Os surfistas dos anos 70 contam como era o mercado do surfe na época e a dificuldade de encontrar equipamentos, principalmente a parafina. Como as pranchas não tinham cordinha, a graça era dar "a tirada" para o alto na hora que a onda fechava. As cordas começaram a aparecer no bico da prancha e, aos poucos, foram sendo aprimoradas para não machucar os surfistas.
The surfers of the 70s tell us what the surfing market was like at the time and the difficulty of finding equipment, especially paraffin. As the boards did not have a string, the grace was to give "the strip" to the top when the wave closed. The ropes began to appear at the end of the board and, little by little, were being improved so as not to hurt the surfers.