Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Lance Collins (Founder of Wave Tools Surfboards)
“Most people that make surfboards, they don’t have any idea about aqua dynamics whatsoever. They just copy everybody’s stuff and say, I know what’s going on. But whereas I’ve done a lot of research in it and I’ve experimented and stuff, and I actually do scientific research on how to make them perform better. [And the way they look, you’re heavily influenced by race cars. Right?] Yes. I used to race cars and boats when I was young before I started making surfboards, and my boat held the world’s champion in the speed record.”
Air date: 06/11/2025
Tune in as Poorman interviews Lance Collins, who founded Wave Tools Surfboards in Newport Beach in 1969, constantly pushing the envelope of high performance surfboard design.
The 2024 feature documentary Shaping the Future: The Story of Lance Collins, delves into his story, and the list of upcoming screenings can be found at shapingthefuturemovie.com.
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