The original Col Smith channel is the same as it was in the 70s and 80s. It's a pintail single fin and can come in 6, 8 or 10 channels. The new ones use my input of forward V double concave plus the channels, which puts the modern thruster on to its rail, which is important to me. In the smaller ones - stubby type boards - I use single to double concave with V in the tail, and the channels are reversed into the concave, longest channel being on the outside, shortest in the middle, which feeds off the single concave under the front foot through the double concave channels in the tail.
The channel bottom has its rightful place in Australian surfing history and is as current today as it was in the 70s. It fits perfectly into today’s high performance modern surfing. It's easy for a lot of shapers to dismiss them as a fad simply because most modern boards come out of a machine and is all too easy. Let alone finding the glassers and sanders with the experience to make them as well.
These boards are real boards with a history, they cannot be mass-produced and form a unique part of the Australian surfing industry.
All our boards our hand crafted on site, we can make you anything from our range specific to you. How you surf, where you surf and where you want to take your surfing are some of the things to consider when ordering a new board.
From there, you can also get involved in the fun choices like colour options with sprays, tints and pigments, glassing layups and all the finer details like the different types of stringer you could go for. Our staff are always at hand to guide you through everything.
HOW TO ORDER:
Click the CUSTOM ORDER tab at the top of the page (If you're not on the board page already) there you will find all the brands and models available to order. With each model you'll find a number variations which you can use as a guide to get a visual idea and a cost (we'll be adding to these over the next few weeks or so). Click on the board closest to what you want (i.e. Twin Pin, one sided tint with future boxes).
Click the PRE-ORDER button to order the board and add any additions or changes in the ORDER NOTE section ( e.g colours, glassing lay-ups, stringer options or any additional details or questions). We will be in contact to go over all the details and make sure everything is 100% before we build your board.
Of course if you prefer, simply give us a call and we can go through your whole order and take a payment over the phone.
How Long?
Clear boards are currently 2-3 weeks, Tints and more detailed boards 4-6 weeks.
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