Robert Millner (RIP) /Robert's Surfboards
While growing up in the High Sierras I worked construction and in the mines. I built boats and hot rods and got into trouble. In '59 a job came open for a building inspector trainee at LAX (Los Angeles International Airport). I gave it a shot and got hired. Driving in the back way to work I saw kids surfing and said to myself, "I gotta try that". A guy at work had a couple of old balsa boards that we patched up and I gave it a try on a 6 foot day at Ballona Creek in Playa del Rey "Man was I hooked!"
I tried his new foam Lymon and lost it in the rocks. I got blanks and resin and a plywood fin and I was surfing it in two days. I knew I had a long way to go so I sold my old boards, got a few more blanks and resin and was making more boards. I quit the city job and opened a shop in '62 on Culver Boulevard in Playa del Rey.
In '74 I opened a boat repair and surfboard shop in Marina Del Rey, but not making any money and racing motorcycles didn't help!
I got hired by the Building Department in the city of Santa Monica, Wow, I had insurance, paid vacations and I could race motorcycles again! 25 years later I retired in the high desert in Hesperia. I'm still making surfboards, building cars, going to long board shows and car shows and enjoying the good life!
I tried his new foam Lymon and lost it in the rocks. I got blanks and resin and a plywood fin and I was surfing it in two days. I knew I had a long way to go so I sold my old boards, got a few more blanks and resin and was making more boards. I quit the city job and opened a shop in '62 on Culver Boulevard in Playa del Rey.
In '74 I opened a boat repair and surfboard shop in Marina Del Rey, but not making any money and racing motorcycles didn't help!
I got hired by the Building Department in the city of Santa Monica, Wow, I had insurance, paid vacations and I could race motorcycles again! 25 years later I retired in the high desert in Hesperia. I'm still making surfboards, building cars, going to long board shows and car shows and enjoying the good life!
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