The One, The Only, The much awaited ThreeSixty Board Guide 2010
body board With more and more top-drawer bodyboards coming out each month, the bar has truly been raised. Beautiful curves, crisply finished tails, impossibly flat slicks and super sharp rails are now the very minimum that we expect from our sticks. Your new board will be better than your last, and it’s out there somewhere: you just have to find it!
There’s something about a new board that makes you want to surf it more. Is it going to really make you rip? What will the new core feel like? Is it going to have that zing that will take your riding to the level of a Kingy, a Player or a Rawlins? Is this your time?! Preparation... You wouldn’t paddle out an unknown reef without sizing it up first – same goes for buying a board. Give yourself a shortlist of what you want the board for, and ask yourself these crucial questions before you go anywhere near a shop...
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• What water temperature will I be riding in? • What’s my style (prone, drop knee, stand up)? • How’s my bank balance (and do any mates owe me money!)? • What’s my height and weight these days (have you been hitting up the pasties since your last purchase...)?
Armed with this info you can make a more educated decision about the perfect board for you, and ultimately ensure you’ve got the right tool for a very important job... So, your new board will be somewhere in the following pages: get yourself a beer, pull the phone out the wall, lock the doors and take it all in... 052 ThreeSixty
Mathew Tildesley
MS 7 Core Deck Slick Rails Tail shape Channels RRP
MS X1 PE Extruded PE Surlyn 60/40 Crescent Yes £120.00
PP Extruded PE Surlyn 60/40 Crescent Yes £180.00
MS HP (Hugo Pinheiro)
MS 3 Core Deck Slick Rails Tail shape Channels RRP
Core Deck Slick Rails Tail shape Channels RRP
PP Extruded PE Surlyn 60/40 Bat Yes £150.00
Core Deck Slick Rails Tail shape Channels RRP
PE Extruded PE Surlyn 60/40 Crescent Yes and concave bottom £150.00
Shipsern’s Bluff, a spot that you need a decent board and big cajones to tackle. ThreeSixty 053
4play Dallas Tech
4Play Robinson PP
Alder Assassin
Manta Phantom
Core Dow Deck 8lb Non X Link 4mm Slick HDPE Rails 50/50 Double Rails Tail shape Rolled Crescent Channels Yes Nose & Tail bumpers – Yes Nose Bulbs Yes Stringers Single Fibre stringers RRP £130.00
Core XPP Deck 8lb Non X Link 4mm Slick Surlyn Rails 50/50 Double Rails Tail shape Rolled Crescent Channels Yes Nose & Tail bumpers – Yes Nose Bulbs Yes Stringers Single Fibre stringers RRP £180.00
Core Deck Slick Rails Tail shape Channels RRP
Core Deck Slick Rails Tail shape Channels Stringers RRP
VS Hardy
VS Pierre Louis Costes
VS Rawlins
Core Deck Slick Rails Tail shape Channels RRP Extra’s
Core Deck Slick Rails Tail shape Channels RRP Extra’s
Name Core Deck Slick Rails Tail shape Channels RRP Extra’s
PE PE Surlyn Double rails 60/40 Crescent Yes £149.99 Nose Bulbs, stringer
PE PE Surlyn Double rails 60/40 Crescent Yes £149.99 Nose Bulbs, stringer
2.3 PCF PE X Link HDPE 60/40 Rolled Crescent Yes £60.00
VS Rawlins PP PE Surlyn Double rails 60/40 Crescent Yes £184.99 Nose Bulbs, stringer
NMD Player PP concave/Contour Core Deck Slick Rails Tail shape Channels RRP Extra’s
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2.6lb PE 8lb Non X Link 4mm HDPE 60/40 Rolled Crescent Yes Double F stringers £80.00
PP PE Surlyn Double rails 60/40 Crescent Yes £184.95 Ergonomic Deck Contours, Concave Hull system, Channels, Crescent Tail, Nose Bulbs, free NMD Decade DVD.
Mathew Tildesley
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NMD Novy PE
NMD Winchester 3D Core
Core Deck Slick Rails Tail shape Channels RRP Extra’s
Core Deck Slick Rails Tail shape Channels RRP Extra’s
PE PE Surlyn Double rails 60/40 Crescent Yes £149.99 Mesh, Stringer, Channels, Crescent Tail, Nose Bulbs
PE/PP PE Surlyn Double rails 60/40 Crescent Yes £169.99 The 3D core offers NMD's triple laminate technology, with a PE, PP and substrate layer, sandwich construction. Stinger, Channels, Nose Bulbs.
Buzzard Buzzard specialises in boards for larger, heavier, or smaller and lighter bodyboarding enthusiasts who are serious about the sport and want a board that will suit them and enable them to get the most out of every chance to get in the water. Buzzard Bodyboards are handmade in Cornwall using heat-laminating technology from the highest quality materials: Dow and Zfoam PE or Propafoam PP cores, Surlyn slicks, PP ’Proslick’ and Sealed Air decks. Sizes up to 47”, thickness up to 3”, designed to suit your style of riding and height and weight from children up to those of larger size and build. They also have the capability to make super-stiff composite boards for big wave use. Buzzard Bodyboards available from: www.buzzardbodyboards.co.uk
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lucia griggi
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1 channel islands Soundwave Surf Shop Rue De L’Eglise, St Peter, Jersey JE3 7YH Tel: 01534 485799 email: samgeorgejsy@hotmail.com Web: www.soundwavesurfshop.com Brands: VS, NMD, Turbo and Custom X Bodyboards Pod Fin’s, Stealth Fin’s, Hydro Fin’s, Hurley, Body Glove and Alder Wetsuits, Balin and Da Kine leashes.
