Shotgun Rider Kelly Norris wins 2011 Junior Title for under 18 in Queensland

Coolum Beach local Kelly has been with the Shotgun team since he was a young grommet. We have trailored all his boards over the year and you might see Kelly around the factory as he is currently working with us as part of his School Base Training. Its a tough title with lots of events so the team at Shotgun give a huge congratulations for winning the Under 18 State Junior Surfing Title in Queensalnd. A special note to Kelly's parents Nicky & Tony who have been a big support the whole time and keeping us informed on his progress at all events. The latest article on Kelly and how he is on his way to bigger and better thinkgs.He doesn't ne so Its a tough title with lots of events but with a strong team including his Mum Nicky and Father Tony Kell is a bto his surfing abilities and

Noosa Festival of Surfing announces new division - Laguna Bay Longboards Logger Division

LOGGER PRO JOINS SPECIALTY DIVISIONS FOR NOOSA Laguna Bay Longboards will present Noosa’s first ever “logger pro” as a new addition to the specialty division. The logger concept, popularized by Joel Tudor’s Van’s Duct Tape series in the US and Europe over the past two years, puts the judging emphasis firmly back on the traditional aspects of longboarding. Laguna Bay’s Tully St John said there was a growing movement towards logging in Australia. “With so many surfers riding all kinds of boards in all kinds of conditions these days, traditional longboarding has really come to the fore,” he said. “We want to showcase the incredibly high standard of logging in this country by inviting the top loggers to surf against the best of the rest who make it through elimination trials.” Unlike the Old Mal amateur division, competitors in the Logger Pro can ride new or old boards, but they must be at least 5.5kg in weight, single fin and ridden without a leg-rope. Judging would be based on style and execution of traditional manoeuvres.

Rémi Darkis wins silver medal at the Pacific Games on Laguna Bay

The Pacific Games was held in New Caledonia from the 27th August until the 10th September where local rider Remi Darkis received the silver medal. Congratulations to Remi who has been riding Laguna Bay Longboards for a few years now and been updated with his progress from a young grom. His father Ronald has sent us some photos and looks like they had some nice waves to ride.

Its great to see that the International Surfing Association announced that surfing would be included again in the Pacific Games, and to be held in New Caledonia. I believe the surfing was held in Ouano perfect waves.

This event is great for all the keen surfers to compete in New Caledonia and hope it continues strong. The Pacific Games (formerly known as the South Pacific Games) is a multi-sport event, where athletes compete for medals and the honor of defending their nations. Participation is reserved exclusively for countries around the South Pacific. It is held every four years and began in 1963, hosted by Suva, Fiji. Over 4,300 athletes from 22 nations will take part in the event, competing in lots of different sports.

Shotgun Team Rider Nick Callister

Up and coming team rider Nick Callister has loaded his latest vid and looks great.

Check out the link

Laguna Bay Team Glassing a Longboard

Check out our first home made film on glassing a longboard. Stu Campbell at his best is glassing a shape creation by Mike StJohn for the one and only Tully StJohn. Hot looking resin bleed through the board which can only be mastered by the best craftsmen.

Enjoy the movie!

Laguna Bay Stand Up Paddle Sponsor Noosa Festival of Surfing 2011

Get ready for the biggest ever Stand Up Paddle division for the Noosa Festival of Surfing next year. Tully & director of the Festival Phil have included the amateur divisions for seniors (over 45's) and women plus a five kilometre loop race on Laguna Bay as well as the Pro SUP division.

Hope you can join us in Noosa for the Festival and drop into the factory or come an see us in our booth on main beach.

Attached is the latest article from the back page of the Noosa Journal

Latest News on Noosa Surf Works

Make sure you check out the latest 'Sunshine Coast Surf' magazine that interviews Tully and his passion for making boards at our Noosa factory. The free magazine is great for local news and updated information on the sunny coast www.sunshinecoastsurf.com.au.

Introducing the DOG MAN

dogman sup vol 16 from roger saunders on Vimeo.

