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Born
in Bowling Green kentucky, World's
Best Surfer from Kentucky
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Grew
up in Florida surfing,skating
pools and causing trouble
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1970-1980 |
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Endorsed
OP clothing in a series of print
ads.
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Professionally
hired to build surfboards for
Rick James
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Shapers
at the Hobie Factory:
Mickey
Munoz, Bill Stewart Terry Martin
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Established
Stewart Surfboard factory in
Capistrano Beach
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Built
first metal-edge snowboard in
hopes of transitioning the joy
of surfing to the slopes.
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Got
married
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Opened
first retail store in Laguna
Beach offering custom boards,
airbrushed hats and t-shirts. |
OP Ad
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Ashley,
Bill and Kane
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Voted
"Best Airbrusher of the
Year" by Surfing Magazine
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"Yoda"
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First
magazine ad.
Closed Laguna Beach Shop and
moved to San Clemente
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Introduced the Hydro Hull with
its unique double concave and
beveled rails. It has become the
Stewart all-time best selling
model. |
Surfing
Magazine shortboarding at Cotton's
Point
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Moved
to current Stewart Surfboard
Shop. The new shop was converted
from an abandoned clay factory
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Invented the "2+1" fin
configuration, which includes
two short side fins to complement
the longer center fin. This quickly
became an industry standard |
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Established
a licensee in Japan withYoshi
Kishigami at the Decade Factory.
Traveled to Japan 17 times to
shape as many as 10 boards a
day. |
Surfer Extra
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Note from Phil Edwards
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"Sun-Post" article
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Stewart Ad "Always Having
Fun"
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Stewart Airbrush
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Introduced
the Jeff Kramer "LSP"
model, an innovative high-performance
longboard. This board made doing
ariels on a longboard not only
a possibility, but a reality.
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1990-2000 |
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Stewart, Hobie Alter and Bruce
Brown
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Rode
a blank (unshaped and unglassed)
with a fin in the San Onofre
Surf Club longboard contest.Can't
resist a good bet!
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Youngest
nominee for the Surfer's Hall
of Fame.
Profiled in a nation-wide TV
and Radio ad campaign for Office
Depot which ran for 7 months.
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Created US and Soviet Flag
board which was personally
presented to Mikhail Gorbachev
by George Orbelian
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Featured
in Mens Health Magazine. |
Created
the first 4-man "synchronized
surfing" longboard. At
14 feet, it was featured on
Channel 5 news. |
Interviewed
for "Longboard Start-Up:
A Guide to Longboard Surfing"
by Doug Werner. |
Established
Stewart Surfboards affiliats
in Europe and Australia, greatly
increasing world-wide production.
European Distributor Murry Steward. |
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Jean Luke
Sales Rep France
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Remodeled
and expanded retail store and
opened a 7,000 square foot new
factory in San Clemente with
9 shaping rooms.
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Painted
the mural on MTV Beach House
in Malibu. |
Largest
Longboard manufacturer in the
world
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Featured
on "How To Build A Surfboard"
on ESPN and Dimension Cable |
Stewart
Team rider Colin McPhillips
won his first Longboard World
Championship in Australia.
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Colin
McPhillips featured on OCTD
bus for OP and Stewart Surfboards. |
Stewart at Seaside Reef Contest
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| 2000-Current
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Surfin'
with Jimmy Buffett
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Colin McPhillips rides his Stewart
Colin Pro model to another Longboard
World Championship in Cabo San
Lucas, Mexico.
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Colin
makes it a 3-peat, winning his
third Longboard World Championship
title in Jeffery's Bay, South
Africa
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Bill
featured in a Rainbow Sandels
ad on the back cover of a Surfers
Journal.
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Stewart board airbrush
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Stewart Airbrush
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Stewart Airbrush
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Bobbi & Anna
First Tandem team to ride
Waimea
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Stewart airbrush |
The
"Golden Slipper"
stand-up board
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Bill finishing the "Golden
Slipper" SUP
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The "Golden Slipper"
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Stewart airbrush
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Stewart
board airbrush
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Jason
Lanning - wholesale/sales manager
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Store
Manager Bjorn -
taking a break |
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