DNNR means David Nuuhiwa Nose Rider. There were many styles of Bing Surfboards (USA) through the 60’s and the Yanks were great at using a different language, so abbreviations made more sense.
Collectors go nuts over the DNNR worldwide and for good reason, anyone can Nose Ride a DNNR.
Even Surftech bought out a DNNR copy at one time, but they are just as rare.
Bing Copeland of Bing Surfboards Formosa Beach California grabbed Donald Takayama and David Nuuhiwa from Hawaii in the mid 60’s to join the development team at Bing Surfboards in California.
David Nuuhiwa was the best nose rider of the time and developed the David Nuuhiwa Nose Rider “The DNNR” in the 10’ standard and lightweight. His boards had the large Nose concave to allow a rider to hover on the nose for ages.
Some 10,000 boards came out of Bing’s Surf Shop in the sixties with very few surviving and quality boards selling at auction for around $5K to $6K USD and highly prized in any longboard collection around the world.
I grew up as a very young surfer reading surfing magazines and wishing to own a Bing Surfboard, “Bucket List Thing”.
Gary McCormick
Gary’s story of his 1967 Bing DNNR.
Originally the Bing DNNR board sold in George’s Surf Shop in Florida on 28 June 06 1967 to a guy who rode it for a few months before being sent to military duties in Vietnam for 2 years.
After his stint in Nam the surfer (unknown) left it in his barn and rarely surfed until it was picked up and sold to the Texas Surf Museum in 1975.
The owner of the Texas Surf Museum contracted cancer and sold everything under auction in 1989 where a DNNR Collector bought it for his own Private Collection in California.
In 2011 the board was again auctioned and sold for $4K USD to a Short Board Collector from Sydney. As this guy was only interested in short boards he eventually advertised the board on Gumtree for $2.5K AUD.
That is where I came and bought it and had it shipped over to WA. A bargain I thought!
Gaz’s 1967 Bing David Nuuhiwa Nose Rider (DNNR) surfboard.Gaz pics.
Bing Copeland spun out when he asked, “what was I going to do with this board” (that has spent most of its life hanging up in collections without being waxed) and I said “I was going to wax it up and ride it“.
Bing said, “I was Crazy and a typical Australian”. Not sure what he meant, typical Yank!
I have entered the board in 4 of the past 5 Whalebone Classics at Cottesloe and here are the results and riders:-
1st Old Mal Whalebone Ben Proudfoot WA 2014
1st Old Mal Whalebone Jack Entwistle NSW 2015
(did not enter it in 2016)
3rd Old Mal Whalebone Hayden Swan NSW 2017
1st Old Mal Whalebone Daniel Strazina WA 2018
All surfers were top riders and said the board had great pedigree and really suited the waves at Iso’s.
I have ridden the Bing at Huzzas in well overhead waves and Bing suggested that the board at 10’ was not designed for that type of wave. Maybe / Maybe Not!
I have had success at the Geraldton Winter Classic with the Bing with mostly 3rd’s and a 2nd.
2015 Gaz competing in Winter Classic at Gero on his DNNR. Photo courtesy Gaz.
Anyone can visit the Whalebone and see a real classic board from one of the World’s biggest stables from the 1960’s in California.
2014 Gaz 4th on right with his Bing DNNR in Old Mal div Whalebone Classic Isolated. Photo courtesy Gaz.
Bing stated he could get $5K at auction anytime, when I visited him a few years back, while in California to visit all the classic surfing areas and surf shops.
The board’s nose concave really shows in the next pic.
2015 Gaz with Jack Entwistle 1st Old Mal Whalebone. (Jack’s Father Stuart “The Twizz” Entwistle (Dec 2004) 1988 World LB Champion was a great friend of mine).Photo courtesy Gaz.
The next pic was taken at Point Picquet a few years back, when I contracted Gazza ‘Greasegun’ Grierson to make a copy of my valuable Bing using Al Bean’s Digital Shaping Machine in Dunsborough.
