Irish Surf News » Surfboard Design http://blog.surfboardservices.com Latest on surfboard shapes and surf industry news Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:08:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Fin-less, Wooden Surfboards in Ireland http://blog.surfboardservices.com/2009/12/21/fin-less-wooden-surfboards-in-ireland/ http://blog.surfboardservices.com/2009/12/21/fin-less-wooden-surfboards-in-ireland/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:04:53 +0000 jd http://blog.surfboardservices.com/?p=245 Surfing in Ireland Video

Shaper Tom Wegener, and a bunch of Cornish surfers can be seen here experimenting with Alaia wooden surfboards along the Irish coastline. What really pushes the envelope out is the fact that they are fin-free! It’s worth watching this 5 min. clip just to see how loose these boards become when the dynamics are altered. Goes to show how wake-skating, snowboarding and surfing can be blended into one …

]]> http://blog.surfboardservices.com/2009/12/21/fin-less-wooden-surfboards-in-ireland/feed/ 1 Surfing Big Waves in Ireland http://blog.surfboardservices.com/2009/10/28/surfing-big-waves-in-ireland/ http://blog.surfboardservices.com/2009/10/28/surfing-big-waves-in-ireland/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:59:15 +0000 jd http://blog.surfboardservices.com/?p=196 Custom shaped to order, these treble-stringer, dual leash plug, 7’6″ big-wave guns are testament to the pioneering ethos over at Surf Merchant Ireland. Recently a couple of team riders were eyeing up some of Ireland’s gnarlier reef wave set-ups. We had a look at the surfing demands of these chasmic Irish hell-waves, and had a yarn with our lead shaper, Dean Geraghty. Immediately on our wavelength, Dean refined and put into production our vision;
Classic gun dimensions with a streamlined, narrow, pin-tail profile, together with extra glassing on hi-stress areas, 2 leash plugs (in case one rips out on a catapult wipe-out!) and a pinstripe of 3 wooden stringer panels for impact-resilience, and stiffness driving through the face of monster swell-lines.

treble stringer big-wave surfboard

]]> http://blog.surfboardservices.com/2009/10/28/surfing-big-waves-in-ireland/feed/ 0 Shapers in the Surf Media http://blog.surfboardservices.com/2009/08/12/shapers-in-the-surf-media/ http://blog.surfboardservices.com/2009/08/12/shapers-in-the-surf-media/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:59:23 +0000 jd http://blog.surfboardservices.com/?p=141 With the demise of The Surfers Path (in my opinion, it’s written by too many preachy, Eco-warriors), in steps Drift. A classy outfit if you ask me, their “progressive editorial and adaptive, collaborative content” is, as they say themselves, “divergent and disruptive, but grounded in tradition and with a smart and inspired worldview…Drift is your connection to this elusive counter-culture”. High-falutin’ stuff, but bring it back home – They recently ran an interview with Max Brosi of Cedar Surfboards, a local, underground, organic Shaper, who we at Surf Merchant have the utmost respect for. Worldview maybe, but Drift knows that it starts at the grassroots. Surf Merchant salutes you.

While we are out there high-fiving Shapers other than our own Dean Geraghty (who is a standout master-crafter & leader in surfboard design and technology innovation), Maurice Cole recently gave a very telling interview to the boys over at Down the Line. Have a listen on iTunes. Thanks to Zach for the nod on this.

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