From time to time Matt shapes a Classic Pig and there's one available on this weeks inventory list. This ones 9'4", 3/4" cedar stringer, 3-colour, deck & fin patch, resin leash loop and has a dirty big glass-on wood fin. I'm tempted to get one shipped over, if you're interested let me know.
Heritage Surf have got this neat Elevator heading their way. Love the look of the vintage yellow tint and the black foam t-band stringer.Here's a clip of Bing team rider, Harry Gale. Check out how he has to trek through snow to get to the beach. Freeeezzzzing.
Liquidsaltmag.com has done a great interview with manager/team rider Margaret Yao from Bing Surfboards. It was a privilege spending time with her and Matt while they where here in March. Margaret's a great person to be around and super patient, you'd have to be to be around 5 guys for two weeks. http://www.liquidsaltmag.com/2010/05/margaret-yao/
Bing team rider, Hanalei was born in Tahiti, her parents are from France, she now lives in Manly, surfs for Bing Surfboards which are made in California and thanks to Ripcurl she gets to travel the world. Talk about multi cultural.
Chris is a stand-out because he's one of the world best longboarder/shortboarder cross over surfers on the planet. Check out the above photo's for further proof. Chris cements his all-round surfing talent by tackling big wave venues like Pureto Escondido. For those familiar with the Indo segment in The Present will know that Chris is one of the most talented Alaia riders on earth. .JPG)
A friend sent me this aerial shot from the book Switch Foot II. This is my all time favourite place to surf and it's not to far from home. Oh, did I tell you it's super sharky...... Switch Foot II's a good read, grab yourself a copy if you haven't already got one.
Deus put on another good show with plenty of bargins and some quality cars turning up as the day went on. Seb for Soul Surf had a super clean original Bing David Nuuhiwa Noserider for sale if you had some spare cash.
Matt Calvani head shaper for Bing & Jacobs Surfboards (California) will be in Sydney on the 27th & 28th of March. He'll be at Heritage Surf Manly on Saturday 27th March, Six Ounce Board Store (Bondi) on Sunday 28th March and Deus Ex-Machina (Camperdown) on Sunday 28th March. This will be a good chance to ask Matt anything to do with shaping and the Bing Surfboard lable. Matt has a huge amount of respect in Cal and is a gifted, down to earth shaper.
Another Bing Team Rider heading over for the Noosa Festival that starts 14th March 2010. Jesse Hinkle has a load of tallent and is keen to hit the warm water of Noosa.
I'm in Heaven, got a nice delivery of boards this week. Top pic from left to right, 6'6" Bing Maui Foil, 6'2" Bing OT Lotus, 6'2" Bing Synchronizer, 6'2" Bing custom order single fin (I've got to get one of these), & a 5'10" Bing Q4 double wing quad fish.
