Vernon AhKee & Dale Richards at Venice Biennale 2009

ISAAC PADDON TOURS HIGHWAY ONE

(pic- Larry from Fox Wetsuits frothing over the DIVERSE boards on display at the Spring Cassic in Cronulla on the weekend.)



I had the chance to hit the road last weekend for a short tour playing 4 shows and surfing in the spring classic in Cronulla on the Saturday. The waves were small but clean and very surfable. I took a range of boards down on the trip but due to our tight music playing schedule didnt get much time time in the water. I drove to our first gig at The Pacific Hotel in Yamba On Thursday Arvo after work .After the usual very late night there, drove the 7 hour trip to Newcastle just in time to get in the water and catch the last 20 minutes of light. With only an hour to spare before the next show, I managed to restring the guitars , sink a quick ( warm ) beer and race to the View Factory Arts Cafe to sing my heart out. With The longboard contest in Cronulla the next morning ( 3 hours away) and being after midnight already we had to decide to either drive that night and have a quick sleep before my heat, or have a quick sleep and leave at 3:30 am . We opted for the latter. I arived just in time to judge the first heat, slip into my wetty , and try and still see straight. I vowed it would be the last time i play a show the night before a contest. Although cloudy and fatigued the day ran smoothly and a lot of people were stoked on the DIVERSE boards i had on display . The quality, the Art and the shapes were what most people were impressed on. The day followed with the presentation where i placed 1st in over 30's and 4th in the opens. We then jumped on stage and cranked up the amps. The south side crew were an apreciative and hospitable audiance and it was a pleasure to perform for them. With no where to safely store our music and surf gear we waited till the last partyers had left and attemped to sleep next to our gear on stage curled up on a hard floor rapped in towls and whatever else we could find to keep warm. After the 4 hour partial sleep on the surf club floor, we headed off in the van back up the coast to our next gig at Barrells Bistro in Sawtel on the coffs coast . We made it just in time to the gig and played one off the sleepiest layed backe gigs in a long time . I think i only opened my eyes in 2 songs . The small but quality crowd seemed to love the performance. Next stop was Arrawarra spot x Surf camp, a usual rest stop on our sleepless journeys . Ariving back yesterday arvo it was good reflecting on the short but interesting times we had experienced on another one of our Highway one music/surf tours. and now as im back in at work in the Diverse surfshop on the goldy i can do some thing else i love, and that is talking to customers about one of the most favourite things i do . Enjoying the pleasure of surfing the waves of the ocean. It also occurred to me the the oil leak in my van had got alot worse. we used 17.5 litres of oil on the trip. it cost more in oil than fuel. Pleasures of being on the road. Isaac

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I felt I needed to write this down rather than just tell you both,
 
I got the call Sunday that the mini simmons iPhone board was ready to be picked up, so like all big boys do, I raced down to pick it up. Dave you have excelled yourself it looks brilliant, a unique design on a unique board. Whilst I was in the shop Jamie was busy as there was a flood of people,  and the iSimmons drew quite a bit of attention. As I waited for things to quieten down so that the fins could get there ceremonial fitting, I was talking to one of your customers that was returning a demo board (at this time store manager Mr Drew had sealed the deal on yet another Diverse shortboard) the conversation was based on Diverse and shapes etc, when the iSimmons caught his eye. He asked me what i expected from the board and how would it perform and let me say it was a rare moment when i was lost for words as i really didn't know. But today i surfed it at Cabba (cabarita point) and i'm still lost for words but in a different way, its shape is hard to get your head around until you surf it and then the performance takes over......... its amazing
iFast
iPerformace
iFun
 
iStoked
 
Thanks to both of you
 
Simon Fowler

BIG cold waves again in Tassie

James Hollmer Cross serving up some great shots again from the deep cold south of Tasmania....

JAIDEN ELGEY

Hey dave i got back from Bali about 5 days ago had a really good time and got some sicc waves! Here are some pics from bingin on my newys which go soo good. I went on a boat trip and got deserts pumping off its head like 3-4 foot so yea that made my trip!! Im goin down to manly for the pro juniour in 2 weeks so i will let u no how i go.

Jaiden..

Richo wins another Aussie title! thats his 3rd!

Country Energy Australian Surf Festival
Country Energy Australian Surf Festival finishes in style

Saturday, 29 August 2009

As the curtain closed on the Country Energy Australian Surf Festival nine Australian Surfmasters Titles were awarded at Lighthouse Beach today.

Having seen 344 competitors in 260 heats over the past two weeks with 23 Australian Titles handed out, the final day of competition was certainly one to remember.

Led by some amazing performances from a host athletes the biggest amateur surfing event in the country closed with a bang,

Mark Richardson (Palm Beach, QLD) was the king of Lighthouse Beach today, taking home his third Australian Title in the Open Men division.

