Recently on a trip back to my old home town of Cronulla I dropped by the Graham King factory on the Pacific highway, Kirrawee in the Sutherland Shire. Back in my early teenage years in the seventies at the very same address I purchased all the materials to have a go at making my own surfboard from scratch for the first time … and then went back for the second time and third and …. Walking in I wasn’t surprised to see Graham working in the factory …...
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I just noticed on Twitter that Feral Dave (Dave Veral) of Diverse surfboards on the Gold Coast Australia is laid up in a hospital in Singapore after test riding one of his custom Flowrider boards. These shots are from a few weeks ago when Dave was building the flowrider boards. Dave produces a wide range of surfcraft that come from his factory at Tweed Heads. You can see Diverse shapes at their showroom at Tugun on the Gold Coast highway or check out Dave’s site...
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A few years ago if anyone had told me that there was good surf in Italy, I would have laughed. That was before I met a guy who gave me the lowdown on whats happening in the way of surf in Italia…. Paolo D’angelo Paolo is 3 times Italian open surf champion. The last time he won was actually a few years ago, in 2003. He’s been living in Australia, married to an Aussie girl for quite a few years now. He surfs the Gold coast points regularly and is out in the...
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