“Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.”

– Henry David Thoreau.

It wasn’t so long ago that there were only a couple types of surfboards on LBI. A handful of guys rode longboards, mostly in the summer. Everyone else rode the same standard thruster shortboard. There were some variations to this, but only the slightest. Bigger and older surfers rode longer versions. All of these boards were essentially made of exactly the same materials.