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The Simmons Report

21st Jan 2010

Muzza's Boot Models are proving to be a Summer saviour. Hot off the press, have a read of a satisfied Simmons rider review.

THE BOOT MODELS

8th Jan 2010

Muzza's latest inspiration the 'Boot Models' will be hitting our stores next week, check them out. Will they fit in your boot?

Riding a Bourton Quad Fin?

18th Dec 2009

Murray Bourton gives us a guiding hand as to which fin set-up works best with his quad models.

R&D Trip it's a Wrap

8th Dec 2009

Murray Bourton gives us the wrap on his recent R&D trip in the Mentawai's

Muzza's New Inspiration

21st Nov 2009

Muzza's got his design cap back on, check out his latest concept.

Muzza's R&D in the Mentawai's

21st Nov 2009

Muzza is off to do a little R&D with some new models and fin placement

Kelly Slater's quad adventure early this year was not a moment of madness. Over the last few years we have seen a strong growth in the popularity of quad fin surfboards, from fishes to performance designs. The quad guru 'Murray Bourton' sheds some light on the matter and his personal design evolution with quad fins.

R&D IN THE MENTAWAI

5th Dec 2008

I gotta say that many of the guys up there are pretty ill equipped for the waves they pay a fortune to surf. Most of them are under volumed and struggle just to catch the waves.

THE BOURTON TRI FIN

17th Nov 2008

I guess the purpose of this design is to explore the feel of the tri fin concept being a close cousin of the thruster which are all members of the single fin clan.

Muzzas Off

13th Oct 2008

Just a short note to let my customers know that I will be out to sea on an R+D mission for the next few weeks.

THE CUTTLEFISH

14th May 2008

The purpose of this crazy creation is two fold. Firstly I wanted to test a profile that was thick and narrower up front and a tail that is thin and wide. Secondly I wanted to build the deepest hull possible in this thick nose area to see how something this extreme would react especially when standing over it in full trim mode.

THE STINGER FISH BY BOURTON

11th May 2008

The big feature of this board is the deck shape. Up front I have designed a concaved deck that sits over a concaved bottom which meant that the rails up front were much thicker than the centre stringer which is quite the opposite of normal rolled decks.

THE NEW 5 FIN BONZA

16th Aug 2007

The idea here is to modernize the old Campbell Bros Bonza design so that it could match the performance of today’s high performance boards.

evolution of the quad gun

19th Jun 2007

After convincing myself with extremes ( 7.4 Quad Gun for Hawaii ) I realized that the real market is the long Indo winding walls that allow one to wind up to incredible speeds. Channel bottoms are well suited for the same reason. The stock lengths for Indo needed to be reduced since the size and rawness of Hawaii needed extra length but is hardly necessary in Indo where the walls are longer ,smoother , hollower and generally smaller.

THE CUSTOM COMEBACK

22nd May 2007

I can’t believe how many guys that have been ordering customs off me of late that have had previous flings with a tuf lite of some kind. It sort of makes me think that the bubble has burst as it seems the thrill of that sexy light tuf light under arm that had the cash register ringing the last few years is finally losing its shine. There is no doubt they had great rack appeal with their weight, shine and great paint job and this allure meant that many hit the water frothing thinking the lightness was going to take them to another level.

Bourton R&D