Luke Short   creator of LSD surfboards will be coming over to say hello and make us up a few boards for this summer.

A great junior surfer and excellent carpenter's apprentice, Luke knew right away that he had the talent to make himself a career as a shaper, even in such a competitive arena as is Australia . His positive results allowed him to work as an apprentice for Simon Anderson and Greg Webber. He later went on to work for Merrick, Dahlberg and Cole. His next step was to work with Insight as an in-house shaper and soon after became independent, creating Luke Short Designs. He has been able to create excellent dishes with his own ingredients.

Julian Wilson, Jay Quinn and Richie Lovett are his main team riders, although you can see his discreet logo between the legs of many of the top 44.

He has a catalogue which serves as a basic guide to the needs of a surfer when ordering a board, but on occasion will improvise if the surfer has unique needs.

If you interested in getting Luke to make you a board up or just want to come have a chat, give us a shout at the store.

Wildcard Wilson Beats

8 Times ASP World Champ Slater

COOLANGATTA, Australia –

Round 1 of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Samsung was

full of upsets after the ASP Foster’s

45 did battle in the three to four foot

(1 to 1.2 metre) surf at Snapper Rocks today, Mar. 1 2007.

Julian Wilson (AUS), who gained

entry into the Quiksilver Pro as a wildcard, wasted little time in his inaugural opportunity against the world’s best, scoring a sensational

upset in defeating reigning and

eight-time Foster’s ASP World Tour champion Kelly Slater (USA).

“I’m stoked – I have never surfed

in a big comp like this before and

my expectations weren’t this high,” Wilson said. “I’m trying to keep them high, but it’s pretty hard when you’re looking into a lineup like the one I

have ahead of me.

I’m just taking it one step at a

time and hopefully I’ll do all right.”  Slater, who is the defending Quiksilver Pro champion, was relegated to

Round 2 while Wilson has been

seeded directly into Round 3.

“Julian is a good surfer – he is one

of those guys who you’ve started

to hear about in the last two/three

years and he has the talent,” Slater

said. “He is one of those guys who comes from a free surfing

background but he is starting to develop into a good contest surfer – obviously, he won that heat.”

Slater will next meet 19-year-old local wildcard Dale Richards (AUS), who alongside former three-time Foster’s ASP World Champion Andy Irons (HAW), was sent to Round 2 at the hands of South African Greg Emslie.

Deep from within Quiksilver's video vault comes a splice of the highly successful Young Guns II film, featuring a red-hot Julian Wilson.

Join him on his first (and most memorable) Mentawaii boat trip as he ducks and covers in some amazing barrels.

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