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As the sport of surfing has continued to grow and flourish throughout the years, so too has Yater’s reputation as a leading contributor to the surfing industry. Buy authentic Yater products here at surfnwearbeachhouse.com or our surf shop and retail store located in Santa Barbara, California
- Renny Yater and California Surfing History
- Founding Santa Barbara Surf Shop
- The Yater Spoon
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Renny Yater surfing Dana Point in the 1950's Yater is recognized as one of the first commercial surfboard shapers of the 1950s. He began shaping his own surfboards as early as age 21. Yater surfboardswere known for their quality, durability, and attention to detail. He was a master craftsman who took great care in every aspect of the surfboard-maki...
In 1959, Yater moved north to Santa Barbara to work as a commercial fisherman. He realized there weren't many shapers shaping boards locally and began shaping on the weekends as a side gig. Soon after, he opened up his own surfboard shaping shop, Santa Barbara Surf Shop. The shop was originally located on Anacapa Street, and then relocated to Summe...
Yater developed two of his most famous surfboard designs during the mid-1960s: the Yater Spoon during 1965-66, and the Pocket Rocket during 1969-72. Fun fact: local surfboard shaper John Eichertof Ike Surfboards shaped Yater Spoons for Santa Barbara Surf Shop during this period. The Yater Spoon was considered at the time to be one of the most innov...
As an icon of Santa Barbara Surf Shop culture, Yater appeared in several surf movies, including Surf Crazy (1959), Big Wednesday (1961), Surfing Hollow Days(1962), and Walk on the Wet Side (1963). But the most famous Yater film appearance was made by a classic army-green Santa Barbara Surf Shop t-shirt worn by Robert Duvall’s character Colonel Kilg...
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In the fall of 1959, Yater Surfboards opened in Santa Barbara. It was during the 1960s that Yater’s two most popular surfboard models were conceived. In 1965, he shaped the Yater Spoon, and produced this model until longboard-style surfing went through an evolution in 1968.
May 13, 2014 · Renny Yater's Practical Progression. Reynolds ‘Renny’ Yater designed and built the Yater Spoon in Santa Barbara in 1964, a board that Mickey Dora dubbed as “bitchin’” the first time he rode it. Today, the board reigns as one of the lightest and most maneuverable boards of its era, marking it as a centerpiece in progressive surfboard ...
Nov 4, 2012 · Yater shaped out of Santa Barbara California and become popular for his models the “Yater Spoon” and the “Pocket Rocket”. In the 1960′s Yater was shaping for John Severson, Bruce Brown and Micky Dora.
Feb 12, 2022 · Stop by and shop our large footwear, swimwear, wetsuit, surfboard, Men’s, women’s and kid’s clothing, gifts, beach accessories, sunglasses, Santa Barbara Surf Shop and Yater Apocalypse Now departments. We carry all of the major surf brands in addition to some cool smaller more unique brands.
Now located across the street from the Pacific Ocean, Surf N’ Wear is the exclusive dealer of Yater surfboards in Santa Barbara, making it one of the best places to snag a new board before a day of charging waves.
