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2010
The diversity of shapes and options available in longboards these days is mind-boggling. The ALB Boardguide has provided a forum for all these designs since the year 2000. This year we have taken a huge step forward by combining the ALB Online Boardtest with this printed version. These two projects gift our readers the best information, allowing you to choose the board that best suits your surfing aspirations. Absorb the detail contained within these pages, and embellish that by checking some of these boards in our Boardtest at: www.albmag.com.au*
*Shapers whose boards are also featured online at www.albmagazine.com.au are accompanied by this graphic: see a similar board in action @ www.albmagazine.com.au
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ALB|046
ALB|047
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Dimensions: 9’3” x 22¾” x 3”
Riley Balsa Surfboards Category: Longboard Model: The Performer Description: Aussie made with recycled green EPS, strong and durable with boxes for raked and stabiliser fins with warranty and micro-tags. Quality guaranteed. Quintuplet cedar stringers.
Dimensions: 6’0” x 22” x 2½”
Riley Balsa Surfboards Category: Shortboard/Fish Model: The Marlin Description: For beginners and experienced. Great lift out of the water. Light and strong. Unparallel stringers to transfer front drive to the tail. Twin or quad set-up.
Dimensions: 10’5” x 30” x 4”
Auswind Starboard Category: SUP Model: The Drive Description: Balancing between stability, manoeuverability and glide, the smooth pintail and wide nose feels small on the wave and plenty stable while paddling. The deck is flattened out for better foot grip and the thin rails provide a slightly sharper feel. It's rocker line and increased V numbers in the back-foot area combine to produce a board with extreme drive and speed, yet is loose and responsive.
Dimensions: 9’1” x 29” x 4 1/5”
Auswind Starboard Category: SUP Model: The 9’1” Pro Description: Provides an outline/ rocker combination to maximise speed while still being extremely loose. It gives high performance when it is small, still being able to hold a rail in larger waves. The 9’1” Pro has the ability to go vertical and still turn the tightest of arcs in your cutbacks.
ALB|049
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Wayne Deane Surf Designs
Dimensions: 9’1½” x 22¾” x 18¾”
Dimensions: 9’6” x 22.7” x 3.2”
Category: Longboard Model: 9’6” Oxbow Orca Description: A mix of modern-day lines and tradition. The 9’6” is a great all rounder from the Gold Coast’s very own shaper, Rooster Dell.
Category: Longboard Model: Coolie Gold Description: A combination of single and double concaves with wide bottom edge chime make this model easy to ride and control for the novice to good license surfer. Available from 9’1” to 9’4” in varioues widths and thicknesses and standard and lightweight glassing options. Hand shaped and built in Australia by the person you talk to about your new board.
Oxbow
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Dimensions: 10’0” x 287/10” x 41/3”
Dimensions: 9’4” x 23½” x 2⅞”
Category: SUP Model: 10’ Oxbow Cruiser Description: A great all-round SUP for beginners up to 75kg and heaver experienced paddlers. It’s got a longboard surf-style rocker and outline for surfing, yet it’s long enough to track well and fast on flat water.
Oxbow
Dimensions: 11’6” x 30” x 44/5”
Dimensions: 9’2” x 22¼” x 2¾”
Hightide Surfboards Category: Longboard Model: High Performance Description: This design is a great longboard for anyone wanting to get out in a variety of waves without losing the momentum and glide of a heavier board. It performs equally as well as a single fin as it does with a 2 + 1 fin set-up and works amazing as a bigger board!
Dimensions: 9’0” x 22.6” x 2.9”
Dimensions: 9’3” x 22½” x 2⅞”
Category: Longboard Model: 9’ Oxbow Orca Description: A mix of modern-day lines and tradition. The 9’0” Orca is a great all-round performance board.
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Hightide Surfboards Category: Longboard Model: Step Deck Description: The idea behind step decks and flexible rockers is to improve how a board trims on the nose without changing the way the board surfs off the tail. Guys have been playing around with this theory since the ’60s and it really works! The step deck is the perfect noserider for the surfer looking for more control on the nose than the average log!
