“I got an idea, man, just flow with it.”

There are two pristine Brewer-shaped guns in the Spring 2023 California Gold Surf Auction. The first board is a masterfully crafted balsa five-stringer Hanalei gun that was shaped in 1996. The other board, a three-stringer balsa pintail, was shaped the following year in 1997. Read on for more on the oversized role Brewer played in the evolution of the modern surfboard.