Force Fin Designs

[Bob Evans]

Just on the other side of State Street, Santa Barbara, was Creative Sports. Hand cast Poly-Urethane was being used to make high performance skate wheels. Easly group to work with.. Our fiberglass tooling allow us to move quickly. Thinking about it today we were the first in making swim fins this way. Here I am spraying silcone on our molds as a release agent..No Mask..I learned real quick around these chemicals. Our products. Made in USA

 

[Bob Evans]

Each day after working at Kirby-Morgan Kirby Morgan Jimmy showed up at 28 Anacapa Street , Santa Barbara, California. I had that "COLD" 6 pack of BUD ready for him. We were a team for over 10 years. I will share times of learning and respect for Jimmy. I had support fm my parents and many friends. Some like Rick Willaims and John Hodges ( Bad Boy). But for tonight, here is Jimmy after we moved into La Mer Bleu Productions offices. Time to hide what we were doing..girl friend Diana playing with "Maggie."

 

[Bob Evans]

Looks like the dark ages, not sure about the sun glasses..but I am working on a foot pocket design. Had a real problem no one could figure out... Work shop at 28 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California. Might have been dipping into Jimmy's Bud's.. Black square was for shaping viewing and we sprayed gel coat on the wall for testing spray pattern.

 

[Bob Evans]

Quess who got to do most of the fiber glass grinding ? Your right... Bob Evans, on the right with grinder..... I am getting the itch today while un-packing old files from the work shop. Fiberglass is nasty stuff and we wore the right gear, most of the time. News paper to help keep dust traveling down our vent system. We made a box with panels that helped capture most of the fiberglass then a replaceable filters. Inside 28 Anacapa Street work shop. Now called " The Funk Zone ".https://www.funkzone.net/

 

[Bob Evans]

98 % of my time was now fiberglassing different fin designs. We were getting closer to some thing great. Some times I would glass next to Elaine Hyde glass blowing work shop " Women Work Shop " ...my Brother in Law, Dana Rosen captured me in Black and White, 28 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California 1980's.

 

[Bob Evans]

Let me intoduce to you our best friend Richard C. Williams. Rick sand sanding one of our fiber glass molds, 28 Anacapa Street work shop.

 

[JMBL]

Bod, do you realize you've got enough matter to start a book ?

 

[Bob Evans]

Bod, do you realize you've got enough matter to start a book ?

Funny was just thinking that lately...forgot how much we did for 25 plus years..thanks for looking at

 

[Bob Evans]

JMBL, found all models made and will run back a few steps before moving forward..but look what I found.!!! a Fab Force fin design, with a piece of plastic sewn onto fabric fin blade. Made dozens of different concepts of FAB Force.

 

[coldwaterlloyd]

Were those snorkel design fins , I notice a few around .