Dean Snow.. AirWave boards.. and paddles.

DJ

there are ALOT!
shapers Ive heard nothing but good about:

Chris Garrett
Luke Short (LSD)
Simon Anderson
Tully St John (Laguna Bay)
Dtm
Simon ??? (Deep, which is out of Dolphin and does all the custom glassing for SA and LSD)
Woody Jack

D.C.

Stuey Campbell.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/SUP/Penetrator-bound-for-Maui/

DJ

Why are you guys posting info about down winders when he asked about a surfing SUP?

just to really stimulate this topic..

scott Mckercher is technically a shaper - he does all the wave r and d for Starboard and has been developing shapes for decades

define shaper.

flame away...

Thanks guys! there are more Aussie sup shapers out there than i thought and some good advise given. Stick with the Aussie shapers for Ausssie conditions " for sure"!

CMC said...

Add Peasey (secret agent) and Dan McDonald (DMS, Honolua and C4)

Also Noel from All Above Board in Lennox is designing some great boards.

All of the Shapers above on this page are amazing and will give you greater value than buying a generic. Go with the one that gives you the most time and input.

If you are from Vicco you should have a look at Simon Forwards shapes. Nice guy, bloody nice boards and you get to sit down with him and have some input into your shape. If you are on the East Coast talk to Triggers about a custom shape and it will also go through Simon.




Yellow one on the bottom is for sale if anyone's interested.
Cheers
Sparx

Phil Trigger from Trigger Bros surfboards here in Vic.

DJ

EPS Blanks and epoxy glass. Bottom one was glassed by Triggers and is bomb proof but a tad heavier than I wanted. Green one glassed by Cusso and is as light as. Could'nt tell you what the exact weights are but they are comparable to just about anything else I have seen except DTM's (seriously light) and Dean Snows (seriously freaky light)
Cheers
Sparx

Ok, even though he's my brother I have to give a pimp to Dan's boards, DTM.

I started out on a 10' Jimmy Lewis then Dan made me a 9 footer. Man that thing went like a rocket! So fast, abit beyond my abilities at first and I just got it mastered this summer when he gave me his hand me down 8'8''. Oh my God! This thing is a whole new ball game. It has completely changed SUP for me and he's not getting it back! And as I said this is his old hand me down board!

He has a website now too; www.dtmsup.com

If you're after completely unbiased ( non sibling!) review ask Steve down at Merimbula what he thinks of his new board too

WINDY MILLER said...

anyone in WA ?

I know Bruce Monty built one for a local up this way. Nice lookin board but I don't recon he could compete pricewise with the imports.
Im guessin the small volume of boards would make it too hard.
W