2/7/09
ben
23/6/09
9'4" x 23" x 3" Takayama model t, Evan and Simon from Takayama are getting these fruity tint and pigment jobs down pat, this batch are of the hook.
The bottom dosen't miss out, this is glassed in volan to give it that extra glide that bthe model t is famous for.
9'6" x 23 1/16" x 3 1/16" Takayama Double Ender also glassed in volan, with the cow on acid tint and pigment job.
You need one of these and the don has his fin templates down, there is a bit of history behind em.
9'6" x 23 1/16" x 3 1/16" Takayama in the pink.
These don't swing in too often a 6'6" big boys classic quad fish in epoxy, this one's been used once and going for $775, she ain't gonna be round long, so if your keen let me know.
A mint condition 6'9" McCoy nugget going for $775, hardly a mark on it full spray gloss and polish, these things retail for over a gee these days.
Another treat, 6'2" Mackie twin quad in good nick going for $640, great if you wanna swing both ways.
And a Mctavish 6'4" twin fish just a couple of heal marks going for $840.
ben
10/6/09
Cold, cold, cold thats the feel today, got good rubber there's waves to be had. I've got a bunch of new boards in stock and a stack of Van Straalens that are around 3 to 4 weeks away. I've also got together a stack of responses to our anti swearing friend that i'm gonna filter through, here's the first from Hamish, it's a clanger,
Dear Sir/ Madam
Thank you for bringing to my attention the amount of swearing on the
Sixounceboardstore site.
You will notice however that the main epithet used is "fuck". Never
cunt, wanker, turd, piss, shit, motherfucker etc; just fuck or variants
of.
While I take your complaint on notice please be advised that the word
fuck has been deemed not to be offensive in the courts of this state.
See Police v Shannon Thomas Dunn, before Magistrate, David Heilpern, at
the Dubbo Local Court on 27 August 1999.
I hope you continue to enjoy the Six Ounce Boardstore website and have a
fucken great day.
Regards
Thank you for bringing to my attention the amount of swearing on the
Sixounceboardstore site.
You will notice however that the main epithet used is "fuck". Never
cunt, wanker, turd, piss, shit, motherfucker etc; just fuck or variants
of.
While I take your complaint on notice please be advised that the word
fuck has been deemed not to be offensive in the courts of this state.
See Police v Shannon Thomas Dunn, before Magistrate, David Heilpern, at
the Dubbo Local Court on 27 August 1999.
I hope you continue to enjoy the Six Ounce Boardstore website and have a
fucken great day.
Regards
I got a good laugh out of that and me old mate got a tee heading south bound, this also shows the highbrow nature of the six ounce clientel.
Here's a chunky little 5'10" van straalen quad fish custom.
9'4" Takayama In The Pink black pigment with some smart pink pinline action, keep this fucker out o the sun.
I havn't had one of these in before a 9'1" x 22 1/4" x 2 11/16" Takayama Noah model, it's kinda like an In The Pink but with more rocker and pulled in all over, feels so good.
9'6" Takayama in the Pink the smoke tint is smokin this board didn't hang around too long.
5'10 takayama quad scorpion it's 20 1/2" x 2 1/2", the reports on these things is starting to spread and it's all good.
A 7'2" Bing Maui foil, i've got one of these at 7'10 and it surfs real loose.
A wacky little tint and pigment number on the bottom.
ben
25/5/09
Like lambs to the slaughter, here's a fresh batch for your viewing pleasure, i've been lazy and i've still gotta post people's swearing come backs and there are some crackers. Anyway all that later, for now it fibreglass time.
Colour amoung the sea of white and what fuckin colour it is.
6'8" Takayama scorpion with a lime green tint you'd crawl over broken glass for.
Here's it's big bro at 7'10" in the orange tint that you'd let a man sleep with your wife for.
9'4" Takayama in the pink these three colour tint and pigment jobs are insane really hard to pull off but really stunning, how good would that look with a thin layer of wax gliding accross some filthy little wall.
9'1" Bear beau young model a great preformance longboard that will let you walk all over it and trim like a super star off the nose.
