When worlds collide: Ghost 13 by Roy Stewart meets the Campbell Brothers Bonzer Octafish

After all these internet years Roy Stewart's legendary wood board is at Cafe Haleiwa. Duncan Campbell of Campbell Brothers Bonzer Surfboards is going to ride it soon. 

Radical.

http://web.mac.com/cafehaleiwahawaii/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html

Earl 10'6"

Earl 10'6" parallel profile paulownia surfboard with tuberculed spitfire cutaway fin by Roy Stuart. This board is based on the 12' Ghost.

Cutaway D fin

Here's a  9 inch paulownia cutaway D fin which is using a fin base designed for wooden fins by Brad Tucker at woodsurfboardsupply.com. 
http://www.woodsurfboardsupply.com/ 

The tab is convenient to install and comes in several different sizes

13' Ghost in Hawaii

Here's the trusty 13' Ghost with two traditional Tom Blake era hollow wooden surfboards which are being restored for the bi-annual antique surfboard auction held in Hawaii

Future Primitive Ghost 13

'Chairman of the board' feature in Centurion magazine

Roy Stewart rode his first wave at age four.
By nine he had built his first surfboard with
a cousin, using their grandfather’s tools and
knowledge gleaned from books on aerodynamics,
hydrodynamics and shipbuilding. Since then the
New Zealand surfer and carpenter has been on a
quest for the perfect wave-riding conveyance. And his
Paulownia wood designs, inspired by the surfboards
of the early Hawaiian kings, come very close indeed.
Form follows function to maximise efficiency, and
passion for the surf couples with profound technical
know-how to produce masterpieces of extraordinary
beauty. Stewart’s almost spiritual approach is
manifested in wares that are both breathtakingly
beautiful and remarkably agile – proving once again
that handsome design and high performance go hand
in hand.

From $396,000; olosurfer.com

Franziska Seng

http://www.centurion-magazine.com/home.html

Roy Stuart surfboards; 'Earl' Empress wood longboard.

Earl:
Length: 10'6"
Width: 27"
Thickness: 2.75"
Weight: 27 pounds
Volume: 105 litres
Rocker: 3.5"