Skippsurf Boards
Board in Wollongong

Our pioneering surfboard manufacturing movement continues to deliver a diversity of premium quality handcrafted surfboards. Buying a Skippy surfboard isn't just your ticket to a immense surfing experience, but the obtainment of a segment of surf memorabilia and timeless craftsmanship. Our team will converse, collaborate and link with you to ensure that you get your ultimate board and start a long term relationship with one of Australia's clever surf manufacturers. So come and unite us on a journey of crafting the correct board to suit your individuality, skill and style. If you're lucky enough, you might even catch Skippy on the factory floor telling one of his epic tales. We keep at the core of our philosophy our handcrafted, custom made boards. Whether long, brief or in between, our emphasis on quality is key. As the industry evolves, so are the processes and we are pushing the boundaries of surf design and construction with the use of diverse foam densities, stringer construction, glassing techniques, UV resins, experimental EPA and epoxy design, and CBC shaping. We're as different as you make us and that's what makes us different.

It was our annual VIP night but it was also a bit of a farewell for our Flanders Street Factory (not safe what's going on? Ample of young, impaired and inbetweens rocked up for snags, stubbier and a tale or two. John is still around too if you want to wish him all the superior for his well earned retirement. Our team (past and present) and our customers are the legends who make Skippy what it is, so we wanted to share a scanty pics of some of the crew that turned up to our VIP night. It's the final of an era, but also the first of a fresh chapter for Skippy Surfboards. When a young Johnny Skippy founded Skippy Surfboards in 1963, he could have never imagined how iconic the brand would become. But now it is time for Skippy, one of the pioneers of surf, to enter a healthy earned retirement, handing over the reigns to his son Josh. We plan to reopen a board store late2017, but also to create a greater presence online. Our legacy of looking after the local surfing community with hand shaped boards and worn school service will continue. Surfboards made by Skippy will everlasting be handcrafted to keep the purity of the company and what we have been known for over the former half century. However, we will also be engaging in a side project division of the company that has more futuristic surf design and construction with the use of different foam densities, stringer construction, glassing techniques, UV resins, experimental EPA and epoxy design and CBC shaping. Skippy Surfboards will be begin every day until the last of the year (except Christmas Day). You might even catch John on the factory floor, sharing a scanty of his epic tales. The guru's in Wetsuit technology and design. The cold has nothing on you when you wear one of these. The Drummie design has been piece of that ever trending shorter wider theorem. Insignificant stabilizer adds control while maintaining the freedom and manoeuvrability of a twin fin set up. BOARD TYPES: Twin fin and new fish models. OVERVIEW: Little size power fin designed for fast, controlled Conrail surfing. PERFORMANCE: Produces particular speed and drive, allowing the rider to propel solid and perform longer turns on the unfold face. OVERVIEW: XS all round template for a variety of surfing styles, conditions and board types. PERFORMANCE: Provides a balance of drive, speed and flow for performing turns in the pocket or on the open face. OVERVIEW: Small all round template for a variety of surfing styles, conditions and board types. PERFORMANCE: Developed to work with the deep concave of the board, the fins regulate water flow and attain maximum speed, stability and drive.