Shotgun Team Rider Sophie Callister in Indo

Check out the latest video of Sophie ripping it up in Indo and Noosa.

Laguna Bay Longboards Team at Malfunction - Kingscliff

Harry Roach and Taylor Jensen are currently through to the Semi Finals of the Men's Pro Division and Woogie Marsh will be lining up in teh SUP, we wish them all the best.

For all the details, please click here

Laguna Bay Longboards team rider Taylor Jensen WINS back to back

Taylor Jensen wins his consecutive title in the Mens Pro division at the Noosa Festival of Surfing. Also riding one of our boards in the Pro Final was californian Christain Wach who opted to use on of our boards for the contest due to pumping waves.

Congratulations to Taylor for his great efforts, he also got second in the Golden Breed Pro Nose rider division with our other team rider Harrison Roach coming third. These guys are amazing nose riders and the Noosa Festival is the most highly rated nose rider event in the world.

Noosa Surf Works Team Riders at the launch of Festival of Surfing

Noosa Surf Works hit the front cover on Tuesdays local paper Noosa News. Shotgun Shortboards and Laguna Bay Longboard team riders got together at First Point for the launch of the Noosa Festival of Surfing.

Laguna Bay Team Rider Taylor Jensen takes out the Hyundai Pro with near Flawless Performance

Taylor Jensen showed why he is the US champion three times by smashing his way through to winning the Hyundai Pro Longboard Event at Sandy Bay, New Zealand. This is Taylor's second Hyundai Pro Longboard Tour victory, winning the 2009 Christchurch event. Next is the Noosa Festival of Surfing to defend his title in the Pro Event and we wish him all the very best.

For all the details, check out Pacific Longboarder website by clicking here

Photo: CPL

Jeremy Corne enjoying his Laguna Bay Stand Up Paddle Board

Shotgun Team Rider Jasper Endersby Gets The Ball Rolling

Congratulations to Jasper Endersby on blasting his way into the round of 32 in the highly rated Hurley Burleigh Pro Junior Event. Jasper has kicked off his 2010 pro junior campaign in a stomping fashion and wish him the best of luck for the 2010 series.

Hive Swimwear Team Makes a Shotgun Splash

The girls from Hive swimwear did a shoot for the 2010 collection with Shotgun Surfboards at Stradbroke Island.

We believe the swimwear is the best on the market for surfing in so make sure you check em out on www.hiveswimwear.com.au

Teenage Rampage

Congratulations to Nick Callister on winning the under 13 Ocean & Earth teenage rampage on the weekend and to his sister Sophie to making the final. Tully has been working with them closely on shaping and fine tuning both of their boards.

Article details attached.

Bryce Young Flying The Laguna Bay Longboards Flag On The World Stage

Bryce Young is holding a top 10 position in the World Longboard Titles ratings and have details from the latest contest in Japan

Laguna Bay Team Rider Harrison Roach Mind Blowing Nose Riding

Check out the video of Harrison Roach in Noosa on his 9ft 10 Flip Tail Noserider. Harrison has been selected to go to the USA for a shoot out of the Worlds best 8 Nose Riders, he was the only one selected from Australia, congratulations Harrison.

QLD Stand Up Paddle Board Titles Video

All the boards featured in the final of the Stand Up Paddle QLD Titles are made out of our Noosa Surf Works factory.

Laguna Bay Longboard Team Riders Clean Up At QLD Titles

Congratulations to Monique Keane for winning the QLD Open Women's title, Paul Jones for winning the over 35's QLD Title and Keahi De Aboitz winning the QLD SUP Title with Tully StJohn in second place. Special mention to Jess Jerrems who was runner up in the Open Men's Final, great effort to all the team riders and best of luck at the up coming Australian Titles later on this year. Judging on the way that they are surfing, they will be hard to beat.

Rising Star Monique Keane

One of our latest Laguna Bay Longboards team rider Monique keane was featured on the front cover of Caloundra Weekly, she is set for big things including a Pro Title. Details attached

Laguna Bay Longboards Welcome Taylor Jensen to the team

Noosa Surf Works welcomes Taylor Jensen to the Laguna Bay Longboards Team.

