This episode's photo is a picture of Kenny Reimers from the early 1980s. This is definitely one of our favourite photos of a Trigger Brothers team rider. When he was around 13 or 14 years old, we spotted his potential while sharing a few waves at his home break of Flinders. One of the first things we noticed was that he had heaps of flare and a pizzazz factor.

By the time he was 18, Phil and I both thought he was the next best surfer to Wayne Lynch in Victoria. Ken simply surfed faster than anyone else and, as you can see from this old photo, he was radical. He could do some really nice 360s, which at the time Pete Wilko described as "just tricks" (but they seem to be pretty popular in today's modern surfing).

He was also a very good skater, and after learning to shape in the old Chelsea shaping pits, he travelled to Queensland, where the KR insignia sat at the top of the ladder of elite Australian shapers. His four-finners were very creative designs that saw him literally flying across the face of the wave.

Kenny is a master craftsman who has helped set up pro foiler and shaping machines for the likes of Dahlberg, JS, and Darren Handley. He currently works out of Simon Forward’s Ocean Grove factory, and you can still order a custom board from the man himself through any of our Trigger Brothers stores.

This image was mounted on some chipboard and hung on the wall of the Chelsea store until it closed.