2014 Gazza Greirson with Gary’s Bing DNNR at Point Picquet. Photo Jim King.
Chris Fullston out of Avalon these days, is now making replicas of the DNNR (most collectable Longboard of the 1960’s in the world) at $1,400 each for a large group of surfers who ride Bitumen’s Surf Break in Miami Bay.
My 1967 Bing DNNR board has a great history and Bing knows where it is and who owns it today!
1967 Birth certificate for Gaz’s Bing DNNR. Image courtesy Gaz.
Thanks Gary for sharing your DNNR story and images.
DNNR means David Nuuhiwa Nose Rider. There were many styles of Bing Surfboards (USA) through the 60’s and the Yanks were great at using a different language, so abbreviations made more sense.
Collectors go nuts over the DNNR worldwide and for good reason, anyone can Nose Ride a DNNR.
Even Surftech bought out a DNNR copy at one time, but they are just as rare.
Bing Copeland of Bing Surfboards Formosa Beach California grabbed Donald Takayama and David Nuuhiwa from Hawaii in the mid 60’s to join the development team at Bing Surfboards in California.
David Nuuhiwa was the best nose rider of the time and developed the David Nuuhiwa Nose Rider “The DNNR” in the 10’ standard and lightweight. His boards had the large Nose concave to allow a rider to hover on the nose for ages.
Some 10,000 boards came out of Bing’s Surf Shop in the sixties with very few surviving and quality boards selling at auction for around $5K to $6K USD and highly prized in any longboard collection around the world.
I grew up as a very young surfer reading surfing magazines and wishing to own a Bing Surfboard, “Bucket List Thing”.
Gary McCormick
Gary’s story of his 1967 Bing DNNR.
Originally the Bing DNNR board sold in George’s Surf Shop in Florida on 28 June 06 1967 to a guy who rode it for a few months before being sent to military duties in Vietnam for 2 years.
After his stint in Nam the surfer (unknown) left it in his barn and rarely surfed until it was picked up and sold to the Texas Surf Museum in 1975.
The owner of the Texas Surf Museum contracted cancer and sold everything under auction in 1989 where a DNNR Collector bought it for his own Private Collection in California.
In 2011 the board was again auctioned and sold for $4K USD to a Short Board Collector from Sydney. As this guy was only interested in short boards he eventually advertised the board on Gumtree for $2.5K AUD.
That is where I came and bought it and had it shipped over to WA. A bargain I thought!
Bing Copeland spun out when he asked, “what was I going to do with this board” (that has spent most of its life hanging up in collections without being waxed) and I said “I was going to wax it up and ride it“.
Bing said, “I was Crazy and a typical Australian”. Not sure what he meant, typical Yank!
I have entered the board in 4 of the past 5 Whalebone Classics at Cottesloe and here are the results and riders:-
1st Old Mal Whalebone Ben Proudfoot WA 2014
1st Old Mal Whalebone Jack Entwistle NSW 2015
(did not enter it in 2016)
3rd Old Mal Whalebone Hayden Swan NSW 2017
1st Old Mal Whalebone Daniel Strazina WA 2018
All surfers were top riders and said the board had great pedigree and really suited the waves at Iso’s.
I have ridden the Bing at Huzzas in well overhead waves and Bing suggested that the board at 10’ was not designed for that type of wave. Maybe / Maybe Not!
I have had success at the Geraldton Winter Classic with the Bing with mostly 3rd’s and a 2nd.
Anyone can visit the Whalebone and see a real classic board from one of the World’s biggest stables from the 1960’s in California.
Bing stated he could get $5K at auction anytime, when I visited him a few years back, while in California to visit all the classic surfing areas and surf shops.
The board’s nose concave really shows in the next pic.
The next pic was taken at Point Picquet a few years back, when I contracted Gazza ‘Greasegun’ Grierson to make a copy of my valuable Bing using Al Bean’s Digital Shaping Machine in Dunsborough.
Chris Fullston out of Avalon these days, is now making replicas of the DNNR (most collectable Longboard of the 1960’s in the world) at $1,400 each for a large group of surfers who ride Bitumen’s Surf Break in Miami Bay.
My 1967 Bing DNNR board has a great history and Bing knows where it is and who owns it today!
Thanks Gary for sharing your DNNR story and images.
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