Week 5 readings: McTavish

Reading the McTavish Article was a trip for me. I've no very little about surf culture but this article just kinda gave an overload of information. I had never heard of ninety-five percent of these names until reading this article and I thought it was totally rad. I thought it was really cool how his different stories revolved around what new boards he had shaped for himself and his friends. Something I found particularly powerful was just reading from the point of view of a pioneer shaper and someone who is more or less responsible for the popularity of the short board. Moreover, I find it really lame that McTavish received little to no credit for the boards that he designed in the sixties and watched as so many surfers went out with subpar boards made out of subpar materials. I think the best part is that He is still a shaper and working on longboards again rather than the fad of short boards.