Lars is from Germany and he happened to pop into the Valla factory on his way up the East Coast to check out some boards in our showroom. He was lucky enough to time a great run of swell and favourable sand banks, and ended up living out of his camper van in the car park at the beach for quite a few weeks. It was the best surf we've had in quite a while. After some deliberation and after measuring up the length of his van he decided to order this 7'4" Mini-Log. The idea was to create a board which rode like a log but could fit in the back of his car.
A collage of pics of Carl Taylor's new 9'6" Vice being made and then picked up. This was a challenging board to work on with a four colour resin laminate including a stylised aboriginal flag on the tail; and then a triple pinline on the bottom of the board.
I snapped a couple of quick pics of Brett's new shorty before it left the factory. It's 5'10" x 19 3/4" x 2 1/2" with relaxed rocker and bump wing in the tail. Should be good for the coming Summer days.
Recently made Christian a new 6'6" x 18 3/4" x 2 1/2" shortboard. Hope you've been getting some nice waves on it bro.
Made up four fishes recently for my friend Mr Shimpei who has a surf store called Tabi Surf in Japan. The stripey one was particularly a lot of work but I was really happy how they came out. I hope the customers like them.
Hey Ho Let's Go Surfing from Nathan Oldfield on Vimeo.
Sunny's been living in the deep south - working and chasing desert barrels. He dropped in recently to pick up his new shorty just before the long drive home.
