THE POINTS TURN ON AND OUT COME THE RETRO'S

THE POINTS TURN ON AND OUT COME THE RETRO'S

The Diverse 5'11 DQ Quad Fish was the choice on weapon for the fast carvable walls at the Superbank . It went like a little red rocket. Yuan Carlos Medina took the shot from icy shore line.

DQ quad feed back from a trip to Indo

Hi Dave n Crew

Just to say thanks for all! back from a dream trip to the Mentawai's, fun times on my DQ

got me in n out so many waves, it just loved the Indo perfection :)

Can't wait to give my custom Sprint ago

Cheers

Mick St Clair

NOTE TO ALL..
This board is a DQ Retro style Quad.. short and fat and wide with a big slit shape tail..

feedback from a happy Quad customer

g'day Dave & Crew,

a few fotos from recent mentawais boat trip. we scored amazing waves & weather for 2/3 of the trip! the boat (freedom III) was so sick, champion aussie skipper nailed it, putting us on uncrowded perfection. The food was gourmet and the crew added to the daily 'goodtimes'! The weather turned pretty rad for the last 3-4 days, making even a 76' boat feel pretty small! Highlights were surfing secret right-hander, green bush, a pig hunt and the costume party! Cheers for the insane Quad

stoked Mitch

WAVE DOMINATOR HITS THE SHELVES THIS WEEK!!!

Roger Salmoggi of Tugan on the Gold coast was stoked to be the first person to pick up a new WAVE DOMINATER surfboard from our Tugun store. This board Features an extra wide diamond tail and 5 fin set up. This board is works excellent as a thruster in good conditions and ideal for sloppy days as a quad set up. Dave has been testing this model with team riders such as Dale Richards. We now have a full range in stock ready to be ridden and pleasured.

Quads may just change your Day!

Quads have been around for a long time now..
I have always had a few in my private testing collection...
here is a shot from 1984

and some feedback from a customer today...
Daniel Binskin
"Hey Dave , I rode that new 6'0 demo quad today . The one with the pulled on tail with green and black checkers on it . I want it . Please sell it to me . "

Daves reply... in short. no sorry mate. there is a newie on the shelf made from the same file. that one you rode is a demo at present but i colored it specific for a movie project i have coming up in a couple of weeks.. and i want to ride it some more too!

Daniel Binskin
"Hey Dave , I bought the board off the shelf today . It looks a bit ugly but goes unreal . I take back everything I said about quads. I am genuinely excited about going surfing on it again . Stoked ! "

Three of a kind?

Here is 3 of a new Quiver for slim@baliwaves.com
Jack is a 6'2 x 18 1/2" x 2 5/16" sprint,
The Queen is a 6'4" x 18 1/2" x 2 5/16" turbo sprint
With the King being a DK quad 6'1 x 19 1/2"x 2 3/8"
im holding the Ace up my sleeve... Haha.

Feedback re: DK Quad stock in bali shops

Hey Dave,
Thanks for the tip, I took the chance and went to Bali yesterday. In
the Toke Shop, I found exactly the board I had ordered from you: 6'3
DK quadfin. Had my first session at Halfway this morning and the board
is just perfect!
Gotta go back to Jakarta tonight, but that one-day board shopping and
surfing trip to Bali was just worth it!
Thanks again,
Sampai jumpa.
Martin

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Bali Stock instores now....

Our Bali stores are stocked with some Mullets and Quads ... check here to see the locations

Cheers for the Quad Dave...

Hi Dave,
 Thanx for building this great board.. In the usualy small and gutless surf here in the Netherlands this puppy just goes sweet! I bought it last october after I've had testdriven a DQ6 and a DK6. Frank from CellBlock in Utrecht pretty much challenged me into trying one. He figured I would get 20% more waves and way more fun than on my standard shortboard(6'2 18-1/2 2-1/2) in the dutch surf. Too bad he was wrong.. I actually get almost 50% more waves and heaps more fun than ever imagined just by changing boards.. so it's working out realy well. While testing I found the DQ to responded better to the smaller wave conditions than the DK which needs more steepness on the face to accelerate. The DQ allows you to catch a wave early and setup a good line down the face and accelerate smoothly. All in all heaps of fun in a tiny package :-)
 Grtz,
 Carlo Kuip
Board#8247 DQ7

