9'4" Cassette

9'4" Cassette for Ian.

Green tint with a grey band.

Hullish

6'10" 2 + 1 Universal variant

a user friendly hull 

Vulcan

10' Vulcan for Matt

Twin

Tyler Warren inspired 5'4" for Alex

hand made stained ply keels

Grail

9'1" Grail  for Ross
2 + 1 with red resin tint

new Long for summer

The Cassette

9'4" cream opaque with orange circle.

Cassette

A flat, rectangular container made of plastic or lightweight metal that holds magnetic tape for audio or video recording and replay. A tape cassette is designed so that it can be inserted in a recorder and used immediately; it eliminates the need to thread a portion of the tape manually before starting the recorder. In a cassette the tape begins on a feed reel at one side and moves along guides through the record-playback mechanism, after which it passes on to the take-up reel on the opposite side.

Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008

Vulcan for Rich

9'6" Vulcan for Rich

Electro for Dave

We jump for joy

A gorgeous film of friends having fun.

Mark Dickinson riding a Empire Mode, filmed by Ollie Banks

thanks guys.

Longs

Custom Quad

6'4" Quad for Sam

Shapes

6'6" Jekyll for John

5'10" Diablo for Tom

6'0" Lumus for Dave

For Peru

6'1" with three fins for Jacksons trip to Peru

Testing

Test Flight for my new Lumus

Board: Lumus 6'0"

Burnt orange pigment with white spot.

Glassed on fins, wet sanded finish.

Average waves can be fun with good equipment.

Surfed a fading swell at Godrevy on Sunday with good friend Nick Radford and new friend Dan Crockett. Good fun all round.

Thank you to Mel of Splashography for sending the photos over.

If you surf in Cornwall he'll probably have a picture of you.

Take a look at his site here and keep and eye out for him on the beach.

Corduroy Lines

Empire Surfboards feature in the printed Autumn issue of Corduroy Lines.

Thanks to Simon for supporting UK surfing and for a great read.

if you don't already have it, you can pick up a copy here.

Complete

6'0" for Jackson of Finisterre

6'0" x 19 1/2 x 2 3/8 thruster

http://www.finisterreuk.com/

Fresh from the glassing room

5'10" Resin tinted Lumus with handmade bamboo fins for James in Guernsey

The origins of a design

Raspberry and Sky Blue Lumus with bamboo fins for Joe

After much deliberation i have finally settled on a name for the four finned Bonzer “The Lumus”.

The Lumus represents a collection of ideas and inspiration that extend far beyond my own work.

My role as a shaper is to blend all of these ideas into a shape that has the performance characteristics that best suit how I want to ride. The result is the Lumus which although surfing is a subjective experience, is the most exciting board that I have ridden.

The Lumus is hyper drive fast generating speed from nowhere. With a bonzers precise control and drive it will carve big arcing turns with no loss of speed. It flies in the mush planing over the flat sections but still feels positive and comfortable in hollow powerful surf. If i had just one board in my quiver this would be it. i have never ridden any wide tailed board that will drive off the bottom as well as this. You can really commit, lean on it hard and push though the turn as the rail and fins take the load and keep biting, turning all of that energy into speed and distance. The Lumus really excels at fast, powerful, carving surfing across a wide range of conditions. it feels responsive but not twitchy and i find that lines that it draws perfectly suited to my style of surfing.

if you have any questions or comments please give me a shout.

info@empiresurfboards.com

6'0" for Finisterre's Jackson

6'0" high energy thruster for Finisterre's Jackson

In France

A couple of shots from Alexa and Mark's recent trip to France.

thanks for the photos.