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There’s a funny old belief that still floats around the surfing fraternity regarding the performance of big boards, or more specifically the lack of performance.  Although times are changing and people are beginning to realise that extra foam doesn’t always hurt, you still often hear comments relating to boards ‘not working’ due to their size.  Rather than bruising the ego of the surfer making the comments, by explaining that it is more likely the ability of the rider than the equipment they are riding, here at Island we like to show proof that bigger boards do work, and they work in the be

You probably saw it plastered all over commercial television, news readers in their ties and suits liberally throwing around words like ‘insane’, ‘monstrous’ and ‘biggest ever’, without really having any idea of was actually going down on their monitors.  To them it was guys on skis, covered in rubber, being launched into big, ugly-looking walls of water.  Dangerous, yes, but nothing they ever have to worry about inside their four city walls or at Friday afternoon ciders in the beer garden.  For us, well we understand a bit more.  We not only saw the words the newsreaders used, we felt them