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Robbie Jeremica, left, watches as Floyd Smith uses a hand plane to shape a balsa wood surfboard at his home in Rescue . -
Floyd Smith shapes the edge of a balsa wood surfboard with a draw knife at his home in Rescue on Thursday, February 21, 2013. In the watery world of surfing, Floyd Smith is a living legend. He pioneered the modern surfboard, molding greatness from slabs of foam. Now in his late 70s, Smith still makes awesome boards, coveted around the globe. But his workshop is far from the surf. He now makes his boards in Rescue near Placerville in the Sierra foothills. -
Floyd Smith pauses to check the surface of a surfboard he is shaping at his home. at 74, Floyd Smith still makes at least one board a month. New ones sell for$1,500 to $5,000 and many are used once to christen them, then added to collections. -
Floyd Smith examines several surfboard fins at his home in Rescue on Thursday, February 21, 2013. In the watery world of surfing, Floyd Smith is a living legend. He pioneered the modern surfboard, molding greatness from slabs of foam. Now in his late 70s, Smith still makes awesome boards, coveted around the globe. But his workshop is far from the surf. He now makes his boards in Rescue near Placerville in the Sierra foothills. -
Floyd Smith moved his family from San Diego in 1985 and today operates from his property in Rescue. That's a balsa longboard sticking out of the back of board collector Ed Bowman's '59 Ford woody. -
Close-up of the signatures of Larry Gordon and Floyd Smith at Smith's home in Rescue. -
Floyd Smith with one of his surfboards at his home in Rescue on Thursday, February 21, 2013. In the watery world of surfing, Floyd Smith is a living legend. He pioneered the modern surfboard, molding greatness from slabs of foam. Now in his late 70s, Smith still makes awesome boards, coveted around the globe. But his workshop is far from the surf. He now makes his boards in Rescue near Placerville in the Sierra foothills. -
Floyd Smith at his home in Rescue on Thursday, February 21, 2013. In the watery world of surfing, Floyd Smith is a living legend. He pioneered the modern surfboard, molding greatness from slabs of foam. Now in his late 70s, Smith still makes awesome boards, coveted around the globe. But his workshop is far from the surf. He now makes his boards in Rescue near Placerville in the Sierra foothills. 2321 -
Sunlight shines through a translucent surfboard fin at the home of Floyd Smith in Rescue on Thursday, February 21, 2013. In the watery world of surfing, Floyd Smith is a living legend. He pioneered the modern surfboard, molding greatness from slabs of foam. Now in his late 70s, Smith still makes awesome boards, coveted around the globe. But his workshop is far from the surf. He now makes his boards in Rescue near Placerville in the Sierra foothills. 2321
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