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Cher Pendarvis, 68 Surfboard Shaper, Writer And Artist, San Diego, California
Surfer|Volume 60, Issue 2

With aging, surfing is even more precious. Every sparkling drop of water helps the stoke fire burn bright.

- Justin Housman
Cher Pendarvis, 68 Surfboard Shaper, Writer And Artist, San Diego, California

Today, I mix it up more with swimming, bodysurfing, riding my surf mats and surfing my fishes and gliders. Also, just getting in the water, being weightless allows us to keep our bodies loose and free. And breathing in the air just above the ocean surface, filled with negative ions is healing for the mind, lungs and heart.

The variety of boards being ridden today is refreshing. Short, long, with an array of bottoms and fins—and even finless—configurations. It’s like in the ‘60s and ‘70s when quantum leaps were made with surfboard design and wave riding that had never been seen before. Pushing limits with tiny, downrail edge boards, small single-fin hulls, twin fins, the Fish, Greenough riding his flex spoons and carving new lines, and my husband Steve evolving his Pendoflex high-speed torque tails. I enjoy seeing surfers and shapers today experimenting in the same ways and with new materials.

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