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A green<br />
machine<br />
The NZ<br />
fun<br />
magnet<br />
GEAR: BOARDS<br />
SHAPER’S PROMOTION<br />
CARBON FIBRE MINI MAL<br />
TRANSITIONAL<br />
VEE BOTTOM<br />
MINI LB<br />
HP EPS/EPOXY<br />
MOD LOG<br />
Specs: 7’6” x 21 1 /8” x 2 7 /8”<br />
Ideal Conditions: 1-4ft<br />
Suits: All types and age<br />
surfers and handles well in<br />
most conditions.<br />
Description: Carbon<br />
Fibre Mini Mal made<br />
from recycled foam and<br />
environmentally friendly<br />
resin. Lightweight, super<br />
strong and durable.<br />
Polished mirror finish<br />
looks amazing.<br />
Construction: Carbon<br />
Fibre, Recycled EPS foam,<br />
Soy Epoxy resin<br />
Fins: Comes Carbon fibre/<br />
bamboo FCS-compatible<br />
fins. Thruster setup.<br />
Pricing: $1050<br />
Comes with FREE “ECO<br />
PACK” worth over $400<br />
including: Hemp Boardbag,<br />
Carbon Fibre/Bamboo Fins,<br />
Hemp Fin Wallet, Recycled<br />
Leash, Bamboo Soy Ding<br />
Repair Kit, Organic Wax<br />
and Bamboo Wax Comb.<br />
Groovy Baby!!<br />
Shaper: Jordie Brown<br />
Dimensions:<br />
7'4" x 22 ¼'' x 17 ¾" x 18" x 3"<br />
Ideal: Waist to shoulder<br />
high peelers.<br />
Suits: A great smaller<br />
alternative to your<br />
standard longboard.<br />
Description: Based<br />
on the transitional<br />
longboards of the late<br />
60s, with low rocker,<br />
heaps of flex and a heavy,<br />
rolled vee bottom.<br />
Construction: Heavy,<br />
tinted glass job with<br />
resin stringer and custom<br />
artwork by Tiphaine De<br />
Flurette.<br />
Fins: Handmade glass-on<br />
10'' Greenough flex fin.<br />
Shaper comment: This<br />
stick is a great hotdogger<br />
and noserides like you<br />
wouldn't believe.<br />
Shaper: Mickey T<br />
Dimensions:<br />
6’6” x 21 ½” x 2 5 / 8”<br />
Typically 6’ to 7’<br />
Ideal conditions: Waist<br />
high to well overhead<br />
Suits: A fast, super<br />
loose stepdown<br />
for longboarders.<br />
Alternatively a super fun<br />
way for a shortboarder to<br />
volume up without loss of<br />
manoeuvrability.<br />
Description:<br />
HP longboard nose and<br />
tail without that other 3<br />
feet in the middle!<br />
Construction: Hand<br />
shaped PU blank 6/6+6<br />
Polyester Resin tinted,<br />
gloss and polish. (You can<br />
have a plain one if you<br />
want!)<br />
Fins: 2+1. This one has<br />
FCS 7” soulflex and GX<br />
sides. MAGIC.<br />
Shaper comment:<br />
I shrunk my longboard<br />
to travel-friendly size<br />
and couldn’t believe the<br />
result. This little bugger<br />
goes off!<br />
Shaper: Mickey T<br />
Dimensions:<br />
9’1” x 22 1 / 8” x 2 ½”<br />
Ideal conditions:<br />
Knee high to overhead<br />
Suits: Surfers who want<br />
a super light, fast and<br />
loose longboard that still<br />
noserides well.<br />
Description: Teardrop<br />
nose concave to rolled<br />
vee to vee double concave<br />
between feet. Moderate<br />
nose rocker, ample tail<br />
rocker and medium to<br />
lean, no-catch rails.<br />
Construction: Hand<br />
shaped EPS/EPOXY. 4+6<br />
bottom, 4+6+6 top, sanded<br />
gloss finish. Weighs less<br />
than 6kg.<br />
Fins: 2+1, FCS fin box +<br />
fusion system.<br />
Shaper comment:<br />
No excess baggage here.<br />
Lean, mean and deadly<br />
efficient.<br />
Shaper: Jesse Watson<br />
Dimensions:<br />
9’6” x 23” x 3”<br />
Ideal conditions: Up to<br />
head high sliders<br />
Suits: Hepcats to kooks,<br />
kicks, flicks and hanging heels.<br />
Description: A modern<br />
pig/involvement style<br />
sled, but with modernised<br />
rockers and foils for the<br />
logger who wants to<br />
noseglide and whipturn<br />
like it aint no thang.<br />
Construction: 6/4oz deck<br />
+ 6/4oz bottom gloss and<br />
polish, full wrap paint<br />
panels and an old skool<br />
glass leash loop - a nice<br />
mix of the old and new.<br />
Fins: Matching custom<br />
glass on Stage IV The<br />
Hook template fin<br />
Shaper comment:<br />
A modern sled for the<br />
discerning kook. Traditional<br />
in looks - but a real hotrod<br />
under your feet. Long rides<br />
on the grill and crazy fast<br />
cutbacks. My number 1 log.<br />
ECOSURFER<br />
Torquay, VIC<br />
Ph: 0417 520 052<br />
E: info@ecosurfer.net<br />
www.ecosurfer.net<br />
HIGH TIDE<br />
SURFBOARDS<br />
Skenes Creek, Vic 3233<br />
Ph: 0401 437 392<br />
hightidesurfboards@hotmail.com<br />
hightidesurfboards.com<br />
RAGLAN LONGBOARDS<br />
257c Wainui Road,<br />
RD3, Raglan 3297<br />
(on the way to the beach)<br />
New Zealand<br />
Ph: +64 (0)7 825 0544<br />
Mob: +64 (0)274 460 396<br />
E: mickeytsurf@hotmail.com<br />
raglanlongboards.co.nz<br />
RAGLAN LONGBOARDS<br />
257c Wainui Road,<br />
RD3, Raglan 3297<br />
(on the way to the beach)<br />
New Zealand<br />
Ph: +64 (0)7 825 0544<br />
Mob: +64 (0)274 460 396<br />
E: mickeytsurf@hotmail.com<br />
raglanlongboards.co.nz<br />
black apache surfboards<br />
BLACK APACHE<br />
SURFBOARDS<br />
Ph: 0410 419 791<br />
blackapachesurfboards@live.com.au<br />
blackapachesurfboards.com.au<br />
may/jun <strong>2012</strong><br />
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