What to say about ET Surf’s Pat Ryan? He’s the oldest ongoing shaper in the South Bay right now. He picked up the planer during the shortboard revolution of the late 60s while working for Greg Noll Surfboards. Noll’s top salesperson was an ambitious Eddie Talbot. The duo launched ET Surf from the ashes of the Noll surfboard empire. But Ryan is not one to be stuck in the past. He embraces all surf and paddling craft.
“A lot of people seem to reflect on ‘the good old days,’ being in the past,” he said, “With our choices as surfers and watermen and women, ‘the good old days’ are right now.”
The next logical step is for Ryan to be inducted into the Hermosa Beach Surfing Walk of Fame, right next to his boss.
