How Spider Murphy Shaped Two Boards That Changed the Surfing World - Shaun Tomson and The Pink Banana and Martin Potter and The Saint

By Craig Jarvis

In November 1974, Spider Murphy shaped a board for Shaun Tomson that changed the game at Pipeline forever, and helped Shaun go on to win his World Title in 1977. Fast-forward a few years, and in 1981, Spider did it again with a 5’5” twinnie he shaped for a young prodigy named Martin Potter, who unleashed unbridled ferocity on the board before going on to win his own World Title in 1989.

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