Each month a brand new DHD Surfboard is up for grabs thanks to the good people at DHD Surfboards. All you have to do is submit your best photos in our Homegrown competition and you can be in the running to score yourself a new stick. This month we had a DHD Switch Blade model up for grabs. The Switch Blade is a small wave performer that fits perfectly between a high performance board and a fish. The best of both worlds! It’s been road tested by non other than World Champion Mick Fanning so you know it works. Here’s what shaper Darren Handley had to say about the model.
“The Switch Blade is something I designed to fit in between a high performance board and a fish. It is a little small wave performer that the team can use in competition and have a lot of fun doing so. It was a big hit amongst the team this year, Mick surfed it through most of the Burleigh Breaka competition and Jordy Smith was riding a 5’11 in the small conditions at Manly. The design is a little wider and thicker than your standard performance model and combines a low rocker throughout with a single concave, for quick pick up and heaps of speed through the flat sections. The medium rail allows you to put it on rail easily and the wide diamond tail creates the perfect balance of hold and release. I glass this model with carbon toe patches for extra strength, as the team seem to spend more time putting this model in the air than on rail. This model is ideal if you are looking for an easy paddling small wave performer that has lots of speed and performance packed in.”
Congratulations to the winner for the month of May: Jye Shearer-Moore from Nelson Bay, NSW
His submission of ‘Wedge Monster’ from his local beach really grabbed our attention at the Tracks office.
Thanks to everyone who submitted. Next month we’re giving away a Double Shot model from DHD Surfboards. Click Here to submit your photos and be in the running today. Winners will be announced on the first Monday of every month.
“This 6-8ft east swell hit boxy perfect and was making some very photogenic sculptures towards the point. Those days are the best days.” Photo May Homegrown Winner: Jye Shearer-Moore
