LIGHTNING BOLT ORIGINS, TRIVIA, AND A QUICK GERRY LOPEZ INTERVIEW
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In 1969, Lopez and Jack Shipley were both working the showroom at Surf Line Hawaii, in Honolulu. Lopez was also riding for Hansen Surfboards. In late 1969, Hansen introduced the "Lopez Series," a diamond-tail semigun. A few months later Hansen came out with their molded hollow-body "Stratoglas" line of board, and among these was the Lightning Bolt model, advertised as a "spacey, narrow delight" sh...
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