Harbour, Rich
Enduring, understated board manufacturer from Seal Beach, California. Harbour was born (1943) and raised in Seal Beach, the son of a Douglas Aircraft machinist. On his 16th birthday, after riding a surf mat through his early teen years, Harbour got a surfboard. Two months later the board was stolen, and Harbour, broke, built one from scratch. In 1962, after making and selling dozens of boards out...
Subscribe or Login
Plans start at $5, cancel anytimeTrouble logging-in? Contact us.
Rich HarbourSubscribe to view
Rich HarbourSubscribe to view
Harbour Surfboards teamrider Bill Fury, Honolua, 1965. Photo: Rich HarbourSubscribe to view
Harbour Surfboards, Seal Beach, 1963Subscribe to view
Banana Model, by Harbour Surfboards, 1964 adSubscribe to view
Harbour Surfboards teamrider Jock Sutherland, 1967. Photo: Ron StonerSubscribe to view
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/f1hjpcr4/production/5f0aed452bc93ee9efed0d2c69a8635491c5cdc8-530x900.jpg?rect=0,55,530,298&w=640&h=360&q=65&auto=format)
Rich Harbour
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/f1hjpcr4/production/b6dbf101f00a0ec8c5def57d3658807ac299a701-900x506.jpg?w=640&h=360&q=65&auto=format)
Rich Harbour
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/f1hjpcr4/production/4df68311fd10a93625e10260384fc22f5abe19e1-600x392.jpg?rect=0,27,600,338&w=640&h=360&q=65&auto=format)
Harbour Surfboards teamrider Bill Fury, Honolua, 1965. Photo: Rich Harbour
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/f1hjpcr4/production/818f8f200e2d4c7e7a893cbf47ad29a25e869f20-900x900.jpg?rect=0,289,900,506&w=640&h=360&q=65&auto=format)
Harbour Surfboards, Seal Beach, 1963
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/f1hjpcr4/production/d2b3dd7cd6f220804d94cc7a58114353c24c1732-537x900.jpg?rect=0,0,537,302&w=640&h=360&q=65&auto=format)
Banana Model, by Harbour Surfboards, 1964 ad
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/f1hjpcr4/production/6175e58a3cc71b5663ced80b1bbed1fb9cb1eeaa-900x739.jpg?rect=0,21,900,506&w=640&h=360&q=65&auto=format)
Harbour Surfboards teamrider Jock Sutherland, 1967. Photo: Ron Stoner