Here's a rare treat a fully imported Bing single wing quad in an amber tint, i got a little hit of boards from Bing and this one suffered a bit of damage in transport with a couple of small indents on the deck so it's ging for a steal. It's a 6'6" and new would go for $1400 i'm peddling it for $850, this board is insane.
Full set of fibreglass fins in the matching tint.
I'm always keen on a fin patch and this one sure tickles my fancy.
ben
19/5/09
Just a short interlude from the usual board shots i thought i'd spruk Thomas Campbell's new flick "The Present".
Through his uniquely artistic style of filmmaking and intimate screenings - with live music performances to set the mood - Campbell hopes to help keep alive the nearly dead tradition of surfers gathering at a local theater to view a new independent surf film.
In Sydney The Present will show for one night only at the Randwick Ritz Cinemas on Monday 1st June at 7:00pm. Two screenings are booked for the Manly Cinema on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th May at 7:00pm. Tickets are only $18 which includes music by Shannon Sol Carroll & OJ, who feature in the film and lucky door prizes. Bookings are on line at www.trimyourlifeaway.com and follow the prompts to Australian tour.
Be great to see all of you that are interested in seeing something pretty special.
There's been some fucking great responses to my anti swearing friend which i'll post later in the week, and some great boards coming through the door.
ben
11/5/09
5'10" x 20 1/2" x 2 3/8" Takayama scorpion quad 2+1 combo, this is one sweet mumma with a low rail she'd suit a lighter dude or dudess, looking for that glide/trim combo on a board that will surf real sweet in the pocket.
The tint work as per usual is out of this world.
Now this green freak is a tad more generous at 6'0" x 20 1/2" x 2 1/2", now this is me all over.
Bullshit fin patch, i love that shit.
9'6" x 23 1/4" x 3 1/8" Takayama model t, came in one day left the next, a proven point wave stealer, for those who like the cross step.
7'6" Takayama egg, a great versitile stick for the bigger dude.
Got a second hand Takayama Bertlemann with a single flyer just in fast and super loose just like the rubber man himself.
A 6'4" Mackie diamond tail 2+1 in minty condition is floating around the used section at the moment, worth a look for the bigger guy.
And a 6'7" classic malibu single fin, in great nic for anyone looking for a pure ride.
Check out the art show at Deus at the moment or the site at www.loversland.com we've got one of the bikes sitting pretty on the floor of the shop, now thats a sweet ride.
On an end note i got an email from someone who didn't like my swearing on my own website, i was thinking of somthing witty to write as a response, and then i thought i'd just write the word fuck 64 times, or tell him to fuck off, but i'm lost for words, if anyone out there can think of the correct procedure, drop me a line on ben@sixounceboardstore.com.au i'll post the response's and ship a free six ounce tee to those i deem worthy.
Surfs really pumping so see you out there.
ben
24/4/09
Pumping, pumping, pumping, the surf in this part of the woods is cooking, after a really shithouse summer things are starting to warm up with the whole east coast firing. Now working in the surf industry is great i kid you not but one problem is when the surf is good and everyone that walks in the door likes to remind you how good it is, or how now it's uncrowded or the wind has swung offshore, a small gripe but a gripe none the less,
There's a great batch of boards from Takayama in store and this current batch includes the new Quad Scorpion that is being done from 5'2" to 6'6". We've also got all our winter rubber in stock so if you need something to keep you warm from $149 to $1500 we've got it. See you in the water or in store!
9'6" x 23 3/16" x 3 1/8" Takayama in the pink these board go great for someone who wants to surf both beachies and points and dabble in some modern and traditional longboarding.
The Don know's what he's doing!
The new quad scorpion at 6'0" x 20 1/2" x 2 1/2", i'm so into this board they will be a hit for sure, they feel so good under the arm.
They come with two fin set up's, so you can ride it as a 2+1 or a quad, how's that smoke tint.
A seriously versitile board the Takayama egg this one is 6'6".
And thanks to Liam's ordinary photography skills the tail has been cut off in the photo, but i assure you this is a standard Bear wombat and i'm stoked to have one in the shop, it has been a while.
