![]() ![]() ![]() At the end of the summer, event directors made the decision to pull the plug out of safety concerns. Red Bull had announced Queen of the Bay–the first all-women big-wave event–at the famed Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu, to be run “on-call” through the fall. The skill, experience and numbers of women charging heavy water–combined with a movement for true equality around the world–is the ideal combo swell for females in the sport. This was set to be an important winter for women’s big-wave surfing. Click play above to hear Dane’s analysis of the strange (yet ultimately fun) shapes. Despite the boards many inherent flaws, Dane and Curren were still able to rip the bag out of the misfit shapes. Shortly after the glassing was completed, Dane took his creations for a spin alongside pro skater/surfer Curren Caples. DR’s Frankenstein experimentation resulted in two oddball pieces of foam and fiberglass, all sharp edges and 90-degree angles. “I’m going to make something with really bizarre lines that just doesn’t look like it should even be a surfboard,” Dane told us in the making of this video. But rather than craft a functional piece of equipment that he’s actually capable of shaping (Dane has spent ample time in a shaping bay mowing down self-shapes), the Ventura native decided to get a little experimental. A couple of years ago, Dane was selected to be a guest shaper for the Duct Tape Festival in Huntington Beach. “It’s so bizarre and goes sideways so oddly that it’s actually kind of fun,” says Dane Reynolds, of one of the very bizarre and very sideways-going boards he shaped and surfed in the video above. “CC Fish” by Christenson Surfboards 5’2 x20 1/2 x2 ¾ “Nautilus” by Christenson Surfboards 6’6 21x 2 3/4 x2 5/8 “Hole Shot” by Christenson Surfboards 5’8×19 1/2 x 2 5/16 “Ocean Racer” by Christenson Surfboards 4’11 x 20 x 2 3/8 “The Coffin” by Dark Arts Surf 4’11 20 1/4 2 3/8 Wade Tokoro Surfboards 5’11 x 18 1/4 x 2 1/8 “Lane Splitter” by Christenson Surfboards 5’1 x 18 3/4’’ x 2 5/16’’ “Chris Craft Glider” by Christenson Surfboards 11’ x 22 1/2” x 3 1/8” “Surfer Rosa” by Christenson Surfboards 5’4 x 20’’ x 2 3/8’’ Press play to hear Spencer break down his arsenal of Chris Christenson and Wade Tokoro surfboards (dimensions of each listed below) and then take a few moments to watch our other episodes featuring Craig Anderson, Torren Martyn, Chippa Wilson and more. ![]() As you might imagine, Spencer has collected quite an eclectic lineup of small-wave boards that match the windswell-driven conditions of the Gulf Coast. For this episode of “Quivers”, the series that lets us peek inside our favorite surfers’ boardbags, we enlisted videographer Michael Witt to interview Spencer at his home in Pensacola, Florida about his go-to roster of shred sleds (there was a bit of confusion as to whether or not Witt was there to film “MTV Cribs” but that was quickly sorted out). But according to Gulf Coaster Sterling Spencer, a really great board could also be characterized as being “like pre-marital sex with CBD infused”. A well-shaped surf craft could be labeled as “responsive”, “drivey” or “good on rail”. ![]() There are many ways to describe a magic surfboard. ![]()
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