Category: SUP Model: 11’6” Oxbow Cruiser Description: A great all-round SUP for beginners up to 95kg. Great rocker line for surfing, yet plenty of length to ensure it tracks well and quick for flatwater touring.
Oxbow
Oxbow
Ron Wade Category: Longboard Model: The Bull Description: This is a very user-friendly board that is also suitable for competitive events. An excellent noseriding board for the surfer who enjoys the thrill of surfing every inch of the face. This board is designed for the surfer who wants to surf waves from 1ft up to about 10 ft. Modern rails, a subtle concave in the nose, running through to flat trim section and then to a subtle vee with tail lift for added manoeuvrability.
ALB|050
ALB|051
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Gordon Jackson
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Dimensions: 9’0” x 23 ¼” x 2 ¾”
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Dimensions: 9’0” x 22” x 2 ¾”
Category: Longboard Model: F4 Description: The F4 is the next generation in performance longboarding. This board is light, thin and fast, with a Quad fin option for those looking to loosen things up and take speed to the next level. It carves off the bottom like a knife with its pin-tail template and hard edges in the tail. The 17” nose will even let you sneak in a quick noseride! This is one for the performance guy looking for great off-the-tail performance and down-the-line speed!
Category: Longboard Model: Spitfire MKII Description: Channels in nose with subtle changes for easy nose riding.
Gordon Jackson
Dimensions: 9’1” x 22 ¾” x 3 ⅛”
Dimensions: 5’10” x 20” x 2 ½”
Dimensions: 8’ 1” x 22” x 2 ¾” & 9’ x 22 ½” x 3”
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Dimensions: 9’1” x 22 ½” x 2 ¾”
Category: Longboard Model: Hot Rod 8 Description: Usually 3 fin thruster Also can be made as a Single fin with sides or as a four fin. The longboard you can shred on but can still noseride. High performance board.
Mark Rabbidge Surf Designs
Classic Malibu Category: Longboard Model: Performer Description: Incorporates roving bands and innegra cloth to produce a lightweight, high performance board with a superior rotational flex pattern, whilst maintaining lateral strength. This allows the board to better fit the pocket and wave and gives it an explosive release out of turns.
Dimensions: 5’6” x 19” x 2 ¼”
Dimensions: 9’4” x 22 ¾” x 2 ⅞”
Category: Shortboard/Fish Model: Micro Description: Slight single concave to double concave, tail vee. Usually 3 fin thruster , can be made as a Single fin with sides or as a quad. Most popular and user friendly model in their mid range design quivver.
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McTavish Surfboards Category: Shortboard/Fish Model: Scooter Description: The ultimate retro slider! The Scooter is a free-wheelin’ single fin or Quad, with a flat rocker profile, beaked nose, and a deep double concave in the tail. The Scooter is super fast, and a ton of fun on the smaller days. Available as either a diamond tail or a bat-tail the Scooter also comes standard with a beautiful tint finish.
Category: Longboard Model: Spitfire Description: A great board for hollow waves that turns on a dime.
Mark Rabbidge Surf Designs
McTavish Surfboards
Classic Malibu Category: Longboard Model: Classic Californian Description: The perfect board for trimming cruisy point waves. Based closely on the boards of mid-60s America, hence the name, this is a board that holds beautifully from the nose and has the volume and momentumto fly down the line.
ALB|052
ALB|053
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Classic Malibu
Dimensions: 9’4”
Category: Longboard Model: George Rice Comp Model Description: Again a mid-60's board, but from the other side of the Pacific. This licensed model is taken from Rice's own templates, an exact replica of the boards ridden at that time. Pinched rails, volan glass, a wide tail and wide hips in the latter third of the board give you that perfect, pivoty ride of yesteryear.
Walk on Water
Dimensions: 11’ x 30”
Category: SUP Model: Simon Anderson SUP Description: Stand up paddling is a great way to improve your surf fitness, and you get to ride more waves… but what's important is that Simon Anderson's SUPs surf well, have great satbility in the ocean and glide well on flat water for paddling moderate distances.