2 cornwall Down the Line Market Square Arcade, Copperhouse, Hayle, Cornwall TR27 4EA Tel: 01736 757025 email: info@downthelinesurf.co.uk Web: www.downthelinesurf.co.uk Brands: 4Play, BZ, Manta, NMD, VS, Turbo, Mike Stewart Science, Rip Curl, Alder, O’Neill, Xcel, Churchill.
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Sunset Surf 106 Fore Street, Newquay, Cornwall TR7 13Y Tel: 01637 877624 Brands: Manta, Fourplay, Alder, Churchill, Tech 2, Alder and Realm.
The Pit Surf Shop St Merryn, Cornwall PL28 8NQ Tel: 01841 520204 email: info@surf-the-pit.co.uk Web: www.surf-the-pit.co.uk Brands: NMD, VS, Pride, Turbo, Science, 4Play, Manta, Custom X, Churchill, Stealth, Viper, Hydro, Rip Curl, C-skins, Hurley, Alder.
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4 The Square, Portreath, Nr Redruth, Cornwall TR16 4LA Tel: 01209 844806 email: dave@bodyboardhq.co.uk Web: www.bodyboardhq.co.uk Brands: Nmd, Vs, Turbo, Science, Pride, 4play, Custom X, Manta, Bz, Hot Buttered, Churchill, Stealth, Viper, Unit X, Pod, Blades, Creature Of Leisure, Alder Wetsuits, West Wetsuits, Rhino, Xcel Wetsuits, Grand Flavour, Hager Vor, etc.
26 Church Street, Falmouth, Cornwall Tel: 01326 211159 email: info@sessionssurfshop.com Brands: NMD, VS, 4Play, Alder, Manta, Stealth, Hydros, Rip Curl, O’Neill, Billabong.
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Bournemouth Surfing Centre 127 Belle Vue Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH6 3DJ Tel: 01202 433544 email: paul@bournemouth-surfing.co.uk Web: www.bournemouth-surfing.co.uk Brands: NMD, VS, Turbo, Pride, 4Play, Manta, Alder, Stealth Fins, Pod 2, Tech 2, Hydros, Churchills Wetsuits: Rip Curl, O’Neill, Alder, Xcel. All sizes From XS junior to XXXL adult!
12 Brunswick Street, Belfast, N. Ireland BT2 7GE Tel: 02890 248877 email: Sales@surfmountain.com Web: www.Surfmountain.com Brands: NMD, Vision, Pride, Stealth, CJB, Rip Curl, C-Skins.
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20 shore road, East Wittering, West Sussex PO20 8DZ Tel: 01243 672315 email: Sales@shore.co.uk Web: www.Shore.co.uk Brands: Vision, Science, Atunas, NMD, LYR, O’Neill, Rip Curl, Billabong, Gul, C-Skins, Roxy
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T.J’s Surf Shop Polzeath Beach, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 6SX Tel: 01208 863625 email: lizzie-tjs@hotmail.co.uk Web: www.tjssurfshop.co.uk Brands: Bodyboards: Mike Stewart Science Bodyboards Fins: Viper Fins, Ocean and Earth Banzai Fins Wetsuits: Xcel, Bodyglove, Circle One, Sola Leashes: FCS, Dakine, Ocean and Earth.
26 Pennard Road, Gower, Wales SA3 3JS Tel: 01792 234073 email: pauline@hotdogsurf.com Web: www.hotdogsurf.com Brands: Alder, Manta, Vision, Circle One, Blades, Balin, Billabong, ONeill, C-Skins
lucia griggi
SESSIONS SURF SHOP
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Surfmountain
Overhead Surf
19 Cliff Road, Newquay, Cornwall. Tel: 01637 850808 1 Beacon Road, Newquay, Cornwall. Tel: 01637 850520 Carkeel Roundabout, Saltash, Cornwall. Tel: 01752 845522 email: info@overheadsurf.co.uk Web: www.overheadsurf.co.uk Bodyboards: Nmd, Pride, Turbo, VS, Science. Fins: Stealth, Pod’s, Vipers. Wetsuits: Ripcurl, Bodyglove, Sola.
Caen Street, Braunton, Devon EX33 1AA Tel: 01271 816070 email: tiki@tikisurf.co.uk Web: www.tikisurf.co.uk Brands: HB, Science, WavePro.
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Shops at Polzeath, Fistral beach, Wadebridge, Fraddon, Falmouth, St Columb, Padstow Head office address: Unit 4, Higher pityme farm, Pityme Business Centre, St Minver, Cornwall Pl27 6nu Tel: 01208 863106 email: info@annscottagesurf.co.uk Web: www.annscottagesurf.co.uk Brands: BZ, manta, Alder, C-skins, Hot Buttered, Tiki, Boogie bodyboards, O’Neill, Alder, C-skins, Rip Curl, Billabong, Gul wetsuits.
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