Category Archives: Surfboard Shapers
Huge surfboard collection holds keys to Tasmanian surf history – #aloha #surf
VIA – ABC AU Surfer and collector Phil Critchlow among his many, storied surfboards (ABC Local: Rick Eaves) 28 January, 2014 12:29PM AEDT By Rick Eaves Phil was 11 when his father found that 11 foot balsa board, threw it on the back of his ute and gave it to his son. He has … Continue reading Huge surfboard collection holds keys to Tasmanian surf history – #aloha #surf
Waterwolf electric #surfboard speeds over lakes and rivers – #Surf #video
VIA – GIZMAG By C.C. Weiss January 26, 2014 Not every surfer is lucky enough to live near a world-class break. In fact, many would-be surfers live hundreds of miles from the nearest piece of coast. For them, the new MXP-3 from Germany’s Waterwolf represents the chance to transform the local lazy lake or … Continue reading Waterwolf electric #surfboard speeds over lakes and rivers – #Surf #video
Keen surfer takes ferns on board #Surfboard #NZ
VIA – ODT By Sally Rae on Mon, 27 Jan 2014 When it comes to shaping surfboards, Jeremy Buis admits he likes doing some ”outside the square stuff”. A keen surfer, Mr Buis (36) has been shaping and fixing surfboards in Dunedin for the past 20 years. He made his first board when he was … Continue reading Keen surfer takes ferns on board #Surfboard #NZ
Legendary Surfboard shaper Bruce Jones passes away – #OC #Aloha #Surf
VIA – OC REG: Bruce Jones enjoyed many water sports outside of surfing, including sailing. Photo taken in 2006. PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVEN JONES The surf community is mourning the death of surfboard shaper Bruce Jones, who died Monday afternoon from a heart attack. Jones was 68. Jones first started surfboard shaping in … Continue reading Legendary Surfboard shaper Bruce Jones passes away – #OC #Aloha #Surf
Surfboard Design, Catching a Wave From Old #Hawaii
VIA – NY TIMES Jon Wegener with his surfboard at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, Calif. By CLAIRE MARTIN Published: December 21, 2013 In 2008, Dan Malloy, a professional surfer, received a package in the mail from Australia. In it was a thin, rectangular slab of wood with one rounded edge. It was a board … Continue reading Surfboard Design, Catching a Wave From Old #Hawaii
SLATER’S BOARDS STOLEN ON EVE OF PIPELINE WORLD TITLE SHOWDOWN
I’ve said before, I’ll say it again, I fing hate thieves… VIA – SURF EUROPE 05:45 14th December 2013 by Ben Mondy Thieves have broken into Kelly Slater’s rented home on the North Shore this week, stealing a fair chunk of his Pipeline quiver. The theft occurred before the second day of competition … Continue reading SLATER’S BOARDS STOLEN ON EVE OF PIPELINE WORLD TITLE SHOWDOWN
Random Posts on Surfboard Shapers
Surfboard shape-off goes to Hind – #art #design #surf
Waterwolf electric #surfboard speeds over lakes and rivers – #Surf #video
Amazing Technology Advances the Art of Surfboard Shaping #Hawaii
Surfboards: quality vs quantity
VIDEO: 51 kilos of cocaine smuggled into Basque Country inside surfboards
Rare Hawaii-made book to crown surfboard auction #Aloha
VIA – THE STAR ADVERTISER By Erika Engle POSTED: 08:06 a.m. HST, Apr 16, 2013 LAST UPDATED: 08:06 a.m. HST, Apr 16, 2013 The rare book “The Surf Riders of Hawaii,” hand-made by A.R. Gurrey Jr. between 1911 and 1915, and believed to be the first book on surfing, is being … Continue reading Rare Hawaii-made book to crown surfboard auction #Aloha
Surfboard Review April 2013
Festival to honor Yancy Spencer III
Dumpster Diver Designed by Dane Reynolds, a surfboard arises from the scrap heap – BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK
Breaking Surf: Boardroom out of U.S. Open of Surfing – Also, Rockin’ Fig is set to be inducted into Surfer’s Hall of Fame.
VIA – HB INDEPENDENT By Andrea HanstApril 30, 2013 | 1:24 p.m. The highly anticipated surfing industry trade show the Boardroom got the boot before its massive footprint even hit the beach, according to a news release. The consumer surfing forum put on by GLM will move from the Vans U.S. Open of Surfing in … Continue reading Breaking Surf: Boardroom out of U.S. Open of Surfing – Also, Rockin’ Fig is set to be inducted into Surfer’s Hall of Fame.