Lightning Bolt Surfboards
Surfboard and surf accessories company founded in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1970, by Gerry Lopez and Jack Shipley, and turned into an industry powerhouse with the help of California surfwear executive Duke Boyd. Lopez and Shipley were both working at a Honolulu shop called Surf Line Hawaii in early 1970; the 21-year-old Lopez was on the cusp of becoming the universally acknowledged master at Pipeline, ...
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Shaun Tomson and his 1976 Bolt quiver. Photo: Jeff DivineSubscribe to view
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Lightning Bolt
Bolt cofounder Jack Shipley
Bolt ad in 1973 issue of SURFER
Bolt ad in 1976 issue of SURFER
Shaun Tomson and his 1976 Bolt quiver. Photo: Jeff Divine
Bolt teamrider Margo Oberg, 1978. Photo: Jeff Divine