Well, a little more digging and guess what? Here's the FUSION SKATEBOARD ad. Even more noteworthy is the ad RAN IN THE SAME ISSUE as the California Skate and Glass ad. (Fusion is on Page 124, CGS on Page 142.)
Again, though, in looking at the two different boards, I really have to conclude CGS is much more of a Summer Ski rip off than the Fusion. Is anyone absolutely positive Fusion is the ex-Turner employee outfit and not CGS? I know that in the fall of 1978, right after I got my first Turner, I started talking to Bobby and we discussed the CGS boards. He was pretty straightforward in expressing his disgust in the quality of these boards. Bobby was the first person I heard talk about how the hand-made portions of the boards were shortchanged by the new company.
Of course, now that I hear stories about how CGS (or maybe Fusion?) was formed by former employees. It would make perfect sense knowing these people decided Bobby was too demanding, too quality oriented and was just unwilling to cut any corners. So these guys went out on their own and decided they show "the old man" a thing or two about cutting costs and increasing production.
So, here we are 25 years later and Turner Summer Skis are almost priceless collectibles and CGS board are . . . where?
There's still, though, this thing about Fusion and CGS. Which was the company founded by former employees? The evidence I have says it's more than likely CGS. But I have no concrete evidence to support that, just some 25 year old hearsay memories.