SURF TREKKIN 12 ft Mickey Munoz

Surfing a brand spanking new Mickey Munoz "Tuflite" Pro Carbon surfboard - adding some Trekkie humour - as its as big as the Star Ship Enterprise. Roberts Road, Gisborne, New Zealand - nice 3 foot day - board surf's like a dream!

[@tonyhalalilo1]

Love it!

[@gisborne12ftsurfer]

Hey gordon - sorry for my late reply - just a big thanks for your great comment - nice piece of history on the master Mickey Munoz - loved it. So stoked over this boards I now have a quiver of 3 of the 12 footers plus also have the 10'6" one (which flies). Have tried out piles of 12' to 13'9' (Dragon Board) boards - and the Mickey Munoz one is the best by far. Neat to meet on line someone who has personally known 'mouse nose'.

[@gordonquigg9389]

I'd have to say, of all the old classic shaper's, Mickey, and we used to call him "mouse nose" when joking around, was one of the best at capturing the genius of Joe Quigg, whether it was high performance long boards in the 50's or catamarans in the 60's, to the Hobie sailboats and skiffs of the 70's, Mickey got it, and incorporated it into his designs and took the Joe Quigg thing to new places. He is such a character, and used to come stay at our house and work on designs with Joe when I was just a little kid. And he crewed on Joe's fastest cat in the world at the time, in the mid '60's, 30ft "Gusto", when they made the fastest time, unofficially, in the history of the annual Ensenada race from Newport to Ensenada, several times.mickey is truly one of the greatest watermen of all time with a plethora of other cohorts, like the Hoffman brothers, Flippy and Walter, Phil's Edwards, Velzy, Hobie, and many others. And he's still going. He's an animal! But a very stylish one... His 12 ft surftech is a perfect example of his Joe Quigg talent and craftsmanship.

[@gisborne12ftsurfer]

Hey gordon - sorry for my late reply - just a big thanks for your great comment - nice piece of history on the master Mickey Munoz - loved it. So stoked over this boards I now have a quiver of 3 of the 12 footers plus also have the 10'6" one (which flies). Have tried out piles of 12' to 13'9' (Dragon Board) boards - and the Mickey Munoz one is the best by far. Neat to meet on line someone who has personally known 'mouse nose'.

[@trudylongson9273]

Wow. You rock. Is that really you. Oooh. I wish my parents hadn't moved away from there. I would be on the beach cheering

[@gisborne12ftsurfer]

Thanks for feedback Trudy - and if you were still in Gisborne you would be in the water surfing! I could guarantee to have you up and riding on a 12 foot surfboard - and have it all captured on Go Pro - MERRY XMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR....

[@johndrummond3697]

Beam me up Scotty! Best surf movie I've ever seen!! Well done Martin/Spock. Live long and get barreled...

[@gavinbrookes8875]

Far too much time on your hands Mr Willams. 😁

[@gisborne12ftsurfer]

Not denying that - think it comes under the generic heading of 'pottering.'

[@ethanwilliams5163]

Absolutely shredding it!

[@wiscgaloot]

Nice! Can you noseride that board?

[@gisborne12ftsurfer]

These boards noseride beautifully as long as you don't trip over the go pro mount on front of the board. You need to mount camera at back of board up high to capture hanging ten. Cheers