Critter 2 (pig): …In 1953 Dale “The Hawk” Velzy, the square-bodied outlaw patrolling Manhattan Beach Pier and Redondo Breakwater, made a pig: narrow in the fore, portly in the rear. In doing so, he revolutionized longboard surfing. Velzy’s departure from traditional outlines facilitated the forthcoming “hot generation.” Soft edges decreased pearls and rail bites; a wide point in the lower third produced both effortless drop-knee cutbacks and jittery direction changes. Further sensitivity and maneuverability derived from the skeg being placed directly underneath the tail block, allowing a surfer to trim, turn, gouge, bank, and step ahead… #pig #velzy #evaluation #coolwave https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv-DQ8YnI4f/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e8nd1m5f43de















