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“The good thing now is there is a lot more<br />
fun being put into surfing. 20 years ago<br />
if you couldn’t ride a 6’2” x 18” thruster,<br />
you were considered a bit of a dud.<br />
Thesedays, anything is acceptable. People<br />
are riding all manner of obscure things.<br />
“Shaping-wise, I like to mix it up as well<br />
- give a particular idea a run, ride it, finetune<br />
it. I find I’m shaping a couple of mals<br />
one week, a couple of shortboards the<br />
next, fishes... Even a few mini Simmons of<br />
late and single fins too.”<br />
A final word on the local beer?<br />
“A guy in Dunedin makes all the best<br />
beers. He wins all the awards. He comes<br />
out with some interesting brews with<br />
equally interesting names. You just never<br />
know what percentage they are. If you<br />
have three, you have possibly had two too<br />
many. Emerson’s. Don’t forget it.”<br />
“We get our share<br />
of smaller days<br />
but you could<br />
count flat days<br />
on one hand”<br />
PHOTO: MARK CHAPMAN<br />
Quarry Beach<br />
fish<br />
How can we not love a board<br />
when the shaper grabs it brand<br />
new and slaps a smorgasboarder<br />
sticker on it?<br />
I must admit it had been a while since I had<br />
been on a thruster, but this was a great little<br />
board. A compact fish with drive and the ability<br />
to run tight arc turns.<br />
may/jun <strong>2012</strong><br />
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