Michel Bourez Talks World Title
Two wins and a third has the radical Tahitian as a major title contender at the tour’s midway point.
"I took the year differently. I lost the pressure and looked at the results. When you relax, you think less. And when you think less, you make less mistakes..."
Firewire x Pyzel
Medina Wins Fiji Pro, Takes WCT Rankings Lead
Waiting Period: Adriano de Souza
What She Rode: Sally Fitzgibbons
Shaping The Future
Departing from "normal" surfboards in most aspects. Thomson's designs nevertheless trace their lineage to the earliest advances in modern equipment from Bob Simmons in the '40s and '50s, to Greenough's extensive work on fin design, and Steve Lis' fish. A natural collaboration with Richard Kenvin in the ongoing Hydrodynamica project has resulted in the planing hull reaching its logical extreme. Tom Curren said that Daniel Thomson has "opened the door for a design push"
The feature takes us through the details of Daniel Thomson's unorthodox, yet strangely functional, epoxy machines.