Smorgasboarder_16_March-2013
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SHAPER’S PROMOTION<br />
GEAR: BOARDS<br />
9’10” x 23” x 2 7 / 8”<br />
GRUGSTEP<br />
Matt Williams | THE FACTORY<br />
Round 50/50 rails and a thin<br />
overall board makes for long,<br />
smooth effortless noserides.<br />
With tail pulled in and round,<br />
you’ll still do flowing longboard<br />
turns, but also slide into any<br />
pocket for a full noseride.<br />
CONSTRUCTION X 1<br />
Highest quality foam and<br />
fi breglass, glassed on fin.<br />
SHAPER COMMENT<br />
This board comes from 7 years<br />
of shaping with Tom Wegener.<br />
7’-9’<br />
SUPERMAL V2<br />
FLEX By Mitchell Rae<br />
This is 8’ x 21 ½” x 2 ¾”.Custom<br />
handshaped to suit needs, body<br />
weight and fitness. Spiral chine<br />
entry, medium concave.<br />
CONSTRUCTION 1, 3 OR 4<br />
V2 Flex with Kinetic Carbon<br />
Construction panels, to control<br />
flex pattern, increase the reflex/<br />
ping out of the turns. Light,<br />
medium or strong glassing.<br />
SHAPER COMMENT<br />
Extremely quick, positive and<br />
manouvreable.<br />
9’1” x 23 3 /8” x 2 7 /8” 9’1” x 22 ½” x 2 5 /8”<br />
CHOK’S MAL<br />
by Neil ‘Chok’ Oke<br />
Pinched rails throughout, with<br />
the wide curvy tail, makes this<br />
model ideal for smooth, easy,<br />
rail-to-rail surfi ng.<br />
SHAPER COMMENT<br />
The new version of a favourite<br />
longboard I have been surfi ng<br />
for the last 25 years.<br />
RICK’S MAL<br />
by Rory Oke<br />
Concaved nose, fl atter through<br />
the middle with a soft vee<br />
running though the tail. Super<br />
thin tail with slightly more lift.<br />
CONSTRUCTION X 1 CONSTRUCTION X 1<br />
Ocean Foam blank, 6oz<br />
polished bottom and rails,<br />
6oz polished pigment colour.<br />
Ocean Foam blank.<br />
wetrub deck. One big fin.<br />
SHAPER COMMENT<br />
A modern performer with an<br />
old school look.<br />
THE FACTORY SURFBOARDS<br />
17 Allen Street, Caloundra QLD<br />
Ph: 07 5492 5838<br />
E: Williams.h.m@hotmail.com<br />
thefactorysurfboards.com.au<br />
OUTER ISLAND SURFBOARDS<br />
7 Bayldon Drive, Raleigh, NSW<br />
Ph: 02 6655 7007<br />
info@outerislandsurfboards.com<br />
outerislandsurfboards.com<br />
outerisland.blogspot.com<br />
OKE SURFBOARDS<br />
1/1-7 Canterbury Rd,<br />
Braeside, VIC, 3195<br />
Ph: 03 9587 3553<br />
www.okesurfboards.com<br />
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SMORGASBOARDER | MAR/APR <strong>2013</strong>
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