Custom surfboards personally shaped by Adrian Phillips
Adrenalin Magazine feature article described Adrian as "Specialist in every sort of custom board you can throw at him". He's the type of shaper that is still enthusiastic and knows the importance of talking and listening to customers. Every board is hand shaped by Adrian and glassed from start to finish in our own factory using only the very best materials.
All of our boards are made to one standard, the best they can possibly be, combining high quality, well proven materials, with a philosophy of 'taking the time to do it right'.
This approach, along with continual research and development makes a very noticeable difference to appearance, strength and most importantly, performance, irrespective of rider ability, the boards just go better in every way. Surfing is an amazing thing to do and there's no need for anyone to compromise.
The following descriptions provide a basic guide to our most commonly requested shapes although with custom boards anything is possible and all designs are in a constant state of evolution and refinement. (Photos not to scale.)
This approach, along with continual research and development makes a very noticeable difference to appearance, strength and most importantly, performance, irrespective of rider ability, the boards just go better in every way. Surfing is an amazing thing to do and there's no need for anyone to compromise.
The following descriptions provide a basic guide to our most commonly requested shapes although with custom boards anything is possible and all designs are in a constant state of evolution and refinement. (Photos not to scale.)
MISSING LINK - THE NEW SUPERFISH
True, high end performance, in a daily driver. Not just for the good days. Fast, loose and rock solid on rail, to take you to the next level and beyond. Thruster, quad or twin with optional trailer.
Typical dimensions:- 5'6 x 19 ½ - 7' x 21 ½
Ability:- Intermediate to Pro. Waves:- 2 to 10 ft faces.
Price:- from £680 including fins.
Typical dimensions:- 5'6 x 19 ½ - 7' x 21 ½
Ability:- Intermediate to Pro. Waves:- 2 to 10 ft faces.
Price:- from £680 including fins.
PARALLEL UNIVERSE |
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At first glance, a 1980's winger round-pin twin but this is a new reality. Full length single concave, deep double concave engine room, winger thumbtail, twin keels, high performance rails, speed rocker. Futures fin system with trailer fin option. Solid turns, as tight as you like with breath-taking acceleration.
The future is now.
Typical dimensions:- 5'6 x 19 ¾ - 6'8 x 21 ¼
Ability:- Intermediate to Pro. Waves:- 2 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £685 including keel fins.
The future is now.
Typical dimensions:- 5'6 x 19 ¾ - 6'8 x 21 ¼
Ability:- Intermediate to Pro. Waves:- 2 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £685 including keel fins.
THE SOLUTION
The search for the perfect 'do everything' board sometimes seems endless and then you jump to your feet on one like this. OMG! WOW! We really are getting there. Fast, loose and easy..... It is a mid-length but it is definitely not an outdated mini mal, rebranded to follow the fashion.
Typical dimensions:- 7' x 21" - 8' x 23"
Ability:- All. Waves:- Nearly all.
Price:- from £845 including A-Flex centre fin and side bites.
Typical dimensions:- 7' x 21" - 8' x 23"
Ability:- All. Waves:- Nearly all.
Price:- from £845 including A-Flex centre fin and side bites.
'MORNING OF THE EARTH' A.K.A. SPEED HULL [ Modern planing version ! ]
After over a year of fine tuning [and compulsory testing] we are absolutely stoked with this board. If it suits your style, it will revolutionise your surfing. It flows and glides with the wave and tunes you in to the dreamy 1970's approach to wave riding. Once experienced, it is sooo addictive. The shape is so 'low drag' you won't believe the acceleration and there doesn't seem to be a top end to the speed. All this and easy wave catching, you just don't want to get out of the water.
Typical dimensions:- 7' x 22 - 8' x 23
Ability:- Intermediate to Pro. Waves:- Everything. Price:- from £795 including MD3 single fin.
Typical dimensions:- 7' x 22 - 8' x 23
Ability:- Intermediate to Pro. Waves:- Everything. Price:- from £795 including MD3 single fin.