Kelly Slater, Rounded pins, Quads & Boobies

So a friend of Diverse is on the Qld breast cancer council, a benifit/charity organization to raise funding for research etc. She asked if we could get a board autographed by Kelly Slater for a charity auction. so thru a friend of a friend we got it all organized and i made a 5'9"quad just like i thought i would like to see Kelly ride.
here is my #2 daughter Teena holding the result... i thought it was pretty cool what he wrote on it!... it raised $4000 dollars tonight!

Dodgy thieves in Gold coast today!

If you see this board it is Stolen! with a dodgy credit card today at 3:52pm. LOOK OUT FOR IT & kindly give us a call on 07 55984848 or 0419246595 once you see it. We have the owner of the card and his friends who would be very happy to take some recovery action.

Julian showing off his new J Lo at the Alley!

Happy Quad customers...

Heres A Happy Ian picking up his new Custom Quad. the Cloth insert is the last piece i had of that print. i like to get small pieces of some retro fabrics now and then to keep the boards looking special and individual looking...

Mentawais pics

One of our regular customers Andrew just returned from a couple weeks on a boat with his friends in the Mentwais. He emailed us thru a couple pics. All the photos are on Diverse DQ and DK quads.. except for the one shot on a HP longboard.
Its great to see what fun you guys can have on the boards we make here in all kinds of conditions around the world.

keahana epoxy system

The guys from keahana are in the process of giving us a demo of thier epoxy system. Its a unique board glassing system that comes in a kit form. Stronger lighter faster? We will see soon...

Andy Campbell 5'8" Quad at Uluwatu

Here is a nice shot i pulled from the Coastalwatch website of Andy
Campbell on one of our DQ8 Quads. this one is a 5'8"x20"x 2 5/8". its
nice action at Bali's Uluwatu. just may be the place where Ripcurl
hold thier search WCT this year. No doubt they will be queing up for
DQ8's too. get in quick and beat the rush...

Fish Day at Tugun beachy!!!!!!!

Jamie riding a  5'8  x  20  1/2  x  2  1/2  DQ Quad fish, one of our best selling models!!!!!!!!

feedback is welcome!

Hey Dave, my name is mitch.

We met in late november last year in the shop when i trialled, ur twin and quad fish models. which i instantly loved and immediately purchased a 5' 9' quad. Just wanted to say, man i love this board!

I have surfed it in a range of conditions and swells and it has performed sweetly.... during a recent cyclone up here in karratha, it really pumped in the solid swells and am keen to take out to the reefs of the montebellos in june. I have tuned the boys in on your boards and equipment and we are thinking of ordering some DK quad models for this trip. If I order a board can you organise to send over here to WA??

Spewin i missed the fish fry, looked like a great event!

Have attached a foto my son's first wave at the alley on your diverse quad fish!

All the best, keep up the good work!

mitch

Quadarama

Diverse store at Tugun has over 30 quads in store. Dave has been designing quads for around 16 years so if your thinking about a new board the quad is definitly worth a look in... even a test drive. we have approx 8 demo boards instore as well, that you can take for a surf to get the feel before you spend your hard earned dollars. They are very fast! without a rear centre fin the drag is minimized and they need less power to moove, helping them in small surf. However when the waves get powerfull and better they come out to perform, as they 2 fins on each rail they hold in bigger better surf driving you faster along the wave...
we have 2 main models. one is the DQ with excells up to 4-5 foot (but can be used in bigger). our second Quad model is the DK. the DK is the THRUSTER REPLACER. once you ride one of these you wont look back, you will do anything a shortboard can do, only better and faster! See you soon....

The Fish fry for 2008

The annual Aussie fish fry was on today at Currumbin alley. It was the biggest yet in the annual celebration of different than normal surfcraft. i have posted photos and info on a new page on the website. Here is a little drawing i did saturday night in anticipation of the most enjoyable surf industry event of the year...