Mic's Bing Elevator

Mic from the South Coast ordered himself a 9'0" Bing Elevator and the colour combo turned out sweet. He's formed into a bit of a Bing fan with also having a Dharma to his specs getting built right now. Might make a trip south to deliver this one and sneak in a few waves while I'm there.

Aqua tint with a white dot Dharma

Just took delivery of this little Bing Dharma. We got this one built with a tint colour to add a little bit of weight to give the board a bit of extra glide. 5'10".

Bing Speed Square. 3'11" and beyond...

We just took delivery of our first Bing Speed Square and this little thing is amazing. Just like the Mach-7 we all grew up surfing on when we first hit the water but with a few key elements changed. Huge single concave under the tail and a pair of keel fins, these babies fly. This one is a 4'6" with a 4'2" getting built and a couple of 4'4" on their way over.
Click on the Youtube clip below for more details on the board.

Bing Family Tree

Cameron's Bing Levitator looks so good.

Cameron's in Bali at the moment but when he returns he'll be coming back to his new Levitator. The dark green with the white glass-on fin and white logo look so good together. Cameron's local to where I surf so I might have to apprehend it for a few waves. Enjoy...

Stained Glass fins & Skegs by Rainbow Fin Co

Thought I'd post some of the stained glass fins we've got in stock at the moment. All are 1-off, hand built, one at a time.

4 D fins is stock including these 2 wood beauties, 1 stained glass and 1 clear skeg.

Lincon's 9'4" Bing Silver Spoon

Lincon wanted his new board to look old school and that's exactly what Matt delivered.
Milky white tint, red panels + black pinlines, resin leash loop, glass-on wood fin and personally signed by Bing Copeland. Bit of a keeper I'd say!!!

9'7" Bing OT Pintail

I took a few snaps of our stock Bing OT Pintail to post on the blog and it just sold. Thought I'd post them anyway to show how good this board really is. Glassed with volan cloth, 5- stringer T-band (cedar + black high density foam + yellow high density foam + black high density foam + cedar), step deck with a single box. Very nice board...Enjoy Simon.

Bing Surfboards now on the Central Coast.

Adrift Surf on the NSW Central Coast, The Entrance are now carrying California's finest built surfboards by Bing Surfboards. Call in and say hi to the guys and run your hands over their rack of boards.

Almond apparel

A handful of quality Almond tees and trucker caps have arrived. Six styles available.

Denim blue 5'8" Bing Puck

I've been loving my 5'8" Bing Puck, it's the ultimate small wave assassin. From 5'2" to 6'6", we generally keep them in 5'6", 5'8" & 5'10" and all other sizes can be custom built.

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Matt Calvani shaped me this clean 9'4" Bing Silver Spoon for my Birthday and it had it's maiden voyage last Friday. Soooo happy with it, noserides like no other. Thanks Matt & Margaret for building me another amazing board.

Almond Handplanes

Just as essential to body surfing as fins- used to generate speed by reducing drag in the water.
Each is hand made by Gully himself in a multi-stringer setup with a linseed oil finish.
Only a handful left.

Mick Rogers on his Bing Levitator

BING LEVITATOR: Mick Rodgers from Kyle Chambers on Vimeo.

Classic Gull. MR Backdoor Pipeline 1975.

Classic Gull. Cool, caluclating and confident. MR backdoor Pipeline 1975. Love this shot.

MR today (31-07-11) now in his 50's and still surfing so well. Such a great surfer to watch even though he was on a SUP!!! Respect...

I've always been a fan of MR and being a born and bred Novocastrian myself makes me more appreciative of him.

Lauren Hill and her winter waves.

Hilton Dawe shot these pics of Bing team rider Lauren Hill at The Pass, Byron Bay. Lauren's originally from Floria but now resides in the Byron Shire and spends most of her spare time sliding the great point waves around north NSW.

7'11" mini Bing Noserider for Roberto

A custom order for Six Ounce. 5-stringer T-band, tail block, volan glass with a classy glass-on red fin and resin leash loop. Call into their shop in Manly to see for yourself how amazing this board really is, satisfaction guaranteed.

63 Chev Impala wagon

Updated 16-08-11: Started to do a few little changes while the car's still in CA waiting for it's import approval. 1st the 17" American Racing Wheels are gone and replaced with an original set of 63 SS impala hub caps, lucky find thanks to Lincon and his Dad. Now to get the disc brake front end and power steer fitted by Dude (yep, that's his real name) and maybe the luxury of A/C.

About 10 years ago I had a neat left hand drive 57 4 door hard top Chev and we decided to sell it to start our little family. Well we're finally back at a stage where it's time for a new toy. Picked up this neat 63 Chev Impala wagon packed full of goodies. It's still in North Carolina so it could end up being an adventure in itself to get the car to California ready for shipping. Anyone keen on a road trip across the States??? Can't wait....

ONE TWO THREE

Simon Perini and two mates are putting on a photography exhibition this weekend the 9th & 10th of July at the Clifton School of Art, Clifton. The doors will be open from 9am til 4pm Sat & Sun and a bit of a shindig from 5.30pm afterwards on Saturday night. I'm sure it'd be worth checking out.

A couple of Bing Levitators heading to The Log Shack, Coffs Harbour.

Two custom orders that left CA last week that will keep a couple of gentlemen happy in Coffs Harbour.