Taylor Jensen - Latest Pacific Longboarder Magazine

In a short amount of time, Taylor has struck up some big win's on our Laguna Bay Pro Model already. Working with Taylor we are currently in the process of producing a Taylor Jensen model which will be available to the public in the near future, stay tuned for details.

check out the latest Pacific Longboarder, has some good pictures of Taylors win at the Noosa Festival Of Surfing 2009 and a good article in the Buzz section on his very recent win's. Photo by Moonwalker

Noosa Surf Works - Australian Owned, Australian Made

Noosa Surf Works was chosen as one of the leading comapanies in the area, producing high quality Australian Made product. Article by Noosa News, May 2009

Shotgun Surfboards Team Rider Kelly Norris makes the QLD Team

In what is regarded as one of the hardest junior teams in the world to qualify for, 14 year old Kelly Norris has stacked his claim in one of the 3 available positions for the under 16 QLD side. He will be representing QLD in the Australian Titles later on in the year, Kelly has been sponsored by Shotgun Surfboards since he was a microgrommet and is really starting to make his mark as one of Australia's best juniors. Big congratulations to Kelly, the team at Noosa Surf Works are very proud of his efforts. Details from the latest Coolum & North Shore News, 29 May 2009

Keahi De Aboitiz Stand Up Paddle Boarding in Noosa

Check out the latest video of Keahi on one of our Laguna Bay High Performance Stand Up Paddle Boards - 8ft, in the epic swells of Noosa recently.

Harrison Roach in the latest Pacific Longboarder

Pacific Longboarder Magazine has featured Harrison doing some outstanding nose riding on his new Laguna Bay Flip Tail noserider. These boards are tailor made for super long nose rides. Looks like they are doing the job, check out the latest mag for details. Photos by Moonwalker

Laguna Bay Longboards Win Big at the Noosa Festival of Surfing

Laguna Bay Teamriders dominated at the Noosa Festival of Surfing. The boards featured in all the Pro Divisions and many amateur divisions. We would like to say a big congratulations to the whole team, it was a great effort. The results as follows:



Pro Mens
1st - Taylor Jensen
4th - Harrison Roach

Pro Nose Rider
2nd - Trent Dickey
3rd - Ezra Norris
4th - Harrison Roach
5th - Zye Norris
6th - Alex Bullpitt

Pro Stand Up Paddle
1st - Dane Wilson
3rd - Keahi De-Aboitiz
5th - Woogie Marsh

Under 15's
2nd - Zye Norris

Over 50's Men
1st - Ian Williams

Over 45's Men
2nd - Adam Clutton

5km Open Ocean Race
2nd - Woogie Marsh

Latest Corporate Surfboards

Check out our latest Corporate boards we have done. In particular the Laguna Bay Lager for the Festival of Surfing in Noosa this week. CLICK HERE

Dane Wilson in the latest Australian Longboarder Magazine

An integral part of our Noosa Surf Works team Dane Wilson shows his style and flare in the latest edition of Australian Longboarder Magazine. Dane is featured on 2 of the models we have been working tirelessly on for the Gordon & Smith range, the results seem to be showing.
Photo by gregmccarthy.com

Harrison Roach - Australian Longboarding Magazine

Check out the latest Australian Longboarding Magazine for some sic noseriding action of Harrison Roach. He is test piloting one of our latest Noserider models we have been working on.

Ryan Campbell Promo Video

Rémi DARKIS wins in New Caledonia on a Laguna Bay Longboard

Congratulations to Ronald's 13 year old Son Remi who won the Nera Surf Festival junior contest with his Dad's Laguna Bay Longboard. Great photos, thanks for keeping us updated.

Sharon Jackson - 2nd Place at the Australian Longboard Titles

Da Bomb Surf Shop owner Sharon Jackson recently claimed an accredited 2nd place at the recent Oxbow Australian Titles in over 35 women division.

