel surfings great mystery who started the Shortboard Revolution?

Was it as legend has it, the Hawaiians with their giant waves and proud Polynesian tradition, or the Californians, who continue to be the commercial machine of modern surfing?

Or was it the brainchild of Australian surfing legend and surfboard designer Bob McTavish, collaborating with American expat, George Greenough.

Going Vertical tries to unravel this mystery.

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