Walk on Water
Dimensions: 9’6”
Category: SUP Model: Luke Short SUP Description: The Stand up paddle lifestyle gives to everyone the experience and the insight of that unforgettable feeling of being part of nature ‘walking on water ‘ that only a surfer knows. With Luke Short designing a range of SUPs, you know they are going to be a unique blend of quality and performance - you won't be disappointed!
Surftech
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Dimensions: 9’4” x 23” x 2 ⅞”
Category: Longboard Model: Joel Tudor DTNR Description: The best of both traditional design and contemporary performance. Single fin with a straight vee bottom, rolled rails and slight concave through nose. No excuses, this rides with a classic log feel, designed for California style surf conditions.
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ALB|054
Surftech
Dimensions: 9’0” x 23 ¼” x 2 ¾”
Dimensions: 9’2”
Category: Longboard Model: Dino Description: T..
G Boards
Category: Longboard Model: The Joker Description: Voodoo Australia specialise in limited edition surfboards showcasing some of the most awesome design talent around. We only ever produce 100 boards of a particular design and all voodoo boards come with a certificate of authenticity
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Dimensions: 10’6” x 32” x 4 ¾”
Dimensions: 9’1” x 22 ¾” x 2 ¾”
Dimensions: 9’0” x 30” x 4 ¾”
Dimensions: 9’6” x 23” x 3”
Dimensions: 9’4” x 23” x 3”
Category: Longboard Model: The King Description: Voodoo Australia specialise in limited edition surfboards showcasing some of the most awesome design talent around. We only ever produce 100 boards of a particular design and all voodoo boards come with a certificate of authenticity
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Out The Back Category: Longboard Model: Classic Description: Handcrafted and hand-laid epoxy. Round pin tail. Nose Concave. Vee Bottom. DFS thruster set. All boards come with UFD (Universal Fin Design) composite fins (FCS Plugs).
Category: SUP Model: 9'0" SUP Mothership Description: This SUP was designed for lighter paddlers (kids/ girlfriend/wife) also very capable in the more experienced paddler.
Voodoo
Out The Back Category: Longboard Model: Cruise Description: Handcrafted and hand-laid epoxy. Squash tail. Nose Concave. Vee Bottom. DFS thruster set. Weight 7.9 kg. All boards come with UFD (Universal Fin Design) composite fins (FCS Plugs)
Category: SUP Model: 10'6" SUP Mothership Description: This board is the ultimate allrounder, great for waves up to 4ft, fantastic in small dribble or on the flat. Great to double with the kids, and available with extra grab handles for the littlies.
G Boards
Voodoo
ALB|056
Get in Touch ::
Oxbow ph: 1800 730 997 web: www.oxboworld.com
G Boards ph: (03) 5261 9013 web: www.gboards.com.au
Auswind (Starboard) ph: (08) 9244 4446 web: www.star-board-sup.com
Hightide Surfboards, Jordie Brown ph: 0401437392 web: www.hightidesurfboards.com
Classic Malibu ph: (07) 5474 3122 web: www.classicmalibu.com
Riley Balsa Surfboards ph: 0412 376 464 web: www.balsasurfboardsriley.com
Gordon Jackson Surfboards ph: 0425 297 330 web: gordon.jackson8@bigpond.com
Walk on Water ph: (02) 9974 3848 web: www.walkonwater.com.au
Wayne Deane Surf Designs ph: (07) 5599 2623 web: waynedeane@live.com
Mark Rabbidge Surf Design ph: (02) 4456 4045 web: www.markrabbidge.com
Surftech Australia ph: (02) 42261322 web: www.surftechaustralia.com.au
Ron Wade Surfboards ph: (02) 9979 7071 web:www.ronwadesurfboards.com.au
McTavish Surfboards ph: (02) 66 808 807 web: www.mctavish.com.au
Voodoo Surfboards ph: 1300 700 600 web: sales@voodooaustralia.com.au
ALB|057
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