A little taste of todays waves, who says the city beaches never get good, ha fucking ha.
ben
11/4/09
Sweet action! I love it when you get a retro model shaped by a shortboard shaper it just puts a different angle on things. These Chilli single fins feel so good, nice and light with low rails and sweet, sweet bottom curves. And i'm sure it's great for guys like Chilli to think a tad retro every now and again.
He picked a good mix of colours and glossed them to within an inch of their lives i can see what i did last week in the yellow 6'0".
A 5'8" x 20 1/4" x 2 5/16" Takayama fish, you all know how much i rate these suckers.
There's a good batch coming through in the next few weeks so swing on in to spend that little bit of love from our old mate Kevin Rudd.
Hope the easter bunny leaves some droppings for you all, i'm off up the coast to score some waves and to dig a few holes on beach with the kids.
ben
26/3/09
Here's a small part of the evolution of the surfboard, the Terry Fitzgerald winged pin, tested by from North Narra to West peak at Sunset and revisted for all the retro phobes. This ones 7'3" and with the airbrush worth every cent of the $1890 asking price.
Fitz was always big on his fin templates this one is filth, with a small cutaway in the back to get a little more twang out of it.
A couple of McTav's in here's a 9'1" fireball evolution.
Here's a McTav Redline with a sweet rounded pintail that i reckon looks great on this model as opposed to the cut off square it usually comes with, one for those who want to ride a traditional board in good waves, or who likes the pivot of the pintail.
There's waves around the only problem is that it might be a tad big and messy for the next few days, so maybe Sydney's lesser known spots might start to shine??
ben
12/3/09
5'11" x 20 3/4" x 2 3/4" Mackie triple stringer full traditional fish, flat rocker full rail and so much speed you'll need a fuckin anchor to slow the thing down.
Super clean on the bottom.
5'9" x 20 5/8" x 2 5/8" new template Mackie fish slightly pulled in nose, lower rails and a narrower tail, sweet mango yellow spray looks unreal with the cedar stringer and the full gloss and polish.
Once again clean, clean bottom.
5'10" x 19 3/4' x 2 5/8" Mackie rocket fish, let it go down the line and then run her vert or super tight in the pocket.
Clear with a wet rub finish.
We don't often run pics of the pointy nose machine's but the Occy and Egan JS models are tickling this full nose freaks fancy, bit less rocker and bit more foam out to the rail.
A good friend of Six Ounce Joylon Hoff has made a movie on MP he's doing screenings up and down the coast, the first few in Queensland have sold out, so here's the details if your keen get onto it soon,
Searching for Michael Peterson
World Premiere Screening Tour March/April 09
Noosa, Coolangatta, Byron, Mullumbimby, Nambucca, Newcastle, Avoca, Palm
Beach, Manly, Bondi
Noosa premiere sold out in 4 days.
For more info go to: searchingformichaelpeterson.com.au
Get tickets for the other shows at:
http://www.stickytickets.com.au/searchingformichaelpeterson/view.aspx
ben
3/3/09
So there's been a bit of action in the water of late from the men in the grey suit's, my thought is don't worry about it too much but as a precaution i have stop eating flake from the fish shop, your better off with flathead anyway, to many heavy metals in the big fuckers, anyway i'm not eating them so..... Here's whats come through the doors this week,
A fresh batch of Rabbidge fish from 6'6" to 5'10", these things are proven to be not a stand and wait fish but a wider looser board you can throw around, this is the new model where he's pull the nose in so they can run a bit more verticle.
Jump on board one of these suckers.
Rabbidge's rail channel that comes standard on his fish shapes, losens up a wider board and gives you somthing to drive off when you put her on rail.
A great looking custom order high preformance 9'1" x 21 3/4" x 2 3/4" mal for Neill, shaped by Brett Munro one of the last full handshapers in the Byron area and so fucking consistant too, hows the sea snake spray pretty cool hey!
Here's one you don't see too offen a second hand Mctavish egg this one is 7'0" and it's in great nick, with only a couple of heel marks and two small shatters on the rail, at $740 it's a freakin bargin, for the more crusiey souls amoung us.
