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The success and history of Byrne Surfboards revolved around the close knit Bryne brothers. Phil, Dave, and Chris were highly successful surfers growing up in Australia and competitive surfing took them to the top surf spots in the world including Bali, Indonesia and the surf mecca of Hawaii. Bryne Surfboards got its start at a time when professional surfing began to emerge. Dave Bryne had been working as a glasser while Phil had been shaping in Australia and Hawaii. Thus, the three brothers decided to start their own label and their surfing experiences in Hawaii influenced their surfboard designs and methods. Their success in creating high performance boards attracted the attention of some of the top surfers in the world at the time including Shaun Tompson and Larry Bertleman. Tom Carroll began riding Phil Byrne’s shapes and ended up winning two pro titles on Bryne surfboards. Phil Byrne’s designs are also offered in Surftech’s Tuflite epoxy line of shapes. The company’s philosophy is to continue to improve surfboard designing through working to improve every surfer’s performance. 2 Comments »Peter B, on September 5, 2007 @ 2:03 am |Correction to my note on the Byrne 7.0 I mentioned. Its an Easyrider not Equalizer (Dont know how I made that mistake). Leave a commentRSS feed for these comments. | TrackBack URI |
Peter B, on August 27, 2007 @ 12:00 am |
I live in Barbados and have a 7.0 Equalizer, surfed as a kid stopped for 15 years and started back on 2 other boards, then decided I was ready and bought the Equalizer. I often comment to people and say “If I had to buy another board, it would be another 7.0 Equalizer”. Its a great board, a little slow on the turn in really small surf, using Carbon Lite fins, but when it get bigger its a fantastic board. Had it 2-3 years now and still in very good condition. Incredible speed going down the line with fantastic maneurvability to get those turns in, it can leave you standing on air if not careful when comming off the lip, its just a very fast board. I Love it. What would you recommend at 6.10 for slightly smaller waves. I am 6′ @ 187lbs 51yrs but not ready for a longboard.