Riley Laing is a super cool grom from the Central Coast who loves charging big waves. I have been making him boards for a while now and he is quickly outgrowing each quiver as he improves out of sight. It's rewarding working with a kid so talented and gives great
ESPN's Jake Howard recently sat down with shaper Nick Blair to talk about shaping: "I first met Nick Blair about six years ago. Somehow the lanky South African had found his way from a university in Western Australia to the Surfer Magazine office where we put him to work as an
It has been a great year for the Womens World Tour. We've been following it closely and making boards for each event for team riders Serena Brooke and Jessi Miley Dyer. Amee Donohoe, Megan Abubo and Rebecca Woods also picked up a quiver for the Australian circuit and have been
Some insane shots are coming out of Shaun Cansdell freesurfing and competing around the globe during the past year. He rides the Silent Savage high performance model. The Silent Savage would have to be the most popular choice as an all-round shortboard. Incorporating a moderate single to progressively deeper double concave
It's been a super busy few years in the bay as the top WCT surfers like Dean Morrison go through a hell of a lot of surfboards. I shape him an entire quiver for every event on tour. It’s one of the best things about being a shaper, shaping boards for
Perth Standlick is a team rider with a huge future and looks likely to be a contender on the World Tour in the years to come. He is a great all round surfer who dominates in the big stuff and has the aerial repertoire to make his mark in small wave
Mick Fanning recently picked up a few boards to test and for me his feedback is invaluable. This time he took some boards on an Indo boat trip with Joel and Dean along with his usual DHDs. They spent 2 weeks on board the Mangalui Ndulu and pushed the boards
Jack Freestone picked up his second quiver of boards to hit the Australian Junior events and State Titles. Jack rides The Silent Savage grom board with style and creativity. Its great to have Jack and best mate Brent Savage surf the boards on the East Coast and test them in
Port Macquarie's Mick Campbell dropped by to pick up another couple of high performance models to continue his crack at the World Tour. Mick is 35 years old and has just won the 2 biggest WQS events in Europe and will compete on the WCT again. Mick has previously won
Carlos Burle contributed to the professionalisation of “tow-in surfing”, where the surfer is “towed” by a jet ski down the wave, to improve his speed an allow him to get bigger waves, he wouldn’t be able to paddle into. In addition to surfing giant waves surfer Carlos Burle is also
