That's where he peaked.

From short documentary 'Searching for Michael Peterson'

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[Kevinulla]

He shaped two boards the day he made the one shown here. Mine had a slightly pointier nose and 12" Greenough fin where his was a 14". They went so well here at Kirra and Snapper, it was a huge leap from what was around previously, your surfing just jumped to a new level, hard to explain but a feeling of confidence that the board handled any situation. Micheal was one of the best shapers at the time and if he knew how you surfed he really could shape a fitting board.

[dcoomber]

MP @ Kirra , poetry in motion . No-one's surfed it better . When Slater said ' You're a better surfer than me " , I'd have to agree , maybe I'm just getting old . Great memories of the man , surfed Boiling Pot with MP getting deeper than anyone , years ahead of his time .

[sorryibrokethetrees]

It's like he could REALLY be himself in the water...he was a good dog. Here boy!

[guitarsurfer2010]

I like that board MP is riding. It seems to work so well.

Notice the way single fins accelerate out of a turn.

The 3 fin thruster everybody rides today consumes your speed with each turn.

Mp's board has a forward trim position and flies when he trims in forward

position. Thrusters have only one position. The art of nose riding and

forward trim riding is lost with "modern" board design.

Back to the future ! Ride a single fin.

[TOTVSTVVSMARIA]

Liddle has been making that board for a while. If you look on his website it's called the M3P. I have a Greg Liddle and it's the awesomest board. Only board I ride. You can ride them in beach and reef breaks, they are not limited to point breaks as some people say. It catches waves and glides better than a long board and goes so fast but is really smooth and you don't feel chop.

[TOTVSTVVSMARIA]

Before George Greenough's Velo's and Nat Youngs first Keyo's and Richie West's stubbies, and Wayne Lynche's boards was Bob Simmons in the 40's and 50's doing it with twin or single keels. But Greg Liddle's crew always rode them as an underground group till now and still do and they are known by many different names such as smoothies, hulls, stubbies, potatoe chips (the original ones) and many more. Liddle's crew where the 1st ones to put the trash can lid tail to their boards in the early 70s

[TOTVSTVVSMARIA]

Greg Liddle started to make boards like that in the late 1960's and he and his crew like Steve Borjorquez, Marty Peach, D. Loyd, Tim Bowler, J. Patton, K. Mcknight, . Davis, and a few others never stopped riding those all through the seventies, all through the eighties, and all through the nighties till now. They stayed with that design and I ride a Greg Liddle Point Break smoothie or"mtdh" modified transitional displacement hull since the 1st displacement hulls knee boards Velos by G. Greenough

[laxsurf52695]

wow this proves my point surfing calms everything u forget about ur problems on shore and u just concentrate on having a good time R.I.P seems like a cool guy to share the ocean with hes got my respect tenfold

[rotate90]

He's riding an s-decked board with belly and thinly foiled rails through the front half but turned down in the tail. An early incarnation of what are now being revived under the nomenclature of "displacement hulls". Check out Brian Hilbers at Fineline surfboards who makes a copy of that board. They're a trip to ride.

[billywillgo]

Any idea about the short round single fin he's ridding?