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Actually I am wrong. I left Kaua'i back in '77 to go to college in Honolulu. So we could not have met. That was well over 30+ years ago. I have not really gone back except to visit family every so often. My father worked for McBride Sugar. The last time I was there was back in '92 after Iniki. I als...

James, Clearly we must have been on Kaua'i at the same time. I am trying to put a face to the name. I surfed Acid Drops a lot in those days. This is where I first me Wetzel. I lived right down the street by the boat harbor for a number of years. Anyway your work with opening the road out to Polihale...

Sorry, here is a link to the Bill Wetzel pictures: http://my.slideflickr.com/P72vR8kq I guess he was something of a kneeboard pioneer, but I haven't been able to discover much else. I would appreciate any feedback. Thanks. Bill Wetzel was not a kneeboarder. At least not that I know of. I surfed wit...

Hey , thanks for the reply, good to hear from one of my dads old buddies Keep in touch! I am not sure your dad and I were really good buddies. We knew each other on a first name basis, and I did do work for him sanding boards for a time. But we really didn't hang out. He was a lot older, probably i...

Hey, my name is Bane Wetzel, Bill Wetzel was my Dad i love the pictures of the vintage board! I have been searching for any of his old shapes, please contact me, i would love to get my hands on that board or any others you have heard of My dad never kept a single old board and he passed away back i...