Congratulations to Sharon! Make sure you check out her cool surf shop in Maroochydore, it has lots of surf memorabilia and all your surfing needs.

NEW ZEALAND SLIDE MAGAZINE

Check out the latest Slide Magazine featuring the latest 16ft Penetrator. It has a 6 page spread on how the board was invented, designed and tested. The Penetrator is taking the open ocean water by storm, a great read on the board and our factory.

Mark at Pasta Point

Mark emailed us from New Zealand and ordered a board just in time for his trip to the Maldives. We got it to him in New Zealand door to door in just over 3 weeks. We were lucky enough to be sent some shots of his epic trip on his Laguna Bay Longboards, thanks Mark.

If you've recently purchased a board from us we would love some photos or you ripping it up in the water and we'll post it on our site for everyone to see.

Great to hear you love the board Mark, hope you continue getting some great waves!!!!

Stand Up Paddle Surfing With Chris de Aboitiz

Check out the latest pics with Chris and his pet dog on the latest 16ft Penetrator Board. The pictures were taken yesterday at our local break in Noosa by Moonwalker.
Chris has Stand Up Surfing lessons daily so if you want to give it a try contact him as they have daily lessons, or check out his website www.standupsurf.com.au.

Carbon Epoxy Pro Model

Picture: Harry Roach before he heads off to Japan


The wait is over!!!!!! With our new epoxy factory in full swing we can now release a bunch of design and construction methods to the public for your riding pleasure.The first longboard to be released is the same shape as the MSJ super model which has been ridden to three Australian titles a world title and numerous state and regional titles.We have just tweaked the shape to suit the epoxy set up.

The board is a stringerless Styrofoam core coupled with a carbon fiber frame around the rails and down the centre to dial in the perfect flex flow ratio.Glassed in epoxy it is light and durable.Measurements and glassing can be tweaked to suit the individuals needs.

Ryan Campbell Fires In Big Surf At WA

Ryan has advanced to round 48 in the Margaret River Master WQS, he overcame testing conditions to dominate in his round of 96.

Ryan also just placed 9th at the recent Newcastle WQS series, he's off to a great start for the year of competing.

The team at Noosa Surf Works wishes him all the best and will keep you posted.
Check out the article from the Sunshine Coast Daily, picture by Steve Robertson.

Woogie Wins At Festival Of Surfing

Woogie blows the field away winning the Le Monde Open Ocean Stand Up Paddle event in the Festival of Surfing. In rough, windy, testing conditions Woogie dominated the 22km paddle race from Coolum Beach to Main Beach, Noosa on Saturday. The 16ft Open Ocean 'Penetrator' seemed to have far superior hull design, coupled with Woogie's amazing paddle technique pushed him to the finish line well in front of second place.

We would like to give special thanks to Mark from Sun Coast Valuers for his support and Stu Campbell for his outstanding dedication and wealth of experience he brings to the already amazing Laguna Bay Team. Also Panga Productions for capturing some amazing footage of not only the race but also the birth of the 'Penetrator', which we will be bringing to you soon.

Zye's A Giant Killer

Congratulations to young 13 year old Zye Norris who eliminated World Longboard Champion Phil Rajzman in the Pro Nose Rider Event at the Noosa Festival of Surfing today. His older brother Ezra Norris also eliminated former World Longboard Champion Bonga Perkins from Hawaii. Trent Dicky, Fraser Biddon, Harrison Roach & Alex Pullpitt have all made it through to the Quarter Finals, giving a total of 6 Laguna Bay Team Riders through to the 16 man Quarter Finals.

We wish the boys all the best of luck, from the Noosa Surf Works team.

Trent Dickey At Noosa Festival Of Surfing

Laguna Bay Team Riders have been out in force with the Festival of Surfing in Noosa. Check out the latest editorial with Trent Dickey photo from the Sunshine Coast Daily today. The latest results can be seen on the Festival Website: www.noosafestivalofsurfing.com