8/18/2023 0 Comments Fishing planet monster gar florida![]() ![]() The exact opposite is the case with surfing’s most controversial “monster” surfboard design, when considering the difficulties presented in scaling up the performance qualities of a much smaller board to one that is capable of being paddled while standing up. ![]() Victor Frankenstein, endeavoring to reanimate lifeless tissue, scaled his infamous monster up to what he called “… its gigantic stature,” believing it would be much easier to construct a human body if the assembled body parts were made bigger. In Mary Shelley’s 1821 novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, protagonist Dr. Today, Sam looks at the stand-up surfboard. He won an Emmy for his work on the 30 for 30 documentary, Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau. ![]() Sam has been writing about surfing for more than three decades and is the former Editor-in-Chief of SURFER magazine. Editor’s Note: Welcome to “By Design” with Sam George that examines the genius, and sometimes the mystery, of surfing’s storied design history. ![]()
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