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SHAPER’S PROMOTION<br />
GEAR: BOARDS<br />
6’4”/ 6’6” 6’0” x 20 ¾” x 2 5 / 8”<br />
PLUS ONE ASYMMETRIC<br />
George Gall and Joe Vergilio<br />
USA WEIRDO RIPPER<br />
Channel Islands USA<br />
6’1” x 18 9 / <strong>16</strong>” x 2 ½”<br />
JULIAN WILSON DRIVER<br />
Matt Biolos | Lost USA<br />
6’0” x 21 ½” x 3”<br />
STOKER V MACHINE<br />
Bruce Fowler | Deadshaper<br />
You don’t see one of these<br />
everyday! Although asymmetric<br />
boards have been around for<br />
a while, the boys at Plus One<br />
in San Diego start from a<br />
very different premise to the<br />
standard. This is not a board<br />
that goes only left or right – you<br />
can surf these boards whatever<br />
your local break throws up. We<br />
surf differently on our backside<br />
compared to our frontside, and<br />
hence a symmetrical surfboard<br />
may actually limit our potential.<br />
So the boys have altered the<br />
rail lines and have two different<br />
rocker lines.<br />
The Future fins on this one were<br />
given to Zak by George in San<br />
Diego. George was running a very<br />
large glass fin on the shorter rail<br />
line, a mid-sized F6 plastic and<br />
the centre fin was a shaved down<br />
almost grom- sized plastic fin.<br />
TORQUAY STORE<br />
OPENING SOON!<br />
This board started with ex-<br />
West Oz turned Cali ripper,<br />
Yadin Nichol mowing some<br />
foam in one of the Channel<br />
Islands shaping bays. It’s a<br />
high-volume board for those<br />
small to medium days.<br />
An exceptionally forgiving<br />
board, it has a wide outline,<br />
wide point well forward and a<br />
nice thick foil throughout, with<br />
a square-winged swallow tail<br />
and lots of vee though the fins.<br />
Oh, and Dane ripped on one at<br />
Huntington during the US Open<br />
of Surfing and he is bringing<br />
one to Snapper for the Quiky<br />
Pro too! Comes with Futures<br />
five plug set-up.<br />
This board doesn’t need much<br />
introduction – it’s a Matty Biolos<br />
shaped board for top-10 CT<br />
surfer Julian Wilson. It’s the<br />
Driver model, which is one of<br />
Julian’s go-to boards for Lowers<br />
and the US Open of Surfing<br />
which Jules happened to win<br />
last year. Fins are FCS.<br />
WIN IT!<br />
Stay tuned to the Zak Surfboards<br />
blog for an upcoming competition<br />
where you could take home<br />
JW’s very own board! See<br />
zaksurfboards.blogspot.com.au<br />
WIN THIS<br />
BOARD!<br />
The Stoker V Machine,<br />
shaped by Bruce Fowler out<br />
of California, continues the<br />
great tradition of experimental<br />
board design from that part<br />
of the world. It’s flat and<br />
packs a heap of volume in a<br />
small package – it will paddle<br />
like a longboard but perform<br />
like a real shortboard. It’s<br />
effectively a one-board quiver,<br />
in everything from mushy one<br />
foot to punchy overhead.<br />
COMMENT<br />
The Stoker V Machine is<br />
suitable for all levels of surfer<br />
from beginner to pro and will<br />
be available in Zak Surfboards<br />
from mid-<strong>March</strong>.<br />
In conjunction with these fine shapers, we will be offering custom orders, made in the USA and Hawaii and shipped to Australia.<br />
ZAK SURFBOARDS<br />
307 Victoria Rd, Thornbury Victoria Ph: 03 94<strong>16</strong> 7384 E: zak@zaksurfboards.com zaksurfboards.com<br />
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| MAR/APR <strong>2013</strong><br />
SMORGASBOARDER
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