jet surfboards

I started shaping surfboards at 14, calling my boards “JAM”. At 16, I was making them at Chris Henri’s factory, later Peter Ware’s Friar Tuck, then with Mike St John glassing them at Bassett Road, Mona Vale. I eventually sold the JAM name to Mike, who took it to Noosaville, while I headed north to Byron Bay. After a short stint at Sky Surfboards, Michael Cundith suggested I return to Narrabeen. I thought, “Well, there’s no work for me at Sky”; so what would I call my boards? “JET”, because “Jets go faster than sky.” The thinking of a 17-year-old. And JET was born. David offered to build the factory, with the layout developed by Rick Henry (RIP) and my dad. Dennis Anderson (RIP) and Tony Cerff joined us, along with Gunther Rohn, John Henneberry, Ken, Frank, Bruno, Mono, and many others. From Jam Surfboards at Narrabeen to Jet Surfboards in Byron Bay, the sand mining had come and gone, and we built something of our own.

Peter Dewar.