TWIN TURBO
Inspired by the Mini Simmons and fine tuned for todays and tomorrows surfing.
The Twin Turbo is everything the name implies and so much more. Turbo charged instant speed even in tiny waves but still with serious grip on turns and those turns can be as tight as you can hold on. This board will instantly have a permanent place in your quiver and you'll be very tempted to ride it whatever the wave size and whatever the conditions.
Typical dimensions:- 4’00 x 19 - 5’6 x 21
Ability:- Competent to pro. Waves:- ½ to 4 ft faces.
Price:- from £660 including twin fin set.
The Twin Turbo is everything the name implies and so much more. Turbo charged instant speed even in tiny waves but still with serious grip on turns and those turns can be as tight as you can hold on. This board will instantly have a permanent place in your quiver and you'll be very tempted to ride it whatever the wave size and whatever the conditions.
Typical dimensions:- 4’00 x 19 - 5’6 x 21
Ability:- Competent to pro. Waves:- ½ to 4 ft faces.
Price:- from £660 including twin fin set.
Toby Donachie on his 4'11 x 19 7/8 Twin Turbo:-
HALF PIPE
This board will take your surfing as close to skateboarding on waves as you can get. The ultimate small wave performance fun-board. Super fast, instant direction changes, old moves, new moves, forwards, backwards, in the air, everywhere.
Typical dimensions:- 4'8 x 18 ¾ - 6'4 x 22 ½
Ability:- Competent to pro. Waves:- 1 to 6 ft faces.
Price:- from £710 including quad fin set.
Typical dimensions:- 4'8 x 18 ¾ - 6'4 x 22 ½
Ability:- Competent to pro. Waves:- 1 to 6 ft faces.
Price:- from £710 including quad fin set.
PRO AIR
Pro level small wave performance/air board. Low rocker, deep concaves, plenty of width. Speed, acceleration, instant turns, full on performance, even in dribbly waves.
Typical dimensions:- 5'4 x 19 - 6'6 x 21 ½
Ability:- Competent to pro. Waves:- 2 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £680 including thruster fin set.
Typical dimensions:- 5'4 x 19 - 6'6 x 21 ½
Ability:- Competent to pro. Waves:- 2 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £680 including thruster fin set.
Toby Donachie on his 5'7 x 19 1/4 Pro Air:-
SLINGSHOT
Wider version of the high performance thruster, more area, more speed, more waves. Possibly the ultimate high performance board for average waves and all abilities including good surfers who don't get in as much as they'd like.
Typical dimensions:- 5'6 x 19 - 6'8 x 22
Ability:- Intermediate to pro. Waves:- 2 to 6 ft faces.
Price:- from £680 including thruster fin set.
Typical dimensions:- 5'6 x 19 - 6'8 x 22
Ability:- Intermediate to pro. Waves:- 2 to 6 ft faces.
Price:- from £680 including thruster fin set.
BOMBSHELL
Combines loads of speed and performance turns with easy wave catching and stability. Full tail for loads of drive even in small waves with the round pin ensuring smooth flowing turns, effortless rail to rail transition and control at speed, even on the bigger, steeper days.
Typical dimensions:- 5'4 x 18 ¾ - 6'10 x 21 ½
Ability:- Intermediate to pro. Waves:- 2 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £680 including thruster fin set.
Typical dimensions:- 5'4 x 18 ¾ - 6'10 x 21 ½
Ability:- Intermediate to pro. Waves:- 2 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £680 including thruster fin set.
EVOLUTION
As the name implies, this is a constantly evolving, 'do it all', 'go to' board, for a wide range of surfers in a wide range of conditions. Always dependable, no messing about, solid performance and fully up to date so always an exciting ride.
Typical dimensions:- 5'8 x 19 - 7'6 x 22
Ability:- Intermediate to pro. Waves:- 3 to 12 ft faces.
Price:- from £680 including thruster fin set.
Typical dimensions:- 5'8 x 19 - 7'6 x 22
Ability:- Intermediate to pro. Waves:- 3 to 12 ft faces.
