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In 1970 the 3 fin Bonzer represented a quantum leap in possibilities, and in late 1982 the 5 fin Bonzer presented another tremendous shift in design and performance potential. Maybe it was pure naiveté or a misguided sense of mission, but whatever it was, ever since the first wave we rode on a Bonzer we have felt an obligation to continue ...
Jun 6, 2023 · Tuesday June 6, 2023. Sam George. Surfer/Writer/Director. Featured. Duncan Campbell, test-riding the very first Bing-made Bonzer, circa 1973. Photo: Craig Fineman….Malcolm and Duncan...
Interview by Glenn Sakamoto. Malcolm Campbell is a legendary shaper/surfer who, together with his brother Duncan, created the first functional three fin surfboard – 10 years before Simon Anderson’s Thruster design. The Campbell Brothers, part of the emerging Shortboard Revolution ignited by the Australians, conspired together in their ...
- The Historical Context
- Why Was This Development Necessary?
- Who Was Involved?
- Design Details
- Specifications
After Dick Brewer’s Mini Gun set the pace for the Shortboard Revolution in the late 60s, the tendency at the turn of the decade remained, for the most part, to pursue high-performance wave-riding through experimental board-making, with backyard shaping (as opposed to mass production manufacturing) continuing to drive design innovations. By 1970, Wo...
With the rapid break-out of the Shortboard Revolution, the majority of surfers of the late 60s realised that riding shorter craft opened up a whole new world. But these boards still had limitations, in particular related to the fact that most designs at the time were single fins, that wasted a lot of energy through turns and often fell short in ter...
Credited by Simon Anderson himself as being the forerunners of tri-fin boards, brothers Malcolm and Duncan Campbell were part of the second generation of Shortboard Revolution surfer-shapers. Born in 1952 (Malcolm) and 1955 (Duncan) in Santa Monica, California, the brothers took up surfing in 1965, moving to Oxnard, California a year later. They be...
Template-wise, the Bonzer doesn’t strike as being overly experimental. At first, its idiosyncratic feature was its three-fin arrangement: two keel-shaped, shallow (~2 ¾”), long-base (~9 ½”) side fins pointed almost directly to the nose, placed roughly 1 ½ inches from the rails and 11 inches from the tail, just ahead of the centre fin, which was 6 ½...
Avg Minimum Avg Maximum Length 5’8” 6’8″ Width Nose 12” 12 1/2” Midpoint 19 1/4” 21 ½ ” Tail 8” 10” Thickness 2 ½” 3”
Feb 6, 2008 · SURFING caught up with Bonzer inventer Malcolm Campbell — a production shaper at Channel Islands for 22 years, who’s recently gone it alone to focus completely on the Bonzer-specific Campbell Bros Surfboards — to find out a little more (make that, A LOT more) about the legendary design SURFING: How long have you been making Bonzers for?
Oct 26, 2016 · Culture. Watch Malcolm Campbell Explain the Mechanics of a Bonzer. Wednesday October 26, 2016. Dylan Heyden. Writer/Surfer. Featured. For a time, the bonzer was one of the most overlooked...
