2010

Feliz Ano Novo
Happy New Year
Bonne Annee
Prost Neujahr
Felice anno nuovo
Feliz año nuevo
hauoli makahiki hou

Boas Festas

A todos voçês que fazem a Magic Quiver, Votos de um Natal muito feliz e um 2010 fantástico, cheio de coisas boas!

To all of you that make Magic Quiver what it is, my wishes of a Merry Christmas and Happy New year full of all that's good!

All the best

Rui Ribeiro

Eddie

The In Memory of Eddie Aikau invitational was held on December 8 at a huge and perfect Waimea. Greg Long won it with impressive rides including a perfect 100!
Greg won it on an amazing surfboard shaped by Chris Christenson.
Although many of you only know CC for his Fish and Longboards, Christenson is much more than that and a true expert when we talk about surfboards for serious waves.
Christenson learned from Dick Brewer how to make big boards work and the results are here. Greg won Mavericks in 2008 and now the Eddie, both on a Christenson surfboard!

Congratulations Chris and Greg!

Gloss

Glassing shots

Josh @ Drift part 2

Second part of the diary of Josh stay in Portugal is online:

I spent most of last Thursday morning watching Josh shaping my new board. From his hands sprang an amazing Long Fish Simmons, mixing the best elements of the Skip Frye design with some of his own design touches. She looks great and all the details make sense – I’m sure it’s a keeper!

We had just one blank left at the factory, and after a delicious pepper steak for lunch we figured we had time to fit in a quick drive around the area’s tourist spots. Josh was only here for a week, and we wanted to fit in as much as possible in the short time, so we headed to the atmospheric old town of Sintra – famous for his historical buildings, luxurious gardens and ancient palaces – and had a quick sightseeing tour encompassing Castelo dos Mouros and Palácio da Pena, residences built for past kings and queens. (...) photos by Hugo Correia

Continue reading it HERE

Josh @ Drift

New post on Drift about Josh Hall trip to Portugal, part 1 of his stay:

Josh Hall finally arrived in Lisbon on 22 November to kick off the Portuguese leg of his European shaping tour. Thankfully, the following day dawned bright and blue – a welcome change from the rain and clouds of the previous week, and perfect conditions for a trip along the coast.

We drove to Ericeira so that Josh could see some of Portugal’s best surf spots. The waves were huge, too big to get in, but at least Josh got an impression of how powerful the waves over here can be. (...)

Read the rest at Drift Europe, just click HERE

photo by Hugo Correia

The Shadow

So you don't say it's only about Josh Hall now, here's a great video of Sean Mattison riding one of his designs for his new label Von Sol. The board is called The Shadow and it's a 4 fin wing pin that is the bridge between performance shortboards, and fuller fish designs.

Sean Mattison with new brand, Von Sol, in Nicaragua, 2009 from Phillip Rainey on Vimeo.