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Our Next Annual Board Testing Experience Is Underway

Reminisce here with Dane Reynolds’ score sheets.

style // Jul 26, 2017
Words by Stab
Reading Time: 3 minutes

For those who aren’t across the concept yet, in short: We want to answer the question of whether it’s possible to call a surfboard, or a shaper, the best in the world? There’s no way to answer any of these questions objectively. But, we can get damn close. How? Well, we’re currently in some ambiguous location with a very good surfer and very, very good waves. We’ve commissioned some of the world’s best shapers to deliver their top line, high performance boards (sans any recognisable logos) for our subject to test-drive. And that’s all we’ll say. To get ready for the newest chapter of SITD, here’s Dane Reynolds’ score sheet scribblings from the 2016 edition. Stay tuned… 

Arakawa 01
Arakawa 02

Number: 55
Shaper: Arakawa

Chilli 01
Chilli 02

Number: 22
Shaper: Chilli

CI 01
CI 02

Number: 88
Shaper: Channel Islands

Rusty 01
Rusty 02

Number: 46
Shaper: Rusty

DHD 01
DHD 02

Number: 66
Shaper: DHD

Cole 01
Cole 02

Number: 90
Shaper: Cole

TPatterson 01
TPatterson 02

Number: 13
Shaper: T Patterson

MCole 01
MCole 02

Number: 96
Shaper: Maurice Cole

Stretch 2
Stretch 02

Number: 23
Shaper: Stretch

Mayhem 01
Mayhem 02

Number: 07
Shaper: Mayhem

JS 01
JS 02

Number: 31
Shaper: JS

HS 01
HS 02

Number: 18
Shaper: Haydenshapes

Pyzel 01
Pyzel 02

Number: 74
Shaper: Pyzel

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