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Groundhog day

Colin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:18:46 +0000

After running around like a nutter getting orders done for the last 3 months it’s back to the isolation wards of China and Thailand to get the fist run of 09 boards,Do some test layups and laugh at how big the SUP band waggon is getting.I have to admit i wouldn’t be without my 9′0 Quad fish but that’s as far as it goes for me.This Spring has been so bad a paddle board isn’t a bad thing to have,But give me a wave i am on my belly.

Good way to start the year

Colin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:31:29 +0000

How is that for top class ! Ali B Cable Champ

Big up on the win in Mexico !Aaron takes the first PKRA comp.

AND BACK AGAIN !

Colin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:40:13 +0000

Left Oz fall a sleep and wake up as we are coming into land at Phuket ! WTF ! Not good if you are meant to be going to Bangkok! It all ends up good apart from i am 3 hours late and my driver at Bangkok has given up and gone home leaving me to a game of try and fit the surfboards into a pink cab.The next day is just the same old factory visits to sort out any modifications and to pick up more excess baggage.After that it was a nice 4hour drive down south to Pran Buri for some testing.We scored two good days by Thailand standards and the place is pretty chilled so all in it was the perfect way to end my trip.

Australia

Colin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:43:03 +0000

Got busted for 10kg so i took it like a man and payed up. Got picked up and was straight to the beach to test some boards and kites,Same deal for the next few days with a sneaky poleboard up at Lano.Ben Severne had just left for China so all his new 09 proto sails where left at my mersey along with his 70l Evo.Sunny 4.7 logo perfection !
The next week was all surfing down Margaret River and Grace-town with Leon Gordon and a few friends.I definitely pushed my level with some scary lefts and rights clean off rocks,A good incentive to make the take off

After Margaret’s it was back to Perth with a variety of cuts and bruises to test some more boards and kites.

Land of the back hander

Colin — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:50:46 +0000

Thailand Potentially the best country in the world if you are a Hedonistic fun loving bear swilling, Pot smoking relaxed kind of person.I only had 3 days there to sort out the other factory and pick up three new surfboards for me and five Production proto’s for Airush.Add this to my other proto’s ,I may as well go to the chemist and get some KY as i am going to shafted going to OZ !!

A pleasant surprise

Colin — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:14:45 +0000

So i have had 10 days slogging it out with a 3d cad program, laminated more boards than I know what to do with. Decided that the 10p chemically enhanced beer actually doesn’t taste that bad, and started to shotgun the bog. I caught the last night of Chinese new year which was like the final scenes of Apocalypse Now…I am ready to move on ! This is the sixth time out in China and 10 days is the cut off point, after that it was Colonel Kurtz time! and i was deep in Charlie terrirtory.

This is the fourth season Airush has produced boards from this Factory and it’s good to see the Quality and Efficiency in such a sharp rise.

So your on a 20kg but you have got 85kg! you definitely don’t look Chinese..Well you can guess the rest,No worries it’s not my cash.I did get them down the 30 kg excess so not a bad effort.

Is it my imagination ?

Colin — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:07:52 +0000

Is it my imagination or are all the boards the same nowadays.I have just seen 4 different brands that i have never heard of all coming from the same mould.Is that what it has come to! Pretty sad really but i guess that’s the face of kite-boarding in 09.I would like to think the top brands will still keep developing,But then again maybe top brands should do this for there budget board and sweep all this crap under the carpet.In the end it is good for the customer.

World tour 2008 Production

admin — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:44:23 +0000

Off into the world of production !

Same shit different year!!

Basically you get on a plane with a master plan go to the factories only to find out they Can’t do this and if you want that it will cost you x amount.It’s pretty dull really but sometimes they will surprise you with something new ,Be it a method or a material. That’s cool then as i can make a load of boards to test.Its not all bad you do get to see the big picture and what is going down globally.

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