The only site dedicated to Classic Bing Surfboards
Bing Surfboards book now available!
USA Orders
If you would like the book personalized, please put the name in the comments section of the order.
We will be using USPS Media shipping service, 2-3 day's anywhere in the USA. Shipping amount will cover 1-3 books. No Paypal account required, you can use your credit card / debit card for payment.
192-pages, high-quality, full-color, coffee-table format (9½" x 12¼") hardcover.
International Orders
If you would like the book personalized, please put the name in the comments section of the order.
We will be using USPS Priority International Flat rate shipping service, 6-10 working day's anywhere in the world. Shipping amount will cover 1-3 books. No Paypal account required, you can use your credit card / debit card for payment.
192-pages, high-quality, full-color, coffee-table format (9½" x 12¼") hardcover.
If you could just see what's on the next page!
Think BingThe Book!
Bing Copeland played a major role in helping surfing and the surfboard industry to become what they are today. At 13, he became fascinated while helping out at pioneer surfboard maker Dale Velzys workshop in Manhattan Beach. He spent the mid-50s in the Coast Guard stationed in Hawaii and surfed the big waves of Oahus North Shore and Makaha. In 1958 he sailed across the Pacific and introduced modern surfboards to New Zealand. By 1960, back in Southern California, he was making surfboards commercially and his company became one of the longest-running and most progressive in the surfing world. This is the story of Bing Copeland, the business he built, the colorful cast of craftsmen he employed and the visionary surfboards they made and continue to make even now. What Bing has to say: Im really excited about this book. Paul Holmes and everyone who helped produce it have done a wonderful job and Im stoked. Im sure everyone who reads it will be stoked too! Heres just some of what youll find in the new book Bing Surfboardsfifty years of craftsmanship and innovation by Paul Holmes: 192-pages, high-quality, full-color, coffee-table format (9½" x 12¼") hardcover book featuring 300-plus historic and contemporary photographs including some 50 action surf shots of Bing Copeland and his illustrious contingent of team riders through the years taken by some of surfings all time great photographers. The amazing life story of Bing Copeland and his company, and a complete review of all Bing Surfboards models and their contribution to surfboard design evolution. The involvement and role of key team riders and shapers including David Nuuhiwa, Dick Brewer, Jock Sutherland, Dru Harrison, Steve Schlickenmeyer, Keith Paull, Rolf Aurness, Mike Eaton, Claude Codgen, the Campbell brothers, Peter Townend and many, many more. Large photos and detail shots of more than 60 classic Bing boards along with serial numbers, dimensions and significant elements of their design and/or construction techniques and the Bing Surfboards fin timeline showing the development of surfboard findesignall essential information for collectors, surf history fans and anyone passionate about surfboards. Workers tales from the factory floorsome funny, some serious and some just plain crazy! Brochures, price lists, original letters and other documents from the Bing Surfboards archive. Reprints of all Bing Surfboards advertising in surf magazinesa classic blast from the past! Logo lam art from every Bing Surfboards model ever made!
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Check out our World Wide page for some awesome 10" Bing wooden models.
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We have had 277000 visitors from 103 countries.
Last update was August 5th, 2010
Bing Lovebird project videos are on the Bulletin Board page, check it out!
POST All YOUR MESSAGES IN OUR "Ask Tom" MESSAGE FORUM. Bing & Tom check it daily for your questions.
Check out or new Map Loco! It's awesome to see where everyone is from!
Bing's Balsa Guns are now located on the "Bing's Balsa" page.
Please check out our new "Ask Tom" page. Feel free to ask Tom most anything you would like to know about Classic Bings.
Please send in your pictures so we have more to add to our website!!
Thanks, The Web Guy
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You can contact Bing anytime via email at the address below.
Here is a new Classic Pig shape. Available at Icons of Surf!
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Here is a shot of two stoked guys on southern Lake Michigan, Mango Bill and Cliff's Chris 7'10" single fin and 7'8" Bonzer bottom Karma's.
This is Erwin's classic Bing #1577
This is the original order page for board 1577
Here is a little history about the man that created Bing Surfboards.
Bing in Baja 2000
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Bing Copeland has handcrafted some of the worlds finest surfboards. The Bing name has become an icon in the modern surfing world. The Bing surfboard designs of the 1960's have been said to have been 10 years before their time.
Prepare yourself for an enlightening journey through surfboard evolution.
If you have a Bing surfboard and have always wondered about the history behind your board, just shoot us an email.
Bing is one of the few 60's surfboard builders to keep a complete file of all the boards he produced and is more than happy to share them with us.
