Beginner Surfboards
Before we get started… If you’re looking for a recommendation for good beginner surfboards and more specifically a beginner shortboard, then I’d say the Channel Islands Average Joe or a Rusty Dwart in the larger sizes will get most beginners up and riding quickly and on top of that, either of those boards should serve you until […]
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How to Choose a Surfboard
My guess is that if you’ve typed in how to choose a surfboard and landed here you’re probably a beginner looking for a beginner surfboard or you’re possibly looking for a gift. There are a few simple things to consider and I’m going to show you how to choose a surfboard that is right for […]
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Surfboard Repair
I’ve found a few great little videos for you all on surfboard repair. How many times has a good board gone to waste because you’ve been to lazy to do a quick little surfboard ding repair. If you’ve got no experience with how to repair a surfboard, the following videos will give you a heads up […]
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How to Make a Surfboard
This is a great little series on how to make a surfboard. If you’ve ever wondered how to make your own surfboard this little series will give you a quick head start. Richard Harvey from Harvey Surf shows you exactly how to make a surfboard from blank selection, how to shape a surfboard, shaping the rails, […]
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Channel Islands Surfboards
What is there to say about the iconic Channel Islands Surfboards. The names Al Merrick and Channel Island Surfboards will be synonymous forever. Channel Islands Surfboards actually belongs to Burton, but Al Merrick is still the man as far as Channel Islands Surfboards shaping is concerned. Al Merrick once said “I’m a designer but I […]
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Rusty Surfboards
Rusty Preisendorfer is the man behind Rusty Surfboards. Born in 1953, it was around 13 years old that Rusty Preisendorfer discovered surfing. From this point it took approximately 4 years for the 1st unofficial Rusty Surfboards shape to come to life (not that Rusty Surfboards existed yet…) . After meeting Peter Townend at the World […]
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JS Surfboards
JS Surfboards is actually called JS industries but everybody refers to them as JS Surfboards. Jason Stevenson is the brilliant shaper behind JS Surfboards. The inception of JS Surfboards is an interesting story. Jason was shaping for Pipedream Surfboards around the age of 23. Incidentally, or maybe not so incidentally, Darren Handley of DHD Surfboards fame was also […]
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Lost Surfboards
Lost surfboards is one of the only privately owned surf companies left in the world. Matt Biolos is the shaper behind Lost Surfboards. He got his start in surfboard shaping whilst sanding surfboards at a couple of surf shops. He shaped his first few surfboards not long after and the ‘Mayhem’ still seems to be kicking in one […]
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How to Surf
If you’re looking for information about learning how to surf, pay attention because today I’m going give you some tips that I wish I would’ve known when I started to learn how to surf. Hopefully you can get to your feet a little quicker and start enjoying what is in my opinion the most rewarding […]
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