Peter Noble re-envisioned surfboards as museum artifacts.
Staff photojournalist at Monterey County Weekly.
The plank, however, is right at home here, because it’s a longboard with a backstory.
Peter Noble, a former Monterey High School teacher and coach, first learned about the board from former Carmel mayor Ken White, another former MHS teacher-coach, who’d seen it for sale outside of a Carmel home. Noble went to meet the board owner, who was in his mid-80s, and heard the origin story. “The guy was stationed at Pearl Harbor and he and his buddy bought the board for $20 from a local,” Noble recalls. “The board was surfed last on Dec. 6, 1941. They bombed Pearl Harbor the next day.”
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The 10-floor Kaiser Medical Center makai side Ala Moana Blvd. between Hobron Lane and Holomoana Street. Built 1958, demolished 1986. The filmed demolition was used in the Nov. 1986 Magnum P.I. TV episode “The Paper War.” The 32-floor Hawaii Prince Hotel Towers opened on the site 1990. Vintage black & white photo dated 7-10-61.
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– Boat masts at Ala Wai Harbor visible over the parking lot
– 1953 Pacific Insurance Company building, next door right
How Fast Do Surfers Go at Jaws?
asked by Marc Moore
Surfline’s very own Sean Collins — who shot the Jaws video — replies:
The waves at Jaws were moving forward about 20MPH. Add another 20MPH to that the speed traveling down the face of the wave and you’re about 40. So I would estimate between 30-40MPH on the average with the peaks near 50 at times. Kind of like downhill skiing but the slope is always moving and the mountain is trying to fall on you…
The waves at your typical beachbreak move in at about 7-10MPH on the average. On a really fast and steep wave a surfer might get up to 20MPH but usually averages 10-15MPH. So you could say the surfers are going at least three times as fast at JAWS.
Also, as Nick Carroll adds, it’s worth factoring in the speed relative to the water surface. Since water’s being drawn up the wave face, you’re going even quicker than it appears. This definitely counts when it comes to surfboard design — it’s why the little boards work better. (Less friction.)
