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62mac > 9 months ago, 11 Apr 2013

weiry

QLD

5396 posts

11 Apr 2013 5:14pm

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62mac said...
BOB
BOB
BOB
BOB
BOB

who showed Bob how to shape

murry, darren for me. really the only guys i kept going back to over the years.

murry pretty much from teens on. later/pre sup dhd. i had a good success rate with him.both of their possess are amazing when you talk about a board with them

bogus designers, well if your on the breeze your guilty

ps got to say cmc work on nsp 666 is impressive. want to be too considering he's been inhaling foam since 12 years old

ps actually teds pretty switched

chrispychru

QLD

7932 posts

11 Apr 2013 5:44pm

Yeah lacey except from two of your guys screwing people with the criminal base days. Should be in gaol

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

11 Apr 2013 5:53pm

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chrispychru said...
Yeah lacey except from two of your guys screwing people with the criminal base days. Should be in gaol

best shapers was the call

Dazzler75

QLD

458 posts

11 Apr 2013 6:03pm

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Dazzler75 said...
Bob McT
Tom Wegner
Grant Newby
Nev

Ridden Bob McT & Tom Wegner

Currently ride Firewire 9 ftr & Grant Newby 10ftr.

Flaker

NSW

122 posts

11 Apr 2013 7:01pm

Here's my list from 25 years of surfing( with numbers from each shaper)
In the last 6 or so years I've only bought 2nd hand( except for an awesome price on a Bourton fat bullet)

Murray Bourton - about 10 boards
Ian Byrne (Mt Woodgee) 5 boards. (channel bottoms

)
Bob McT (0 boards so far)
I have an awesome Steve Del Rosso 9'1, and some his other shapes posted on here look great
JS

Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

11 Apr 2013 8:43pm

This thread has rocked so far. I am going to start a similar one so as not to take this one off topic

Simondo

VIC

8024 posts

11 Apr 2013 8:47pm

Top 10!

Bob McTavish
Dick Brewer
Wayne Lynch
Al Merrick
Greg Brown
Kym Thompson
Simon Anderson
Maurice Cole
Donald Takayama
Michael Peterson (they say his boards were hard for others to ride, except MP rose his own equipment really well!)

Special Mention;
Tom Wegner

62mac

24860 posts

11 Apr 2013 6:52pm

Simondo top 5

Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

11 Apr 2013 8:53pm

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62mac said...
Simondo top 5

yeah he is crap at Math - we all know that

Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

11 Apr 2013 8:59pm

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CMC said...

Kym started and owned Watercooled surfboards in Torquay and is featured in the Surf Museum. As Victorian Champion and big wave charger. He ran his business using for the time cutting edge technologies like Carbon and Kevlar etc years before most had heard of it.

He also shaped Sailboards and at the advent of Cobra Sailboards shaped many of their original designs for them in Thailand.

He then went on to relocate to Thailand with the vision of creating a quality outsourcing (Cobra had already revolutionised Windsurfing with their production process and technologies) option for surfboard businesses to produce large orders and target global markets like Japan etc.

I won't mention brands as some you may not even know are made in Thailand but will say that he is the technical guy that has put the production of the boards (Surf and SUP) to practice that have layed the foundations of market acceptance for nearly all technology brands to date.

No doubt this will be argued by some that a shaper that validated the production of surfboards in Asia has been influential to the market and that's fine but for those that know Kym know what he has contributed to the industry as a whole.

Thanks for that CMC. I hear ya loud and clear. I always wondered where the Watercooled came from - now I know

I think that in terms of influence you are right up there with this suggestion. From what i recall NSP are the worlds top selling surfboard as well. As I have said before I am a great fan of those who try to bring new tech advancements to the surf industry. I still remember the first time I saw a tufflite and Salmon at a shop.....everyone was rubbishing the idea and the fact that they had names........all I could think about was why not - Snowboarding had gone that way - 10 yrs later and everyone is naming their boards, technology is improving and people are out there pushing the envelope. Its been a great I reckon. Was he mates with Bert?

marky2110

NSW

46 posts

12 Apr 2013 4:11am

My top 5 are

Bob Cooper
Ritchie West
Ron Goddard (SummerCloud)
Gary Burden (Astro)
George Rice ( true craftsman)

I have boards by all of these guys and the the top four are all custom jobs which I still have
The George Rice D Fin is a brilliant piece of work

Locky24

QLD

515 posts

12 Apr 2013 9:26pm

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62mac said...
Stu's work for those that don't know

Stu does shape a pretty good stick. the one in my avatar pic is one of his. wouldn't mind another soon but would like to order from him face to face, instead of him just looking at the job sheet and getting second hand info from one of his team.

62mac

24860 posts

12 Apr 2013 7:33pm

I've got his number

Locky24

QLD

515 posts

12 Apr 2013 9:37pm

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62mac said...
I've got his number

Thats it I am telling Bob!!!!

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