04/01/2022
Just a reminder that this ste is inactive… go to Dicks Instagram page…https://instagram.com/dick.vanstraalen?utm_medium=copy_link
Classic Waterman - the creative expression of a surfing life by Dick & Anne Van Straalen. www.classicwaterman.com Surf 'em or keep as collectors items.
Located on Australias Gold Coast, Dick has been the cutting edge of surf craft and surf lifestyle as an art form before it was trendy. Each surfboard is a true artpiece combined with functionality. A product unlike any other 'produced' surfboard on the market today. Dick has been at the cutting edge of surf craft design for 30 years on the Gold Coast Queensland Australia.
04/01/2022
Just a reminder that this ste is inactive… go to Dicks Instagram page…https://instagram.com/dick.vanstraalen?utm_medium=copy_link
22/02/2018
Blue Planet II : The Prequel This world-exclusive introduction to the show is narrated by series presenter Sir David Attenborough and set to an exclusive track developed by Hans Zimmer a...
04/04/2017
LUKE DANIELS charging on a DVS 8'@ Lennox Head. Pics by Neil Campbell
14/03/2017
Surf legends Dick van Straalen and Dave Rastovich - Rasta chat at the International Surf Symposium. Dad and Dave as they say :) Courtesy Andrew Mckinnon
14/03/2017
Here is an absolute classic image of Joe Engel riding a DVS shape at Uluwatu in the '70s. Image by Dick Hoole. Courtesy of Hodaddy
19/02/2017
"I surf the mostly the rocky reefs and coast of County Kerry. The Kingdom as it's known, here in Ireland. Like the cattle and the sheep, we have no natural predators here and so, rather than risk life and limb surfing further north along the West Atlantic coast of Ireland, I often stick around the friendly waves here in Kerry, where I can get lost in my own little world riding the pure magic that is a 5'8 Wasp in emerald green. A moment in time. Timeless. Thank you DVS! 🙂- Cathal McCarthy
15/01/2017
Check out the WASP as surfboard of the day on Surfd website
Surfboard of the Day: DVS Wasp | Surfd DVS Wasp83%Overall ScorePerformance70%Fun85%Construction95%Price80%Reader Rating 0 Votes0%The DVS Wasp is a quad fin performance fish that has the potential to supercharge your summer. Dick Van Straalen is well known as one of Australia’s most venerable surfboard artisans. Shaping since the seventie...
14/12/2016
The heritage of surfing as an art form..
François Lartigau nous a quittés
C’est un monument du surf français qui s’est éteint ce mardi. François Lartigau, pionnier du surf français, s’en est allé rejoindre les vagues éternelles qu’il aimait peindre. Il avait 67 ans et a inspiré des générations de surfeurs.
Le surf français et ses enfants doivent énormément à ce grand monsieur. Né au Niger en 1949, il a grandi au Tchad avant de débarquer sur la Côte Basque dans les années 50. Avec son frère Jean-Marie et quelques amis biarrots, il constitue la première génération de gamins à se mettre au surf sous la bienveillance des tontons surfeurs. Champion de France en 1969, François succède au palmarès à son frère qui trustait les trophées depuis plusieurs années. Il fait partie de la première génération de surfeurs français à dépasser les frontières du pays et découvrir de nouveaux horizons. L’Indonésie, l’Australie, l’île Maurice, l’Afrique du Sud, Hawaii… Né au pays des nomades, François Lartigau cultive l’art du voyage, des rencontres. Passionné de dessin depuis son plus jeune page, il aimait caricaturer ses professeurs en classe, il travaillera durant de longues années comme designer pour de grandes marques de textile.
Photographe, peintre, musicien, dessinateur, sculpteur, surfeur. François était un artiste. Qui trouvait son inspiration dans sa passion pour le surf. « Si on surfe, il ne faut surtout pas s'arrêter, et si l'on ne surfe pas, il ne faut surtout pas commencer... sous peine de devenir accro ! » se plaisait-il à répéter.
« Murphy », comme le surnommait ses amis venait de fête ses 50 ans de surf à Guéthary. On l’imagine déjà glisser aux côtés de Miki Dora - autre légende du surf parti en 2002 -, son pote californien qu’il avait accueilli à bras ouvert au pays basque, et avec lequel ils ont partagé tant de grands moments durant plus de trois décennies.
La Fédération adresse ses plus sincères condoléances et toute son affection à Patricia, sa compagne; à Claire, la mère de leurs enfants; à Camille, sa fille; à Martin, son fils; à Jean-Marie, son frère; ainsi qu’à ses amis de toujours Gibus de Soultrait, Xavier Delanne, Christophe Reinhardt et ceux qui se reconnaîtront. Ride In Peace
03/12/2016
Local Avalon surfer Blaze Roberts has a session on the Skate in small Wedge waves and loves it. Fast, and loose she said. Stoked and surprised by its ease of paddle power.
08/11/2016
A RANGE OF SHAPES FROM THE SURFBOARD AGENCY IS NOW AVAILABLE
Dick Van Straalen is one of the most innovative and creative shapers in Australia. A fine surfer, he started shaping his own boards as a teenager and learn his art on the Northern beaches in Sydney in the 1960’s. It was when he moved to Burleigh Heads and started shaping under his own label in the 70’s that he really blossomed. The hollow sand bottom point breaks on the Gold Coast and his shapes were a perfect match, and his down railed, pintails pioneered riding way back inside the tube at Burleigh and Kirra.
Since then he has progressed into a master shaper who over the last 50 years has hand shaped all different types of ocean going vehicles from Open Ocean Racing Paddleboards, to Longboards, Reef Runners, Guns, Fishes and the many other designs that his fertile imagination comes up with. His combinations of rocker, vee, tail lift and outline templates are unique and produce a smooth, manoeuvrable, fast ride that allows you to maintain a high speed line at all times.
The collection he has produced the Surfboard Agency are reproductions of 4 of the most popular of his “fun” boards. They are constructed using his favoured materials of EPS foam, carbon fibre and expoxy resin.
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