Dales in Tune

Our young Mr Richards is in one contest  after another at the moment. This shot is from the Hurley Burliegh pro junior by Blainey Woodham of www.yoursportsshots.com Dale has a nice Quiver of DS8 sprints at the moment! We are fine tuning his boards for the Quiksilver Pro coming up here at the end of Feb

alex swadling back in coffs

hi dave well were back home,after travelling to curlcurl,carragong,bells and jan jac then back to sydney ,over to wa to surf margert river,yallangup,now back in coffs and the best surf ive had for the whole month was yesterday at diggers ,we drove the motorhome and free camped at some beautifuly beachs had bar b ques on headlands and surfed heeps of small onshore waves the boards went great the sprint i rode nearly everywhere iam ready for another one when i come up,my next comp is the pro junior at coffs so iam looking forward to that, the surf here is 5-6 foot a bit windy but pumping lefts down the beach and rights of the rip so ill talk to you later alex swadling

Angie Koops wins NZ national titles

 Angie Koops image- Courtesy of NZ surfing

Angie Koops (Kaikoura) smashed the Women’s final leaving the other three surfers ‘combo’d’ (requiring a combination of scores of 10.0 points).  Koops Scored 15.0 to win the final with 8.0 and 7.0 point rides.  The final was a first for Koops who has specifically travelled back from Australia to contest the event.  While in Australia Koops has been studying at Southern Cross University completing a sports management/surfing studies course.  Her increased time in the water and good waves she has been experiencing has most definitely aided her surfing.  
Koops had impressed the judges all week consistently surfing to the highest scores in her heat.  Her domination of the final today was a continuation of her form.  
In second place was Daisy Thomas (Chch) scoring an 8.15 point total heat total.  Thomas was another standout throughout the week but the tough conditions today proved too challenging and luck was not on her side in her bid to find the best waves.  Auckland’s Mischa Davis placed third in the final with fellow Auckland surfer young Rosa Thompson in fourth.

the Hermitage series

This year Diverse will release a fresh board to our line up. We have dubbed it the "Hermitage series" the boards will be Wood based and custom  Shaped and Designed for you. Here is a sneek peak of one in the throes of production.

the complete Verrall family as of 16/01/2008

the New Kid on the block...

Zahn Glen Verrall was born this morning at Tweed Heads hospital. he weighed in at 3.5kg. Both Tae and Zahn are doing well. 

longboard fever

Heres a nice pic from emerald beach last week. Isaac Paddon taking the top off a green wave on his HP7.

Sweet and Single?

You can decide which is which. the board is 5'11"x19"x2 1/2" TH8(TubeHunter) the girl is Sheridan Shields our resident ladies surf wiz...

Kustom Jetty Surf pro junior

Dale scores an impressive win in round 3 at Bells beach! His winning wave was is the dying seconds of the heat taking the lead from fellow Quiksilver team rider Garret Parkes!
Dale is tuning his boards and act for the upcoming Quiksilver pro at Snapper Rocks in March. Dale's everyday go to Board is a SPRINT model 6'0"x18 1/4"x 2 1/8" with approximatly 23.3 litres volume. With a deep double/single concave Squash tail he matches speed with control... pic courtesy ASP

Something Fishy?

Jaiden Elgey

Hey dave, i hav been surfing at agnes waters for the last few days. The beachie was so fun, and i got to surf the point on the low tides! Yer both of my boards are goin sicc. See u soon!

one-wood

Well, Its almost ready to get wet... When the surf settles here. we have had a miserable week of rain. The water now resembles chocolate milk. I will be more worried about the floating sticks & logs in the water than the bull sharks washed out of the canals! i sanded, Pinlined and Glossed the Quad yesterday in between building a new blank storage facility in my factory. I couldnt wait to finish it so i skipped a Milo surf and cut back and buffed it this morning before i opened the shop. Maybe one day next week i will get time to try it out in some clean peaks at Tugun!