Price:- from £680 including thruster fin set.
SPEED EGG
This classic egg style board is surprisingly high performance and is an excellent board for a progressing surfer either as a stepping stone to perfect your technique before downsizing or to keep long term as an awesome 'do everything' board.
Typical dimensions:- 6'4 x 20 ½- 8'2 x 22 ½
Ability:- All. Waves:- 1 to 10 ft faces.
Price:- from £710 including thruster fin set.
Typical dimensions:- 6'4 x 20 ½- 8'2 x 22 ½
Ability:- All. Waves:- 1 to 10 ft faces.
Price:- from £710 including thruster fin set.
FLOW EGG
Amazing mini-longboard design. Needs to be ridden to be believed. Easy paddling. Easy wave catching. Way more manoeuverable than you'd expect. Loads of the benefits of a longboard but with a lot of the performance of a shortboard.
Typical dimensions:- 7' x 21 ½ - 8'2 x 22 ½
Ability:- All. Waves:- 1 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £795 including MD3 single fin.
Typical dimensions:- 7' x 21 ½ - 8'2 x 22 ½
Ability:- All. Waves:- 1 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £795 including MD3 single fin.
MAGIC FEATHER
The ultimate learner/intermediate/loads of fun/keep for ever board. It makes everything go right. Catch loads of waves, all abilities, all ages, easy to turn, hard to fall off, yet can still be surfed to a high level.
Typical dimensions:- 7'2 x 22 - 8’2 x 23
Ability:- Beginner to pro. Waves:- 1 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £845 including A-Flex centre fin and side bites.
Typical dimensions:- 7'2 x 22 - 8’2 x 23
Ability:- Beginner to pro. Waves:- 1 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £845 including A-Flex centre fin and side bites.
MAGIC CARPET
Shortboarder's Longboard or Longboarder's Shortboard. Original design by Kevin 'Magic Feet' Connolly with ongoing minor tweaks keeping it right up to date. Highly manoeuverable mini-nose rider, great fun in most conditions, also suitable for learning.
Typical Dimensions:- 6'10 x 22 ½ - 7'4 x 23
Ability:- Beginner to Pro. Waves:- 1 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £795 including MD3 single fin.
Typical Dimensions:- 6'10 x 22 ½ - 7'4 x 23
Ability:- Beginner to Pro. Waves:- 1 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £795 including MD3 single fin.
MAGIC FISH
This is the high performance version of the Magic Carpet. It is basically a cross between the Magic Carpet and the Flying Fish and complete with low drag bottom and full choice of fin set up is just pure fun to ride.
Typical dimensions:- 5'4 x 20 - 6'10 x 23
Ability:- Beginner to pro. Waves:- 1 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £710 including thruster fin set.
Typical dimensions:- 5'4 x 20 - 6'10 x 23
Ability:- Beginner to pro. Waves:- 1 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £710 including thruster fin set.
ULTIMATE LONGBOARD
Combining the super easy wave catching and dreamy trim speed of the traditional longboard with the turns of the pro model, this is a longboard you’ll never tire of. Easy wave catching, stability, trim speed, noseriding, carving turns, cutbacks, everything.
Typical dimensions:- 9’ x 23 - 9’6 x 23 ½
Ability:- All. Wave size:- 1 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £950 as a single fin including MD3 fin or £990 as a 1 + 2 with
A-Flex centre fin and side bites.
Typical dimensions:- 9’ x 23 - 9’6 x 23 ½
Ability:- All. Wave size:- 1 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £950 as a single fin including MD3 fin or £990 as a 1 + 2 with
A-Flex centre fin and side bites.
CALIFORNIA LONGBOARD
This board is so much fun to ride it actually makes you look forward to small surf! The ultimate summer back up / small wave longboard. Eeeeeasy wave catching, surprisingly easy to turn and sooooooo fast, even in the tiniest waves.
Typical dimensions:- 9' x 23 to 9'6 x 23 ½
Ability:- All. Wave size:- 0 to 4 ft faces.
