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Ahh Localism... I've been a journeyman board builder a long time now, and I've done respectable length stints in a number of surf towns. Long enough to confuse myself about where I stand as a "local". There's not really a point to make, but here's one of my lil' tales. A certain Vicco west coast tow...

On my backhand, bottom turns have more drive and projection while top turns are easier and sharper. On my forehand, trust in the rail and fins saw me recover from a late drop and power out to the face. Forehand cutties felt precise and sharp. So many nice ride reports! I had to stay away for a whil...

I've seen more sad-sacks stuck in car-parks with silly remote locking keys locked in or fuffed-up, than any other reason. What you need is an old beater of a car, so non-sophisticated that you can borrow a key from any stranger who pulls up next to you. Hey presto! Sub-$2000 cars have saved me many ...

There's no reason why it'd be a AF joke. I reckon if his contract was up, he may have been offered less after indicating an intention to retire.

So it's a post-contest career move. Quiksilver is'nt big enough. That's all.

And yeah - I'm profoundly affected...

JD

Hey Legion - that's a sterling review! Made my day, thanks. I'm amazed that we have yet to hit the wall with smallness for you. I've gotten ever super-paranoid about my packaging now though. As if it was'nt already OTT. Steve's Wizard - 6'4 of crispyness... 1609909_809000125796120_1166878543_n.jpg JD

Flextail Kneeboard - The Nautilus, for Marco in Albany - 5'10 x 24 1/2.JD

Hey Huie - Yeah, I have done a couple of sets of 4wfs - they have their merits. I found I still wanted my oversize divynicell donut in the 1lb EPS cores. I do however rate that lil' icy-pole stick bit protecting the board from the evil pointy fin trailing edge base. The best fin system is yet to arr...

Recently Danny, a customer, travelled to Nias with a spare JD I pulled out of the rafters, to donate to a local grommy. Harry is 14 yo. Danny wrote this about him - "Harry like so many lost his home in the Tsunami in 2004, he remembers his dad pulling him out of bed and being bundled into a truck an...

Hi Matty - Yes, those are requisite items for dings-on-the run with polystyrene core boards. Composite boards will give you the security of the tough skin over the polystyrene. In cases where there's no clear crack all the way through either the wood or the grey skin foam, you can in fact do repairs...

FCS2 look good in theory I knew of them coming down the line a full year before they were released, and I wrote them off already. Anything with the flange type base, such as FCS2, fusion, lokbox, futures, O'fish'l etc - has dire issues with deep concaves and cannot be used in channel bottoms. So wh...

Josh is right to roll his eyes. There's no smileys for double facepalm... It looks like Lokbox is dead and buried, so you may need to consider those very nice, very non-slip hex grub screw numbers in your next board. Meanwhile - The Veloce - 6'1 x 21 1/2 x 2 5/8 - just a touch of McCoy in this one....

Crozier style flextail Kneeboard for Marco in Albany. The Nautilus 5'10 x 24 1/4 x 2 5/8.JD

DV8's Genie - 5'11 x 19 3/4.JD

I've passed this link on to a few crew seeking not to cover over the artwork, though I have'nt tried it myself -

http://shop.balsasurfboardsriley.com.au ... p-463.html

JD

6'4 "Vector" for "Channels" -JD