Shapers don’t talk to each other much. It’s a curious thing, and it seems to be a hangover from the dark ages of surfing (the late 1980s and 90s). Everybody made and rode a very small range of surfboards and the issue was cost more than quality. All boards were made from the same stuff, and the only real difference between them was the label.
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In this latest instalment, the riddle of the Tuna’s phenomenal speed is revealed and we return to foam…
I’m currently in Ireland, with my family and a big crew from the UK on a promotional surfing trip, working on this, the last blog entry of our Euro-summer. (Photos by Finley Wegener.)
I have had a pretty good run for the last few years as a surfboard maker. Plenty of great customers have kept me busy and, because my overheads are very low, I have had the freedom to experiment.
28th March, 2009: today was the greatest day a surfboard maker could imagine. Well, the greatest I could imagine anyway…
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Dont Jump Off the Pier
A brief history of surfing in the north-east of England.
Forty Bonzer Years
Malcolm Campbell lists fourty notable things to represent the forty years of the Bonzer.
Mission: possible
Portugal explodes onto the global big wave circuit.
Thirty thousand
Richard James shoots a surf trip of 30,000 kilometres along the west cost of Africa.
All in Hand
When it comes to surfcraft there’s a newcomer making waves
A Few Smooth Lines
Chris Preston interviews Sydney's Matt Chojnacki
The train to Taghazout
Mat Arney attempts to hop aboard the slow train to Morocco, boardbag in tow.
Single Fin Serendipity
The unusual return of Bobby Owens' magic board.
Nature on display
Chris Burkard’s photographs are about the scenery being the star of the show.
Peterson Threebeard
All aboard the good ship Peterson Threebeard
Surfilmfestibal 2011
The surfilmfestibal festival attempts to connect the global surfing community
Walls of Perception
Ben Thouard joins Oxbow in search of adventure and virgin waves.
