Board Dimensions:  11’7"

Year Shaped:  1965

Condition:    10 out of condition 10 - Restored     

Pre-Auction Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000                                              

Reserve: No

Starting Bid: $ 800.00

Location:  Sunset Beach, Hawaii

NOTE: $350 charge for packing and delivery using Delta Cargo anywhere in the USA

Description:    A SHOW STOPPER!  A TRUE MAVERICK IN DESIGN!  SMITHSONIAN QUALITY!

FIRST TIME ON ANY AUCTION BLOCK IN THE WORLD!

As Buzzy Trent once said, “You don’t take a BB gun to hunt elephants”! 

This is THE ONE!

A full on, Greg Noll shaped 11’7 inches of pure brute, “Elephant Gun”.  Made for the utmost heaviest waves that Waimea Bay could throw at you.  Big men, Big Waves, Big Boards!  Featuring a ¾ inch redwood stringer and tail block, brick red rail panels, Clear reveal foam on the deck with double “Film Production” logos, and a full gun template speed fin with the “Film Production” logos on both sides.   Unlike so many Rhino Chasers and Big Wave Guns end up, this bad boy is ready for the Museum and to be hung with pride.  Restoration specialist Randy Rarick took on this project and worked his magic to bring this board back to new factory condition.  You could take this out and ride Waimea Bay today…. if you were game.  Quoted from the book “The Art of the Surfboard”, pg 80 “Iconic Waterman Buzzy Trent called them Elephant Guns , and the name reflected the seriousness of the hunt they were on – the pursuit of the greatest waves that stormed down on the Hawaiian Islands.  Greg Noll was obsessed with riding the biggest waves he could find”.  Make sure you see the walk around video of this board by Randy Rarick and be prepared to be blown away by this boards AWESOMENESS!! 

This board has never been on any auction block in the world until today and is up at NO RESERVE!  Good luck to all bidders.  Aloha and Cowabunga.