Randy Rarick Hosts Dick Brewer Story Discussion at HSFF 2024
On July 11, the 2024 Honolulu Surf Film Festival (HSFF) premiered a film that fans of surf history, culture, and surfboard design have been waiting a long time for; The Shape of Things: The Dick Brewer Story. For the uninitiated, Dick Brewer is one of the most influential and important surfboard builders/shapers of all time. Brewer bridged the gap between the longboard to shortboard transition (aka “Shortboard Revolution”) while singlehandedly leading the way in modern development of big wave guns and boards for tow-in surfing. After the conclusion of the premiere, HSSF put on a post film discussion. The on-stage panel included the following group of legends:
Allen Sarlow (aka “King of Malibu”)
Bob Campi
Buzzy Kerbox
Derrick Doerner
Jim Kempton
Jericho Poppler (designer of the first Dick Brewer logo!)
Jock Sutherland
Pat Rawson
Handpicked to host and moderate the panel discussion was the most knowledgable figurehead in surfboard building history, Randy Rarick. Anecdotally, Randy foiled fins for Surfboards Hawaii, a label created by Dick Brewer with John Price in the 1960s.
The video below comes courtesy of Keyele (subscribe to his channel here) and covers the under 30-minute group conversation about The Shape of Things: The Dick Brewer Story. If you don’t get a chance to watch the film at this year’s HSFF (contingent upon when you find this article) you can at least enjoy this panel discussion while awaiting the film’s wider release. Enjoy!
