“Gerhards Big U“, strip laminated boomerang by John Cryderman - “60+ flight“ - single throw.

John Cryderman (of Chatham, Ontario, Canada) is known for crafting strip laminated and Birch plywood boomerangs. Some of his boomerangs are duplicated from Al Gerhards models but Cryderman’s long line of unique models outnumbers his borrowed designs. This boomerang is a design borrowed from Al Gerhards. The blades are shorter like the ones that were made by Al Gerhards in the seventies. It’s strip laminated out of Canadian Walnut. Who is Al Gerhards? Al Gerhards is a pioneer of strip laminated boomerangs from Pennsylvania, USA. He once held the unofficial Long Distance record with the hooks he made called the White Lightning. He was also known for other smaller models called the “Standard Hook“ and “Standard Omega“. He was very active in the seventies and eighties.