Corky Carroll: Harbour Surfboards turns 60 — congratulations, ‘Uncle Harbie’

Rich Harbour is shown with one of his early surfboards, made six decades ago. (Photo courtesy of Rich Harbour)
I just got a message telling me that Pacific City, in Huntington Beach, is holding a celebration in honor of Harbour Surfboards’ 60th year in business. The anniversary party runs now through May 5 and includes exhibitions, surf films and all kinds of fun stuff.
I was thinking that this is pretty cool and it jarred loose some great memories that I have from when Richard Harbour sta