Small batch of Mackie fish coming through on the weekend, so stay tuned.
ben
16/2/09
Thick and fast is how their coming, here's the latest batch,
6'0", 5'10" and 5'8" Takayama fish, so so smokin hot the hotest finished boards, we now have a range from 5'5" up, so get onboard the tak train.
How's the pigment work on the 5'8" somthing a little different from the boys at takayama.
Pretty sweet how they match up the fins, it's the full kit and kabboddle.
Here's one from my personnal stash a never ridden Mackie single fin pin tail semi gun, i'm keen to offload it so i had $1250 on it now i'm looking for $790.
The dims are 6'6" x 19 1/4" x 2 5/8" the fin is a red tint and it's sporting a sweet 1/4" cedar stringer.
My mate Nathan who makes his wooden boards has decided to get rid of his bonzer Mackies there's a 6'2" and a 5'10" both in great condition, if your after more info then drop me a line.
ben
9/2/09
A tight little batch this week to fulfill your fibreglass fancy, a couple of Sea's and some tinted up Chilli's. In the next couple of weeks i've got some Takayama fish coming in at 5'8", 5'10" and 6'0", and my first batch of Mackie's in a while there's 5'9", 5'11" and 6'1" traditional fish that Mick does so well, all tinted and polished and a 5'9" Rocket fish that will send you fucker's that like your fish sporty into some kind of orgasmic stupor. So keep your eye's on the site or swing by the store.
5'8" x 20 1/2" x 2 5/8" Sea Quad loving designed and shaped by the gifted freaks at Sea Surfboards Byron Bay, looks unbelivable surfs even better.
Handfoiled timber inlay fins, and some people raise their eyebrows at the price tag on these fuckers, look no futher then the time and effort put into them.
5'10" x 20" x 2 1/2" Sea Surfboards dt model, surfed and loved by many.
Once again hand foiled fibreglass fins, gotta have the goods under the hood.
Chilli's been at the glasses for a while to tint up some boards for him, so here's the first batch and they look and feel great, Chilli Peppa's in 5'10", 5'11" and 6'0".
Psyched that there's waves on horizon seems like ages since we've seen any action, see you out there.
ben
29/1/09
Stoked to be able to update on a regular basis with new stock starting to filter through every week or two and the buzz that i had at the micro Six Ounce store is beginning to permeate west to the Surf Culture store with a few familar faces and emails from the die hards. So here's some new gear so check it out........
6'2" x 19 3/4" x 2" Sea Surfboards Dain Thomas shaped Seastick, like ya retro but wanna run it vert every now and again, then this my friends is your holy grail, with some fuckin bullshit tint and pigment work.
6'2" McTavish Scooter a single fin with get up and go fo its size the bottom in this sucker is full on.
Al Merrick has shaped a board or two and a couple of those boards have been for pretty good surfers here's what Rob Machado came up with recently, the biscuit these two are 5'8" and 5'10".
O'Neill's classic range is all the old cuts with the latest rubber, here's the vest and bever tail jacket.
And the short john and long john, look cool feel warm!
Now Chilli shapes for heaps of grouse surfers here's what he's come up with for the summer if you want paddle and float with more then a tad of rippability it's called the peppa fish.
We got a stack of new and not so new dvd's in this week some more inspiration to get on the lounge before you hit the extremly frustrating conditions.
ben
16/1/09
A new year and a fresh start with fresh boards and a new position. The long and short is that i'm now positioned at Surf Culture full time holding down four days on the floor surrounded by 350 + boards of every size and shape and neselled in there are a new batch of Van Straalen's, Takayama's and Sea surfboards with a stack to follow, check them out below and swing on in or drop me a line, Surf Culture truly is a surfers shop rather than a run of the mill surf shop, and i'm super stoked to be hitching my wagon to this train, i'll be updating the site weekly so keep your eye on it. It sure feels good to be back, thanks for staying on for the ride and big up's to Froggy and the Surf Culture lads for making a new home for me and Six Ounce.
Not a bad line up, plenty of sweet action to make that summer junk into the surf of a life time.
