50 years is a long time but, what can a guy say? 1968, the year of the V Bottom was in fact just 50 years ago. The V Bottom didn’t last long as we moved quickly to still more advanced surfboard designs… or at least new designs. For me it was the Hull.

I shaped a fair amount of V Bottoms back in the day working for Morey Pope. Their V Bottom model was the Mctavish Traker. I always wonder where some of those old boards end up. And every once in awhile one surfaces.

D.R.

 A Tracker from 1968

I put my name on this one

A 21st Century reissue