Shaper Profile: SuperBrand Surfboards
Will SuperBrand Surfboards be the next Rusty or Al Merrick? Only time will tell, but with all the potential this company has it very well could be. Located in Oceanside, Claifornia Super Brand surfboards produces high performance short-boards for the most demanding surfers. With surfers like Clay Marzo, Dion Agius, Kolohe Andino, just to name a few on their team, they are sure to bring publicly to Superbrand. Their boards look very professional and very high performance. Their new way of doing surfboard graphics is ground breaking. They are using polyester cloth inlays with printed designs on them to cut down on weight and prevent graphic fading. With their great team of employees and high standards, Super brand surfboards can and will be the next big surfboard company.
About
Name: Jason Koons- Product Manager and Surfboard Designer
Brand: SuperBrand Surfboards – Started in January 2008
Years Surfing: Since he was 10 Years old
First Surfboard: A board from Play-it-Again Sports for $60
Surf Wax: Sticky Bumps
Favorite Local Surf Spot: Tamarack and Sunset
Favorite global surf spot-: Philippines
Personal Preference – FCS or Future Fins: Future
Favorite fin set up: Quad, but a traditional tri-fin when its firing.
Favorite thing about shaping: The whole process
Favorite Surfer: UN-disclosed
The Company:
Employees: 10 at the factory
Press: They have been featured in US and Australian Surfing Magazines
Price Range: Starting around $600
Time-line to get a custom board: About 1 ½ weeks
Shaping Process:
CNC Machine to shape the basics of the board. He then goes through and puts the finishing touches on the board.
Design program to electronically design boards: highly top-secret!
Board Sizes:
High Performance Short-boards usually 5’8-6’4 but can do longer or shorter boards depending on your needs.
Interesting Fact: He fully hand shapes a board about every 2 weeks just for the fun of it.
Boards: They make 5 pro models and 4 stock models
Where to buy there boards in Orange County, CA: Jacks Surf Shop, Killer Dana and Frog House
Graphics: They use Polyester cloth inlays which have graphics printed on with a large HP Printer.
Super Brand Team: Dion Agius, Clay Marzo, Kolohe Andino, Tosh Townend and Ry Craike.
See ya at The Beach,
The Surfboard Man
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