Up late and thinking..geeez shouldnt do that.., but with Mark Richards closing the shop it got me thinking about board development. Now not having a big history in surfing, I may be way off base with somethings.
I seems the industry took major steps based on a few individuals

1- Bob McTavish..... development of the fore-runner to the modern shortboard
2- Mark Richards.... development of the twin fin (watched MR surf at Margret river Thriller..in a word.... once WOW)
3- Simon Anderson. development / refinement of the thruster
4- Murray Burton.... development / refinement of the quad??
5-.....................................................????????????

So what is or who is next??

As I said, I may be off with the names, please correct me
Curious here to see what others think?

Climber

Here's a board I picked up yesterday. Cant wait to jump on it. I got a box to ride it as a single as well. its 7'6 x 22 x 3 double ender.