www.magicquiver.com

Since last week the blog address is shorter and easier to remember. It’s a small change but a sign that it’s still alive and looking at the future.

As seen in the post below, I’ve started the first collaboration on a shaping trip for 2011. It’s just the first of a few to come, like Ryan Lovelace and Robin Keagal.
This time, I will share with the factories more work and concentrate on sales/promotion rather than factory work.
For all of you that come to me looking for a new surfboard, I will do my best to help you from order to delivery, providing all the info and work follow up. Like before, costumer comes first and I only want to get great feedback so will do my best to deserve it.

A friend wrote on my facebook page “Magic never ends; it just waits to happen again”, …so let’s make Magic happen!

Malcolm Campbell is coming back

One of my favorite shapers, Malcolm Campbell, is coming back to Portugal next month to shape a limited number of Bonzers at Manila factory.

40 years ago, Malcolm and his brother Duncan defined the archetype of the modern surfboard placing 2 side fins ahead of the center fin. Since 1970 Malcolm has been fine-tuning and diversifying the Bonzer concept creating a wide range of models to suit the needs of any surfer, from the classic Russ short Light Vehicle to the high performance Contemporary Bonzer 5.

If you want to get an original Campbell Bonzer contact me by e-mail or phone. I’ll be collaborating with Manila on sales.

e-mail: magicquiver@gmail.com
phone: +351 919936850

Get more info about Malcom, the Bonzer and available models at http://www.bonzer5.com/

Russ Short – 3 Fin Bonzer - Mexico ‘77


Taylor Knox - 5 Fin Bonzer - Mexico

The Alley Fish Fry

WG candy shop

Wavegliders keeps impressing me with their outstanding work. The shapes are better than ever and their glassjobs are beautiful and flawless.  Great Work Guys!

Sean Mattison interview for Drift

Drift just put out my interview with Sean Mattison.
Sean has been a good friend, always supportive and willing to share info and some of his huge knowledge about surfboard design.
I think the interview came out quite nice and it's worth reading.
(click the image or link below to view it)

http://www.driftsurfing.eu/surf_article.php?id=1888

Grafikboards

GrafikBoards is a new project by a group of very talented people from Portugal. Grafikboards is basically a printing service for the surfing industry, but not the common kind. They print in a very thin fabric anything you can dream of, from high quality photo to a simple single color or black and white graphic. Fabric is then glassed on board like a normal logo.
100% custom and easy to apply for perfect results.

Check out their website at: http://www.grafikboards.com

Here’s a great example. Daniel Costa, from Essential Surfboards (http://retromovement.blogspot.com/ ), uses one of his personal photos on the nose of a longboard. Can’t get more custom than this!

Photos by Dan Costa Photography



 





original photo



more after the break

When I wrote the previews post I was having a terrible week and was pissed with life. Life isn’t always fair and sometimes it’s easier to throw everything in the air and give up than fighting.

I’ve worked hard to get Magic Quiver to this point. Even if sometimes I think nobody cares about it or read the stuff I write that’s probably not true. A few of you care and read it. And you showed me that with your messages, comments and e-mails. I’m overwhelmed with the support I got from people all over the world.

Yesterday I had a nice chat with Rob from Royal Surfboards about surfboards and the surfboard business and after I went home all I could think was that I was being stupid (I used other words!). If those guys that live from shaping and glassing surfboards are having a hard time to make money and still keep doing it why should I quit instead of supporting them so we can enjoy their amazing talent for a long time? I can’t support all of them by buying boards but I can share their work online and spread the word so more and more people know about them. And that’s what Magic Quiver is all about.

I still need a break but I’ll be back soon with more shapers, more amazing surfboards and all the stoke that made me start this.

See you soon

the end

I'm sure I will miss writing and reading your comments or e-mails but the bad won over the good.
2011 just started a couple weeks ago and I'm already missing the bad year it replaced.
Talking about surfboards all the time and not surfing isn't doing any good to my mental health either.
Spending too much time on something only a few care about.
Have to concentrate all my energies on my real life.

So, it's done. Magic Quiver is over. (read post above)

europeans

De La Uz Surfboards, Spain

Empire Surfboards, UK

Chusma Surfboards, Spain

Daniel's Longboards, France

Wavegliders Surfboards, Portugal

Sergio Gomez Surfboards, France

Essential Surfboards, Portugal

size doesn't matter

Although with some delay, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I don’t expect much from 2011, health, love from my family and if possible less problems and more happiness. And of course, I hope to surf a lot more than last year.

Sometimes we complain too much and don’t make the best of what we have. So I’m starting the year with a beautiful video of Felipe and Fabio Siebert making the best of tiny conditions that most of us wouldn’t surf. Video was filmed and edited by Rafael Ribeiro. Nice work!



Siebert Surfboards from Rafael Ribeiro on Vimeo.