The Costa Mesa Conceptual Art Center, a gallery space developed by Alex Knost and Daniella Murphy, is hosting an exhibit titled The Bonzer.

The show celebrates the history of a surfboard design that quietly pushed the boundaries of the shortboard revolution and yet largely stayed off the mainstream radar.

Originally created by Malcolm and Duncan Campbell in the early 1970’s, bonzers advanced surfboard innovation at the time with their characteristic pulled in nose, double concave bottom contour, and keel-esque side fins/center fin configuration.

Later iterations of the bonzer by the Cambell brothers stretched the design further with a five fin set up. Although bonzers are considered somewhat of a novelty they’re still being produced and surfed in modern times.

 

The exhibit will be up through April 8, 2017.

The Costa Mesa Conceptual Art Center is located at:

1930 Placentia Ave Unit B3
Costa Mesa, CA 92627

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sources and links:

http://costamesaconceptualartcenter.com

http://encyclopediaofsurfing.com/entries/bonzer

featured image from:

https://www.rvca.com