Jaxon Surfboards : Homespun sticks made by you.
Ever fancied learning how to build your own surfboard from scratch? Jaxon Surfboards are based near Helston in Cornwall and they make this dream come true. With tailor built packages, the chance to stay on-site and in the…
Kelly Connolly – Everyday Surfboards
There are not many female surfboard shapers out there so we take some time celebrate one of the best. Kelly Connolly specialises in making amazing peices of art that also just happen to surf really well and has the intens…
Slyde Handboards - An Alternative View
We talk to Steve Stewart who makes the best Handboards on the Planet. Steves company, Slyde, have been at the top of the game for some time and he shares some secrets of how and when to use the different shapes, what the …
Thomas Meyerhoffer...A Different Approach
Thomas Meyerhoffer talks to us about his new boards, the Slip-in, the XYZ and how he has taken a more sustainable attitude to making performance surfboards that will give his customers that unique experience we have all c…
Munichs' River Wave with Buster Surfboards
We talk to Nico from Buster Surfboards about the Eisbach river wave in Munich. Nico enlightens us on what sort of board is best for the river wave, who he looks up to in the shaping bay, when is best to go and the genera…
Bing Surfboards - What's left to say?
Few Surfboard shapers in the world can lean on history as much as Bing, I will not go into the history of it as I am sure you have already heard countless times how Bing and Greg Noll started surfing together and pioneere…
Bluff Longboards – 'the proof of the pudding...'
Undeniably one of the best logs I have ever ridden. It was only a couple of waves, I managed to swap boards with this guy I was surfing with in Capbreton and you know when you know, right? Have you ever heard of the phras…
Chipiron Surfboards, the Interview
Firstly what does Chipiron mean? The answer, it turns out, was to be found in Hossegor, France. I phoned Damien Marly who knows a lot about what the magical word means, but he knows more about designing quality surfboards…
Cork boards, are they worth it?
With everyone looking to the horizon in an environmental and sustainable way these days I thought it might be time to wade into the fray. As far as surfboards are concerned, there are an increasing amount of viable altern…
...lost and E-tech team up
Not only is Matt ‘Mayhem’ Biolos at the head of the game at moment as far as team riders on the WSL mens’ and ladies’ tours, but he is also making and selling a lot of boards worldwide to us mortals too, and its all thank…
Why everyone should own a Plonka!
Why you should own a PLONKA! These boards are just amazing, amazing. Oh, sorry let me rewind a bit. I first met Kevin Olsen in 2007, he is the shaper who dreamt up the magic board THE PLONKA. When I first saw the board it…
Ever fancy an asymmetric board?
Well NOOO, you might say, and I would be with you on that one … There is, however, a little bit of me that thinks it could be cool, and maybe it could be better than it looks, time for something fresh, new. That is when a…