Alex's Board

Here's an odd one, Alex took this board on his world tour........   5'7''x19 1/2''-14''nose-15 1/2'' tail, mainly designed for small waves at home, but goes suprisingly well in all sort's of surf up to head high and hollow.

He also took his 6'1'' thruster,these are some of his waves.

6'1'' thruster

5'7''x191/2

6'1''thruster

5'7''x191/2

Max Payne - Three finals in one day!

Here's a name to look out for - Max win's the under 12yrs and comes second in the under 14 and 16's all in one day, at the Welsh Natoinals this May - The board Bunty 5'4''x16 3/4''-11''-14'' squash tail.

Here's the email from his parent's and a press release:

Hi Graeme
Below is a press release sent out to all members by Max's very proud polzeath surf club about his first comp of the year last weekend (Welsh Nationals), with the Welsh media very excited abut him too. That board is working well, so a big thank you.

Max is in Afife, north Portugal this week competing in the European Juniors under 14 category with his heat hopefully sometime later today around 4pm. There's a live feed at http://www.surfingviana.com/?lg=2&id=23 if your'e on a teabreak!

COMPETITION UPDATE

Three finals in one day:

Surfs Up Boardrider Max Payne traveled on May Day up to Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire, for the Quiksilver Welsh Surf Championships.

He was defending his national title from last year, and decided this time to push himself further by entering three different age groups at Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16. Making the most of the excellent shoulder high surf conditions the organisers decided to try and complete the junior section of the comp all on Saturday, despite a full entry of 16 in each category, leading to an intense day of surfing.

Max won all six of his 20 minute heats on the way to qualifying for an unprecedented three finals. He then won the under 12 title, followed by second place in the under 14s, and as the sun started to set took second place in the 25 minute under 16 final too, just missing out to 16 year old Swansea star David Williams.

Max is proud to be both Welsh on his Mum's side and Cornish on his Dad's and will now travel on the 8th May with the Welsh National team to compete in Portugal at the 2010 European Junior Surf Championships.

George's Board

This is a board I shaped for George Picking, [hot grom from Newquay], I made it for him in '08 for the world juniors in France, he didn't use it in the contest, cos' the surf didn't get big enough. It's been to Hawaii twice and survived, also done the contest circuit in the U.K., it was still in one piece the last time I spoke to George and going well.

Keel Fin Fish

All you longboarders out there that want to get on to a shorter board, here's something you should like, 6ft x 22 1/4 wide 19in nose 2 5/8 thick keel fin fish, glass on fins, paddles like a long board, surfs like a fish!

The 'Squad' - Our New Model for Summer 2010

This is our latest model, evolving from the quad fish, desinged to perform in a wide variety of waves, less tail width than the fish, still high volume, easy paddling etc.I took this model to central america, this past winter, riding it in various waves from 2ft too 6ft. it never let me down, having good drive to go around sections, and turn back into the pocket.