Van Straalen's got the fish thing fully covered, that's a sweet 6'1" Channel Islands single fin on the floor with a red tint and pinline work.
The latest fish out of the Van Straalen vault, the Nano fish is a super short (5'6" and under) quad fish with heaps of volume and a shallow swallow for sitting tight in the pocket.
The clusted quad set up gives em heaps of drive through turns with that slip slidey feel on the face, pure fish joy.
The ever present classic keel fish, if your just putting your toe into the fish world then here's the place to start. SOLD
6'0" and 5'10" Van Straalen classic quad fish the yellow 5'10" is the sporty model with pulled down rails, pulled in nose and a single to double concave.
5'10" classic keel fish, you know the drill, i'm into the spray and you can see what you did yesterday in that polish job.
5'5" Takayama twin keel fish, flat deck super boxy rail so you wanna surf these fuckers short to squeeze the most outer them.
5'6" Takayama quad fish same as above just faster.
Here's happy Roberto who picked up this 6'1" Sea Surfboards dt model 5 minutes after she landed, you think he looks happy now just wait til he gets this fucker wet.
I also got a 6'2" Sea Surfboards sea stick in as well so i'll post some pic's of it.
So there you have it the rebirth of Six Ounce, i'm super stoked hope you all are as well.
ben
19/12/08
Hey there so the end of a pretty wierd year for six ounce at least, is almost upon us, and without getting too introspective i'll be a little glad when 09 ticks over and i can start a fresh it's been a tough year for anyone trying to sell shit especially when that shit is really sweet and quite expensive bits of fibreglass. With the new year there are plans afoot for a rebirth of six ounce, which is really exciting. Anyway thanks to all that supported me over the past year and those who stuck by me continuing to order custom's and buying boards from my location at surf culture. I'm off up the coast for a few weeks hoping to get plenty of time in the water and enjoy the festive season.
Here's a couple of photo's of the last batch of customs from Sea Surfboards for a favourite customer of ours Phill Hall (who is getting hitched in the next week, good on ya son), these two boards are so smoking hot that i made the comment that they may be the finest two sticks i've had the pleasure to pass through my hands.
Thats a 6'4 Sea Stick and a 9'2" Nosea
What a couple of smoker's.
Merry Christmas to all and an awesome new year catch ya in 2009.
ben
24/11/08
Ok this is almost the last of it, and i've gotta move em, i've been storing these boards and heaps of other stuff in a spare room at my folks house and with christmas looming and my extended family about to desend on the family home the spare room needs to be cleared, so check them out and contact me if your keen on anything.
SOLD - 6'6" 21 3/4" x 2 7/8" Bear Fat Arse Wombat, wanna surf like Beau but don't want to lug round a 9'1" then here's your chance to get there for a steal, been ridden a hand ful of times all i could find was a couple of heal marks, out the door for $575 new these suckers go for $1125.
The engine of the beast.
6'4" x 22" x 2 1/2" South Coast Slot Machine this sat in th eshop for ages and the curiousity got the better of me and i had to give it a whirl, and the verdict, very fast and by god could she paddle, you too could could feel it's mojo, a fresh wax job is it's only belmish, or a subtle gift horse for the lazy, pick her up for $450 (without a fin or $500 with a fin the original one got lost in the move but i have somthing similar that would suit).
Here's the nude underside, it;s sporting some serious double concaves in front of the fins that give it heaps of squirt.
6'4" x 21" x 2 1/2" South Coast Egg shaped by master Vico shaper Doug Rodgers spanking new with the tint job she was $1195, i'm letting it go for $500.
And yes here's the funky resin swirl that was created back in the day when it was the norm to turn up to work , no matter what you did, with a head full of acid, if this is what happened at surfboard factories around the world then imagine what the acid freaks at the taxation office got up to, the mind boggles.
This is a special one that i was gonna hold onto but the fucking global financial crisis and my oldies wanting their spare room back has forced it onto the market, 6'6" x 19 1/2" x 2 5/8" Mackie pintail single fin, two tone blue classic resin tint, a sweet 1/4" cedar stringer and glassed on red fin, oh how my heart breaks, going for $750.