Joe Morris + The Welsh Dragon

Last week, little Joe Morris won the U12's in the Welsh National Surf Championships with his mini Quiver under his feet.  Joseph started surfing with BC surf and coach Sam Moore, he also has regular training with some of the best junior surfers in Wales from Quiksilver pro surfer Nathan Phillips and this year joined the cadet squad coached by Joel Gray where he travels to cornwall every month for training. These are his 3 coaches that he wouldn't be where he is without their help and coaching. 

As he is only 10 its all about the training for him to learn as much as he can. He started surfing at the age of 7 so its been 3 years now and he loves it so much. He loves many surfers but Kelly Slater is his idol and is going with Surf solutions cadet squad to France in september for the pro tour with hope that he can meet his idol and watch him surf. He went to California last year on holiday and entered a fun comp on his first quiver board where he met Tom Curren, Donovan Frankenreiter and lots of other amazing surfers all cheering him during the heats. 

He was awarded with a trophy at the end of the comp and interviewed in front of thousands of people there to see Donavan sing after the presentation. It was the best day of his life he said. He also got to surf Trestles and Huntington beach and wants to go back again next year.

We mentioned the 3 coaches because he trains with them all equally. Below are some photos of the California billabong comp at Salt creek just for you to see how he has been doing.

4ft10 Quiver Wins u12's Welsh Nationals - got to start somewhere!

10 Year old Joseph Morris who recently bought a new board from us, a 4'10 custom grom Quiver is absolutely stoked with the new board and made a decision to use it in the Quiksilver Welsh nationals last weekend even though he had only had 3 weeks to practice on it. "It feels right and I can do bigger turns on the new board" he said. The competition was held at Freshwater West in Wales with the swell big and powerful for the Groms, but he surfed well on his new board and won the Under 12's section of the Welsh Nationals even though he is only 10 years old. 

He can't thank his coaches enough and Quiver for knowing and making the perfect board for him. Super Stoked at being the new under 2012 12's Welsh Champion!!!

Nic Muscroft's Boards - Finishing Stages

The 2 boards that are getting ready to be taken out to South Africa for Nic Muscroft are getting finished this week and superstar glasser Nick Williams is taking them out to S.A for us.  Nic will be over in S.A surfing the notorious Ballito Pro which has been going off the past few years and we are hoping for another repeat this year.

Nick our glasser heads back to S.A each year to commentate at the Mr Price Pro in Durban and the Ballito Pro and will not be short of a word or 2 when he is let loose on both surf competitions.  Here are a few quick pics of the boards just before they are finished and lovingly wrapped up :)

D'arcy - Shaping a Future

PRESS RELEASE: D'Arcy Signs with Quiver 2012

PRESS RELEASE - 17TH JUNE 2012

D’Arcy Signs with Quiver Surfboards for Europe.  World renowned Australian shaper Stuart D’Arcy signed with Quiver®Surfboards this week at the Quiver® head office in Newquay.

Quiver Surfboards has been going from strength to strength, growing rapidly throughout the European market over the past 3 years.  International demand outside Europe after Quiver’s huge shortboard contest success, together with demand for models from renowned French shaper’s Alain Menvielle and Fifi Chevalier, meant Australian Stuart D’Arcy from D’Arcy Surfboards was the perfect choice for advancing Quiver’s success.

“I am absolutely delighted to introduce D’Arcy to the Quiver brand and the growing European market. D’Arcy is a world class shaper renowned for his accurate shaping and up-to-date designs. He brings a whole new level of prestige to the Quiver shortboard range.” said Murray Steward, owner of Seabase and Quiver Surfboards.

We approached D’Arcy earlier this year whilst still based on the Gold Coast as we knew he had already established a great following throughout the European surfing community. We felt his expertise and reputation, combined with our high quality materials, manufacturing processes and strong distribution channels and experience in the European market, would make this a match made in heaven.” Murray said. “The fresh, new and very up-to-date designs from Quiver will be hugely enhanced by D’Arcy’s model range”.

D’Arcy has been shaping for over 25 years and has exported his surfboards worldwide. He has shaped for many elite surfers both past and present such as 7 x World Champion Layne Beachley, free surfers Billy

Kean & Asher Pacey, Martin Potter, Nic von Rupp, Jack Freestone, Mick Fanning and Dean Morrison to name a few.

“I am very excited to be back in Europe and working with Quiver on a D’Arcy range.” said Stuart D’Arcy of D’Arcy Surfboards. “I have used Seabase materials in my factory on the Gold Coast for some years now

and find them far superior to others I have used over time. Quality has always been a huge issue for me and when Murray approached me to come to Europe to work with Quiver I knew this would allow me the opportunity to work with world class materials and manufacturers and feel confident my high reputation for quality that I’ve built up over many decades wouldn’t be tarnished.” said D’Arcy.

Stay tuned for the Quiver/D’Arcy range release coming soon. Custom orders taken now. Demand is heavy.

For more information contact Quiver® Surfboards at www.quiversurfboards.co.uk/contact/ or call +33 558 41 77 05 for France and Spain +351 262 785 089 in Portugal or +44 1637 875811 for Northern Europe orders, or follow D’Arcy Surfboards on facebook for updates.

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English National Championships 2012

2012 ENGLISH SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Watergate Bay

After the event being postponed due to flat conditions a few weeks back, the English Nationals were finally settled on the weekend of the 9th/10th June 2012.  We are super stoked to have 3 Quiver's finishing in the top 4 mens open results and latest shaper to join the Quiver shapers bay, Felix Dickson finishing in 2nd place in teh Seniors.

Here are the full results from the weekends lineup:


2012 English Surfing Championships - Results

Mens Open - 1. Johnny Fryer (QUIVER) 2. Sam Lamiroy 3. Stu Campbell (QUIVER) 4. Gordon Fontaine (QUIVER)
Ladies Open - 1. Hannah Harding 2. Peony Knight 3. Gabi Rowe 4. Rachael Taylor
Mens Longboard - 1. Ben Howarth 2. Ben Skinner 3. Adam Griffiths 4. Angus Murray
Ladies Longboard- 1. Emillie Currie 2. Ashleigh Bennetts 3. Nicola Bunt 4. Rebecca Stanhope
Seniors - 1. Lee Bartlett 2. Felix Dixon (QUIVER SHAPER)3. Richie Mullins 4. Gareth Llewellyn
Masters - 1. Martin Connelly 2. Lee Bartlett 3. Chris Harris 4. Paul Barrington
Veterans - 1. Tony Good 2. Andy Sturt 3. Roger Knight 4. Matt Knight 5. Anthony Weight

Quiver + Feestix Collaboration

Just before the long weekend sets in and we are out the door at 5pm, here is a sneak peak of the sweet things to come from the recent collaboration with Felix Dickson, the Kiwi shaper and big wave charger.  Felix will be launching his range of models which will be on offer through Quiver.

Here are some of the boards in the brand new range which we will be formally introducing to you all next week:

If one of these little numbers takes your fancy, drop us a line on Wednesday when we open again next week and you can have a chat with Felix to get one underway.