The Short Board Surfboards were invented for the pure pleasure of riding with mother nature’s waves. The long board was the first creation of surfing known to mankind. It was and still is very easy to ride, but it was almost to boring for some. So somebody decided to come up with a shorter more fun board. They called it the short board. It became very popular and won the hearts of many dedicated surfers. The short board first made its big impact in the mid 60’s. David Nuuhiwa was the one of the first men to ride a short board in the US. He was at the Huntington Beach Pier, when one summer, board officials came up with a crazy surfing regulation. It enforced that all surfers were out of the water by 11:00am. Yet the knee boarders were allowed to stay in the water as long as they wanted. This was because the legal length for a knee board was 4ft, which was an expectable length accor....

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