Last one for 2010

It’s the last week of this year and time to look back and analyse all that happened.
2010 was the best year for Magic Quiver, mostly because of Ryan Lovelace trip to Portugal. The number of visits to the blog increased a lot, sales went pretty well with costumers coming from all over Europe and even manage to get some attention from the local surf media. But it wasn’t all good and 2010 was also be the year when Magic Quiver ended as a shop. It was a though decision but the dream was over.
The worst moment of 2010 it’s probably the surfing accident I had in August. It was a scary moment that could have been a lot worst. I was very lucky.
I haven’t surfed since then. First because I just couldn’t and then life and all it’s problems kept me away from surfing and I end the year with an empty surfboard rack at home.
The best moment? All the ones I’ve spent with my family, especially with my kids.

Regarding surfboards, I want to end the year with my good friend Nico and his Wavegliders. Nico and Carlos have been building some of the best surfboards I’ve seen in Europe and I’m sure they have a bright future ahead.

Thank you all for spending some of your free time here.
Hope you have a great 2011.
All the best
Rui Ribeiro

Feliz Natal

Nacho Agote

Nacho Agote is a 36 years old shaper that is building a solid reputation amongst Spanish surfers.
He started surfing very young at 12 and at 18 he shaped his first surfboard. But only a few years later, at 26 he went back to the shaping bay and decided to take it serious.
Doing everything on his own, from shaping to glass, sand and polish, Nacho makes almost every kind of surfboard according to his costumer request either it’s a classic log or the modern version of the Simmons design but he is most recognized for his modern Egg shapes that he makes in several fin configurations. It’s a user friendly design that fits the needs of most of the surfers and been a success in the water.
More than just surfboards with beautiful tints and polish his work is focused on performance and quality because in the end, that’s what really matters. But if the costumer wants the full package, Nacho won’t let him down and will make a beautiful tint and shinny polish.

I really like his boards, specially the shorter four fins eggs. It’s a very functional design great in most of the every day surf. But like nacho said to me, make it a 2+1 and will be amazing in the strong winter waves I have at my local beach.

Visit http://www.nachoagote.es/blog/ to know more about Nacho Agote Surfboards.

photos 1 to 4 by Manuel Gamba

Gliders House

Miguel Panadero is an artist from the Canaries and a stoked surfer. He just started his own label Gliders House and is making some really nice T-shirts.
His hand drawings resemble those we’re used to see in great artists from the California but without loosing a very personal identity. For now he is only selling T-shirts but soon he will add more products.
These tees make a great Christmas gift.
Congratulations Miguel.

More info: http://www.glidershouse.com/

Monster on video

orain: 52 monster surfboarding from debolex films on Vimeo.

Monster Surfboards

Eduardo and Fernando are the two talented guys behind Monster Surfboards. Born in a small village in Asturias, north of Spain, they started surfing at the age of 13 but only 3 years ago they decided to shape their first surfboard. Like many in Europe, they couldn’t get all the different shapes apart from the "classical" shortboard. Twins, singles, quads, mini-simmons, hulls and classic logs were very hard to find at the local shop and the ones available didn’t look good enough.
Without the opportunity to really see or touch most of those shapes, they started searching for information on the internet and applying some of the concepts in shortboards. “There’s a great difference between them, and the only way to do things right is thinking and discussing a lot, physically making boards, and test them. Learn and doing it again.” - Says Eduardo

Influenced by names like Harbour, Almond, Rusty, Takayama, Mandala, Junod, just to name a few, their shapes respect the old school tradition but without sacrificing performance. Doing all in house, they searched for inspiration for their glass jobs with Dain Thomas crew at Sea Surfboards. Not an easy task but looks like they’re on the right track.
Monster Surfboards offer a good selection of models from Twins, Quads, Singles, Mini-simmons, guns and Longboards, all nicely finished.

Eduardo and Fernando are a humble and hard working team. All they want to do is to keep experimenting new stuff, improve the designs they already have and learn more so they can grow and make even better surfboards.

In my opinion, these guys are on the right track and have a bright future ahead.

Learn more about Monster Surfboards at: http://www.amazinghorrorsurfing.com/

Live shaping from UWL

The UWL crew came up with another great idea. Now instead of looking for shaping videos on youtube, you can watch it LIVE, directly from the UWL workshop.  

This week Jeff Mccallum will be live with morning and afternoon sessions!!!

For more info check their website at http://www.uwl-workshop.com/

stoke

Stoked Carlos after his first ride on the 5'4 The Bob by Wavegliders