Gerry Lopez “Big Wednesday” Lightning Bolt   8’3”  1978  (10)

We’ve been asked, what are the “Star of the Show” boards?  No question, this is one of them!  Gerry Lopez’s personal board that he rode in the final sequence of “Big Wednesday”.  Many collectors think this is the most significant board of the movie.  Let’s let Gerry describe in his own words how this board came about:  “We had filmed the beach sequence on location at the Bixby Ranch, where a set had been built to look like ‘the pit’ at Malibu.  I’m shown pulling my board out of the car and getting ready to go out.  That was actually Jan Michael Vincent’s board and when it was decided to film the actual surf sequences in Hawaii, they told me I would need to build myself another board that looked exactly like Jan’s board to match the scene we had filmed at the Ranch.  The board on offer this time, is the actual board I built to ride for the movie.  It is an 8’3” winged pin tail designed for big Sunset.  I also used it a few times at the Pipeline, but it was really an ideal Sunset board.  It is the very last Lightning Bolt board in my personal collection.  It has had a great life and the pedigree to prove it…. Just watch the end sequence of “Big Wednesday”!

So one lucky collector is going to go home with Gerry’s very last Bolt and not only that, but the one he rode himself in “Big Wednesday”!  Pre-auction estimate: $15,000-$25,000

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