Spin that wheel...

The Paulonia Quad has progressed past the final shape stage, i cut it on our APS3000 shaping machine to 95% finished then cleaned it up with two kinds of sanders. i glassed it today and will post pics tomorrow or monday all glossed & pinlined up.

Single and Pink

Heres a little glimpse of a resin swirl single fin for one of our Team Girls, Sheridan Shields. Sheridan loves to surf Single fins and Twinnies at Snapper rocks. I am sure it helps get waves in the crowds there too!

Got Wood?

Dave has been working on a Paulonia (Kiri) wood Quad. It is made of solid pieces then rough shaped. Then we pulled it apart and cut out most of the centre leaving ribs. This pic is as we are starting to glue it back together. We will post some more pics as it gets finished in the next few Days.

Little Lifeguard...

Daves Daughter Teena with a look of anticapation!

kirra tow ins...

nice to see swell! looking forward to the next couple days as it settles and cleans up... make sure you come in and test drive a board while theres good waves around!

kirra tow ins...

happy times to all out there...heres whats happening at kirra today...wish i got a ski for xmas...rj out...

alex swadling video

new video of me surfing at diggers.in december.

alex reporting from coffs

hi dave merry christmas to you and your family and pj,jamie we had a good time on the gold coast the surf was ok. thanks for fixing dads board it fell off the roof of the motorhome.were leaving today for curl curl,for the ocean@earth teenage rampage after that were driving around the south coast surfing and camping untill we arrive at bells for the kustom cadet cup and my first pro junior at bells beach so ill let you know how it goes and send some new photos of surf on the way so my boards a waxed and ready cant wait, so have a happy new year alex swadling

Jaidens new video

Hey Dave and crew, heres some footage from this year at the last state titles where i placed 5th

Staff Smiles with new boards

Heres our shop manager Jamie and retail cohort RJ with their nice shiny new Christmas boards.

the other side of the world this week...

more sweet Quad stock

alex reporting from coffs

hi dave the surf has been pumping all week with this easterly swell,we had 6 + foot lefts and rights all week ,the new 5.11 sprint been powering,we getting ready to leave coffs for the ripcurl gromsearch at d bah ,on the way up we check out a few spots. so i see you latter today or tomorrow so talk to alex swadling

Happy Quad customers...

Dave- got the board last Friday. it is Great- thanks a lot.

 Man it is quick. Got it out in good waves today and ive never been so fast in all my life! hacked out a big cutback and did not lose a bit of speed. i love it. thanks a lot  Best regards. Cameron

Quads for Christmas!

Here are some of the amazing Christmas presents waiting for collection at the Diverse Store at Tugun!

alex swadling reporting from coffs harbour

hi dave,the swell came up for a few days,and the surf was pumping.we had our last sawtell boardriders for the year,,in 6 foot + easterly swell at sawtell in the u16 ipicked up two bomb waves scoring a 9 and 8 so i won the under 16. in the opens i wasent a lucky with the waves. but it was still close, tommy 1st and me 3rd. so i was pretty happy with my surfing.my new 5-11 went geat in the bigger surf

sunpatch christmas party

hi dave we had the sunpatch christmas party on saturday night at the bowling alley. There were 30 of us and we all had to dress up as pirates or princess the photo is of me tommy,and mark and his baby. We bowled and eat until 11.00 pm that was when i went home.The surf has been ok in the mornings small but good shape.my training at martin dunn went great he showed us a lot of small adjustments with turns and airs. So it was great to attend. We talked to ben whos injured at the moment. My new boards go great i think having the nose narrower and the wigth less has made the board very lose.On my backhand it turns up much more vert. The ds7 is working out great. talk later alex swadling

Amee pulls 2nd place at the Roxy Pro Hawaii

Part time Diverse team rider Amee Donahue, has moved up to 5th position on the ASP world tour ratings. She is in a great position to win her 2nd triple crown too! Go Hard...