Back in the early 80's I picked up a Bing at a local Oregon surf shop to learn to surf on. All I was told is that it was a vintage Bing, made in the early 60's. For years I surfed with it and wondered who Bing was. Then along came the internet and I started searching for information. I found very quickley that there was not a lot of info on this Bing fellow that now lives in Idaho.
I cannot remember exactly how I first found Bing's email address, but I had it for over a year before I emailed him. I figured he did not want anything to do with those old boards. Well I was wrong,
he was just a stoked as I was and has supplied me with all the info on my boards and helped create this website.
Enjoy
1959 Original Bing business card
1960 Business Card
Bings first surfing photo 1949
At 13 years old in 1949, Bing began learning to surf at the Manhattan Pier with Greg Noll. About 1951 Dale Velzy opened his surf shop at the pier and that became Bing's second home. He cut plan shape for him, sanded fiberglass, repaired boards and swept out the balsa shavings. Velzey literally tutored Bing through his early teens and taught him all the things his real father thought he really didn't need to know. Bing didn't know he wanted to be a surfboard shaper until 1958 when Bing and Rick Stoner built 6 or 8 boards for the Kiwi's when they introduced the Malibu surfboard to New Zealand. Bing was impressed how the shapes came out and realized that after all those years watching Velzy, he really did have a talent for surfboard shaping. When they returned to California, Rick and Bing went back to their L.A. County lifeguard jobs and started stripping the glass off of old balsa boards and reshaping them in Bings mother's garage. Right about that time (1959) Clark and Walker began to make foam blanks and that led to their opening of Bing & Rick Surfboards on the Strand in Hermosa Beach. After the first year, Bing bought Rick out as he wanted to continue his career with the lifeguards.
Bing! Photo courtesy of "Brian McGinnis"
Terry Simms, Bing & Rob Lerner with "Terry's Angels" Secret spot, Baja Photo courtesy of Scott Allen
Drawing courtesy of "Sharky"
Bing, through the eyes and pen's of Joseph Aaron
Custom Bing artwork by Joseph Aaron
Rick Stoner and Bing Copeland in Tahiti mid 1958 photo by "Bev Morgan"
Neal Miyake & Rabbit Kekai with board #2197 at Ala Moana Beach Park
Neal on the vintage Bing
Neal had a great time riding this vintage Bing. Read the whole story here.
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Interesting Custom ordered logo's. If you have a Bing with a custom logo please send it to us.
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THE SKEGS
One of a kind Bing Gun 1961
1960 Bing Stock Model
Bing Stock Model Balsa board 1961
Bing Custom Model 1998
Bing Surfboards (BA Laminate) December 1960
#3408 was ordered on July 18th, 1964 by Bob Zaldian
Bing Stock Model August 1965
Bing David Nuuhiwa Lightweight September 1967
Bing Custom Stock Model April 1967
Bing Pipeliner July 1967
Bing Dick Brewer Pipeliner 1999
Bing Lotus May 1968 Waveset
Bing Glass Slipper July 1970
Bing Stock Model 1965
2005 Bing Lightweight
Bing Custom Stock Model Mid 1963
Bing Pintail Lightweight Mid 1967
1970 Bing Gun (Shaped by Mike Eaton)
Bing Noserider 2005
Bing Guidance System fins
Bing (Mike Eaton Shaped) late 1970's
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More custom Bing artwork by Joseph Aaron
Here is a photo of Joe's little sister, Jessie holding Jordan's Bing. Jordan is Joe's little brother and also a very good surfer.
Jessie's first wave on a Bing.
Click the sound link below to hear Bing playing "Hi'ilawe"
Bing's plaque on the Hermosa Pier walk of fame "click image to enlarge"
Bing Copeland International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame, Inducted December 6, 2003
This is Jim's original receipt for his Pintail. I have been collecting boards for years and this is a first!!
Yes this is Jim's original Bing David Nuuhiwa Lightweight that he paid $113.75 for in 1968.
Check out this mint vintage fin.
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Here is Leo's, very impressive, Classic Surfboard Collection
Early standard Bing "CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE
David Nuuhiwa Noserider
Bing Lightweight
Flower lay up, Lightweight
Pintail Hawaii Model semi gun
Australian V Bottom
Unusual Aussie V bottom with pintail logos
Beautiful Lotus with flowered bottom lay up
Good Karma Model
Lightweight pintail with flower lay up
Early 1970's board with new logo
Early Bing Bonzer
Thanks Leo for the great photos of your Classic Bing Collection
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Hobie Classic Surfing Contest 2001 at San Onofre
Bing shaped this balsa board for himself about 8 years ago.
