Rawson, Pat
Even-keeled, hard-working surfboard shaper from Sunset Beach, Hawaii; regarded by many as the maker of the world's finest big-wave boards during the 1980s and '90s. "There was a point," TransWorld Surf magazine wrote in 2001, "where any traveling pro would give a testicle to get a Rawson board while on the North Shore." Rawson was born (1954) and raised in Santa Monica, California and started sur...
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Tom Carroll on a Pat Rawson gun, Pipeline. Photo: Don KingSubscribe to view
Pat Rawson, 1988. Photo: Bernie BakerSubscribe to view
Pat Rawson, 2000. Photo: Steve ShermanSubscribe to view
Mark Richards, Waimea, 1986, on a Rawson gun. Photo: Rob GilleySubscribe to view
Buttons Kaluhiokalani, Pipeline, 1983, on a Pat Rawson-shaped board. Photo: SatoSubscribe to view
Pat Rawson, 1977Subscribe to view
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Tom Carroll on a Pat Rawson gun, Pipeline. Photo: Don King
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Pat Rawson, 1988. Photo: Bernie Baker
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Pat Rawson, 2000. Photo: Steve Sherman
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Mark Richards, Waimea, 1986, on a Rawson gun. Photo: Rob Gilley
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Buttons Kaluhiokalani, Pipeline, 1983, on a Pat Rawson-shaped board. Photo: Sato
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Pat Rawson, 1977