McTavish Surfboards has been nominated for 2 categories in this years Australian Surf Industry Awards. We've been nominated for both 'Retailer of the year' and 'Core board store of the year' - both for our Byron Bay HQ. Voting is open to the public and you can come along and cast yours by clicking here.
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When Phil Edwards was designing his fin template back in the very early sixties, he was obviously watching sailboats cruising by his place at Capistrano. He is a catamaran nut, having designed the incredible Hobiecat with Hobie Alter. Well now 50 plus years later Wiz our fin maker and I have modified his template to catch up with modern high-aspect technology, just like what has happened to sailboats. So here is our stretched-out Phil-fin. Number one is huge at 13”, but we’ll reduce the next ones in stages. This beast should turn any nine-foot plus board into a noserider deluxe! Stay tuned!
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Coastalwatch fans have a special promo offer for the next 2 weeks! If you've clicked through from a Coastalwatch banner, use the promo code provided on the banner to receive 10% off your purchase in the McTavish online store. Offer not available on clearance or second hand boards. Enjoy!
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For ages i've been thinking of getting Bob to shape me a big 10 footer to ride at Wategos when the swell is fat and slow. I went through the existing range, but still wanted something different - classic but not heavy, and not too flat, but still chunky enough to glide through flat sections. I remembered some of the Hawaiian 'beach-boy' style 10 footers I used to see guys riding back in the early 90's at Wategos when I was a grom, and thought something like that would be ideal. So I called up long-time Byron local Max Pendergast and went around to grab his old 10'0" T&C from 1992 (Big Yella he called it!). At 10'0" x 23 1/2" x 3 1/2" it certainly was big, but it was exactly what I was looking for - light enough to throw around off the tail, tons of nose rocker, and a big Vee running nose to tail. It was classic early 90's design, before double concaves, 3-stage rockers and multiple fins made their way into longboards - very simple, but perfect for the waves I was planning to ride. I bought it out and gave it to Bob, and he whipped one up in a couple of hours - sticking with the early 90's theme I even had the guys spray it fluro pink - horrible. Anyway, I've had 3 surfs on it and its tons of fun - paddles well, and is super easy to turn off the tail with that big flat panel Vee, and a deep 11" fin. I think we'll be making a few of these for Wategos, but no more fluro pink I promise. Thanks to Max and Yvonne for lending me Big Yella!
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Its time for a post-Chistmas board clearance. Score one of these beauties on sale, as they make way for fresh stock - click here to view current clearance stock.
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