I became his friend on facebook, had a look at the album in question and here is the first comment I saw posted to the album.
I think it says it all...
Joel Tudor; its funny how many things knee riding has contributed to surfing....the short board!!!four fins!!!tube riding!!!n yet they get no luv!!im a george fan through nat young who mentored me as a grom!!!n i realize the truth on how boards got be short!!!i only wish the goons running the mags today had the schooling i had!!!!george was n is still the man n m book!!!thanks guys for still riding n your style of surfing n being a silent reminder of how we all got to riding smaller boards!!!no tree can grow without roots!!!