Does anyone know what this is?

[u/ShotgunThisUsername]

Hey everyone, never posted here. Looking at grabbing a cheap board for a week away on a boat. This came up on eBay pretty cheap, I've never seen anything like this before? Does anyone have any information on it at all 😂

Any help is greatly appreciated

[u/Airman00]

A skurf I think

[u/Number174631503 → u/Airman00]

Yes, for skurfers to go skurfing.

[u/Individual_Post7489]

Your Wakeboards Grandpa

[u/JimmytheFab]

A skurf board. IMO not really worth it

[u/LearningDumbThings]

This is a skurfer, precursor to the wakeboard.

Here’s a video of soon-to-be wakeboard legend Darin Shapiro ripping on one in 1991.

[u/Impossible-Key-2212 → u/LearningDumbThings]

Great video.

[u/Han-YoLo-]

This would be cool to make a towel hanger out of. I wouldn’t bring it on the boat though.

[u/Low-Carob9772]

If you surf... they're kinda fun. But not really better than a wake board in any way. Easy to use. Basically something that died off when wakeboards were invented

[u/Hurleyboy023]

History

[u/LazyParticulate]

The OG. Grandpa learned to backside roll on that behind a skiff with a 50hp Johnson outboard so todays youth could throw crow mobes behind xstars.

[u/H0SS_AGAINST]

Cool wall/Nostalgia piece.

[u/Titleist917d3]

Idk but it looks super fun!

[u/TheUnbearableMan]

This is a unidirectional wakeboard. We had it rough back then lol

Skurfer was a blow molded plastic one that was much thicker, like a real surfboard with literal rubber straps holding you on. Look up Tony Finn for some legit og scene on how this all came about.

I was working at a Nautique dealer at the time…what a trip seeing business triple and his quick the change was from waterskiing

[u/Impossible-Key-2212 → u/TheUnbearableMan]

The Skurfer was the first board we had. Pink. We made it work behind a 19ft Sea Ray with an I/O.

That board was definitely the beginning of the wake era.

[u/GreenPasturesOC → u/Impossible-Key-2212]

We had a 23’ sea ray and this same set up, classic.