Bing Surfboards welcomes Lauren Hill

Bing Surfboards is pleased to welcome environmental advocate, writer, and film-maker, Lauren Hill, to our team and family. Lauren is a Florida native, now living in Byron Bay, Australia where she pursues her passion for surfing, environmental science and a “thoughtful engagement with life.” In addition to being the creator of 31 Days / 31 Ways, a short-film series documenting the love and art of wave riding through a multitude of water crafts, Lauren also recently became an ambassador for Roxy. We’re delighted to have this fascinating young lady join our diverse little group and look forward to following along with her adventures! Pic by Nathan Oldfield.com

31 Days / 31 Ways Byron Bay: March 1 Pt. 2

Raoul @ Sandtrax.

I love the colours in this shot taken by Toby Petley, owner of Oceanstyle Longboards in West OZ of Bing team rider Raoul on his Bing NR Slim. Raoul snuck in a late surf at Sandtrax last week and had it all to himself, makes me want to head over to WA.
They both spent a couple of weeks in Java recently, I'll post of few pics and a little wrap up of their trip soon.

Slide magazine issue #19 now available!

Issue #19 of Slide Magazine is full of Bing Surfboards coverage! Check out the inside cover for Bing’s new ad, a play on the past & present, shot and modeled by Bing team rider, Rob Kulisek. And feature story, Sacred Spaces, written by Chris Del Moro about his trip to Nicaragua with friends, Mikey DeTemple and Ryan Burch, to shoot upcoming film Sight Sound. And don’t forget to catch 2007 European Champion and UK native, Elliot Dudley, sliding his Bing Elevator on a recent trip to Morocco in Camel Tajines and Sahrawian Tea.

Sam's 9'9" Bing BN Lightweight

Just two of the boards that arrived today. The top one belongs to Sam in Victoria, 9'9" BN Lightweight, 2-cedar stringer with a couple of Sams personal touches. The other is a 9'7" OT Pintail with a classy yellow & black high density foam sandwich between 2 cedar stringers. 2 classy boards.

New Bing model, the Speed Square.

Inspired by his fond childhood memories on a Mach-77 boogie board, Bing team rider, Chris Del Moro convinced shaper, Matt Calvani to help him recapture the magic in this modern-day twin-finned version called the Speed Square. Because of its short length, Matt added belly in the nose with a quick transition into a hard, tapered rail in the tail so that the board would be quick and responsive. He added a deep straight concave that runs from where your front foot sits through the tail of the board to gain efficiency in glide and maintained thickness in the tail to improve glide and wave-catching ability. The small twin keels maintain a “fin-less” riding quality but still allowing for some control. Ride it short, ride it fast and get ready for a whole lot of fun!

Scroll down the blog and watch "Bing Family Tree" vid. An amazing board.

the Surf TRIP, a grass roots gathering & swap meet.

Swap meet - bring any surf related gear to swap/sell - $5 to spread out your gear on the grass, followed by LOST IN THE ETHER -Kidman's new Surf Movie and local surf-folk-prog rock band GALLERI Grab an old board and swap rides with your mates in the morning!!!

Green Point Gallery near FORSTER NSW
105 Green Point Drive
GREEN POINT NSW 2428

Saturday, June 11 · 12:00pm - 11:30pm

Smorgasboarder ad

Mr Simon Perini put this nice ad together for us which is in the latest Smorgasboarder mag. Turned out perfect as you'd expect from Simon. Cool mag that the guys are putting together and it's freeee. Sorry to the west coast guys, it's for us east coast dwellers only. I'm sure if you ask kindly Dave will post you out a copy (for a tiny fee of $18 you'll get 6 copies each year). Enjoy!!

Stained Glass

Here's a few of the fins we have in stock from Rainbow Fin Co. This is a selection of their Stained Glass collection which are all 1-of-1, none are the same.

7'0" Bing Lovebird

I just realised we didn't have a shot of the 2-colour 7'0" Lovebird we have in stock so I ducked down to the shed and took this pic. White opaque nose + teal blue body top & bottom and of course single fin. We also have a butter yellow tinted 7'0" in stock. SOLD. Enjoy Mic!!!

Bing Family Tree

Nico's stitch work & Emi's board

My mate Nico the German makes these amazing 1-off board covers. This 1 was done 100% by hand. Just Nico, a needle and his materials. He made this one plus another for the talented surfer/shaper Jordie Brown.

Nico has also got his girlfriends board for sale. I can't tell you to much about the board except it's 9'3" and in excellent nick. Shoot him an email for more info on the board and his covers boesel.nico@googlemail.com

Almond Quadkumber on its way

New 5'8 Mocha-Neapolitan Quadkumber heading to OZ. Glass on quads by Gulliver, made from his new wheaty looking ply.

Should be landing in OZ early July.

Ho'okupu now stocking Bing Surfboards

I'm really stocked to announce that Ho'okupu are now stocking Bing Surfboards. Ho'okupu carry some of the finest surfboards, art and photography available in this great country. Check out their website http://hookupusurf.com/ or call into the shop at 2/9 Lawson St, Byron Bay.

While we were in the Byron Shire we scored some amazing waves the whole time we were there. The shot above was taken on the Tuesday when it had settled down a little and had better shape to it. Buy Wednesday afternoon we snagged some super fun waist high runners. Happy days.

MINDS in the Water, full house.

The premier of MINDS in the Water was a good night and a full house with a few unlucky people turned away. The producers are traveling around OZ so try and get along and see and worthy movie. A real eye opener on what's happening around the world with whale and dolphin conservation and some damn good surfing. Go see.