Price:- from £950 including MD3 single fin
Typical dimensions:- 9' x 23 to 9'6 x 23 ½
Ability:- All. Wave size:- 0 to 4 ft faces.
Price:- from £950 including MD3 single fin
PRO LONGBOARD
Maximum manoeuvrability in a competition length, over 9 ft package. Medium rocker for turns with speed. Thin rails for quick reactions. Wide point back for quick cutback to forward trim transition. Concave to tri plane to double concave bottom for maximum everything. 1 + 2 fin set up.
Typical dimensions:- 9'1 x 22 ½ to 9'6 x 23
Ability:- All. Wave size:- 1 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £990 including A-Flex centre fin and Futures side bites.
Typical dimensions:- 9'1 x 22 ½ to 9'6 x 23
Ability:- All. Wave size:- 1 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £990 including A-Flex centre fin and Futures side bites.
FLYING FISH
This cutting edge quad design has to be ridden to be believed, not for everyone but if it suits your style, the low drag swordfish bottom contours and resulting continuous speed will blow your mind.
Typical dimensions:- 5'4 x 18 ¾ - 6'4 x 20
Ability:- Intermediate Plus to Pro. Waves:- 2 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £710 including quad fin set.
Typical dimensions:- 5'4 x 18 ¾ - 6'4 x 20
Ability:- Intermediate Plus to Pro. Waves:- 2 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £710 including quad fin set.
TWIN FIN
Dismiss this as a retro board at your peril. State of the art concaves, rocker, rails and twin keels make this the ultimate high speed performance board and not just in small waves.
Typical dimensions:- 5'2 x 20 - 6'4 x 22 ½
Ability:- Intermediate Plus to Pro. Waves:- 2 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £685 including keel fins.
Typical dimensions:- 5'2 x 20 - 6'4 x 22 ½
Ability:- Intermediate Plus to Pro. Waves:- 2 to 8 ft faces.
Price:- from £685 including keel fins.
TURBO HULL
Dynamic, amped up version of the Speed Hull with the addition of side bites, double concaves through the fins and a wider tail shape. More drive off the tail, tighter cutbacks and wider wave size range. Transforms your surfing experience. Absolutely mind blowing.
Typical dimensions:- 6' x 20 ¼ - 7'6 x 22 ½
Ability:- Intermediate Plus to Pro. Waves:- 2 to 10 ft faces.
Price:- from £810 including A-Flex centre fin and side bites.
Typical dimensions:- 6' x 20 ¼ - 7'6 x 22 ½
Ability:- Intermediate Plus to Pro. Waves:- 2 to 10 ft faces.
Price:- from £810 including A-Flex centre fin and side bites.
WIDOWMAKER
A cross between the Evolution model and the Dream Machine this performance all rounder suits a wide range of waves and abilities and is a highly addictive 'just one more wave' board especially as the 1 + 2 fin set up combines single fin glide with thruster performance and is endlessly versatile.
Typical dimensions:- 6'2 x 19 - 8'2 x 22
Ability:- Intermediate to Pro. Waves:- 3 to 10 ft faces.
Price:- from £810 including A-Flex centre fin and side bites.
Typical dimensions:- 6'2 x 19 - 8'2 x 22
Ability:- Intermediate to Pro. Waves:- 3 to 10 ft faces.
Price:- from £810 including A-Flex centre fin and side bites.
DREAM MACHINE
The endlessly attractive single fin. It's often said that every surfer should have one. A design from the past that exists in the present and holds our attention into the future. Discover the purest feeling of truly riding the wave. Always in our dreams and of course, right up to date.
Typical dimensions:- 5'8 x 19 - 7'8 x 21 ½
Ability:- Intermediate to Pro. Waves:- 3 to 10 ft faces.
Price:- from £770 including MD3 single fin.
Typical dimensions:- 5'8 x 19 - 7'8 x 21 ½
Ability:- Intermediate to Pro. Waves:- 3 to 10 ft faces.
Price:- from £770 including MD3 single fin.