“I’m lost for words,” the 37-year-old said, brimming from ear-to-ear.

“To have beaten the likes of my fellow finalists is something I’ll remember forever.”

Defeating Josh Johnson-Baxter (VIC), Eli Criaco (Coolum, QLD) and Jirrah Laws (VIC), who finished second, third and fourth respectively, Richardson was in amazing form from the get-go.

“The level of surfing in this event was first class,” he continued.

“I wasn’t even good enough to qualify for the Queensland team and here I am with the Aussie flag draped around me!”

Diverse also had the pleasure of our open womens longboard rider Debbie Boggis win a aussie title earlier this week!

Big Swell in Tassie again this week

Our tasmanian resident James Hollmer Cross standing tall at shipsterns again this week...cheers to andy chisholm and coastalwatch for the pic.

Dru Adler in the mags again!

Fast & Finfree fish?

Dave has been losing sleep lately over some of the finfree ideas he has had over the years. Riding the Alaia recently was sure to do something to his creative side... Riding them has retaught us all kinds of things about flow and slide etc.
Here is a fun looking board waiting for the next fresh session.

Isaac Paddon secret sessions

more from last weekend

http://www.swellnet.com.au/sessions.php?session=Love_You_Long_Time_190809.php

hp long boards hold up nicely in some bigger waves

The hp long boards hold up nicely in some bigger waves. I gave my new one a test last Tuesday at TOS . It was closing out heaps, but there was the odd one or two.

isaac paddons new high performance long board

simon from simsurf.com.au captured these pics of Me last week on my new high performance 9'1. i was really happy with the board and im prepared to say its my best one yet!.. they keep getting better all the time....

Diverse's spotted in Taiwan last week....

Dale Richard was spotted last week in Taiwan. Quiksilver/Roxy had an event there. the waves dont look too crash hot but it looks like a fun place to visit....

Tow boards, Tassie waves & tubes

James Hollmer Cross has been enjoying some waves in Tassie over the last few weeks. Albeit cold & Challenging. I made him a new towboard this week. Its made with Wood. It is a Quad Bat Tail. it weighs 8.2kg.

From Woodpile to pointbreak

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Here is a Hollow Paulonia 7'6". If you ever want to feel flow, there is
nothing like the feeling a wood board will give you...

hello from Japan

rom: 石川　晋 Go Ishikawa
Date: 2 August 2009 5:03:15 PM
To: dave@diversesurf.com.au
Subject: hello from Japan

hi Dave how r u?
thanks for the board.
that goes really good.
noseride is good and also highperformance.

the pic from comp last monday.

My Sprint in Lombok

From: "Woodberry, Jake"
Hey Dave
How's things? Loving surfing the sprint, they seem to turn with plenty of
speed regardless of wave quality.
Here's my 6'4" on an average wave off south Lombok.
Cheers jake

Feedback on the Monster Mullet

Dave,
just some feedback on my monster mullet I purchased several months
ago. Went to Bali in March/April for the first time in 23 years & it
went unreal at Ulu in the varying conditions (2ft to 5ft) - surfed
virtually every day for 2-3 hours at Ulu & felt like I was in my teens
again not a 49 year old !
Regards,
Chris Locke

My own graphixx on my surfboards

hey dave.
sorry I missed you at the fish fry. my friends are stoked on those boards.
check out what I did to my surfboards.
 
here are the pics...


Life is Good......

Hitoshi "Jake" Sowa

Dale & the Squid tail

Heres a new batch of boards for Dale, he is off to Taiwan for a surftrip with Quiksilver on Sunday...

Padang Padang

From: Grant Pearce
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009
Hi Dave,

Just wanted to send through a few pics of Padang Padang when I was over there last month…the board I am riding is only a 5’10 which I was riding with a twin fin setup making it loose as anything but super fun… My first time surfing padang in Indo..will be back for sure… Grant Pearce




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New Demos test

Isaac Paddon and Adam Greer tested a range of boards last sunday and travelled with ease to their secret testing grounds with some inovative trailer towing equipment. The boards tested were 6' 6 Alaia crafted by Feral Dave, A 9'1 High performance Diverse longboard designed for smaller conditions , 7'0 and 6'4 SG models with 2x 1 fin set ups .The SG's and 9'1 proved to be the ideal boards for maximum surfing pleasure without the effort of paddling a coventional short board.

I found my Green 10' noserider pictured above also held perfect lines wilst in the barrell . proving to me that it wasnt just a small wave tip rider. (water shots by Dan Howard/ oceanart photography) - ISO

New Noserider logs instore

Heres a couple of fresh new noserider longboards instore...

grab them quick at $1000 each.

the Green / grey one is 9'4" and the Candy Kane is 10'1". they wont last long at that price.. see you soon