Joe was a great guy and great shaper, he passed away this past winter down in Costa Rica while windsurfing. His Mini Simmons are so fun to ride, he will be missed

I,ve known Joe since High School / West Shore Surfers Days. I am glad to see he is finally getting the recognition he deserves.

Joe Bauguess. Is a honest humble gentlemen who makes fantastic boards. Aloha Joe

Bout to cop me one of these 🏄

RIP Joe.

With utmost respect, I need to ask : The dictionary describes the word / title Inventor as " A person who invents some new process, appliance, machine or article. " An invention includes any and every usable product or process in any form. Pretty much " everything ". At least, that's how I perceive it. Again , with utmost respect, I feel that regardless of the fact that his then highly futuristic surfboard design , breaking new ground with his brilliant concept of retaining long board width his vastly shorter lengths - were not at the time in 1949 , around 1949 , early 1950s - was not as far as I know entitled MINI SIMMONS , it was , is Bob Simmons - who I personally would refer to and title as the lnventor. Importantly, I mean to take nothing away from the recent extending further of the original Bob Simmons surfboard design as I describe above because by doing this, it has made the Bob Simmons original concept - the original INVENTION - more rideable, more responsive for today's surfboard riding requirements. That is a giant step forward. But it relies on the original idea and the person who originally INVENTED this product. And as far as I have researched and can only tell through written , documented account , the ordinal inventor was Bob Simmons.

All respect to Joe,BUT, Tom Hoye came to Australia in late 1970 with a " twin fin" that had keels and a blunt nose and a wide square tail.Bottom was flattish....LOOKED exactly like this 2006 design called a MS.Joe may have called his board a MiniSimmons but I rode the same or extremely similar shape back then.