Chemistry Surfboards | Custom Surfboard Shapes & Designs

Corey Frank Manasquan Inlet

Will — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:05:23 +0000

Corey Frank holding it down at Manasquan Inlet, NJ. He looks to have the no grab air reverse on lock. According to Manasquan’s Pat Schmidt, “If there was a legit contest at the Inlet, Corey would be the guy to beat. He surfs there everyday.”
Check Corey ripping on his FlashPoint model.

Gleason and Crew Score

Will — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:03:01 +0000

Video by Phillip Mansfield

The East Coast during spring is consistently fun. Normally doesn’t get big swells, but lots of head high plus days along the whole coast. If you want to get barreled, you go to Jersey. The south swells sweep up the sandbars and dump. In between every groin there’s a tube to be had.

Mike Gleason does his job and shows the crew how to get the wave of the swell. Also how to throw down some pretty mean hacks too.

Mike Gleason, Sam Hammer, Tommy Ihnkin, Clay Pollioni, Bryan Zinski and Blake Jones get shacked in Jersey.

Tonino Benson and the Lights Out

Will — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:35:17 +0000

Tonino Benson is currently in Costa Rica testing equipment, enjoying the Central American warmth, and logging countless clips for his webisodes.
Here is a teaser clip of him riding the Lights Out model (squash tail version). More to come, the kid is ripping, and still in CR doing it.

Hashtagz & Seagullz Vol. 3

Will — Tue, 08 May 2012 22:50:26 +0000

Cheyne Magnusson joins the Kings of the Northeast, Mike Gleason and Sam Hammer during one of the best hurricane swells of 2011. Video by Carmen Vicari who states,”So it’s been like what? 5 months since we last dropped something close to the shitty nature of this edit? I can’t even really tell you how much of a blur the last 5 months have been.”
The edit may be “shitty”, but the surfing makes up for it Carmen.

Invasion of Privacy at Chemistry Surfboards

Will — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:44:30 +0000

AWSM Ep 9 Clip
Snowboard legend, Chemistry Surfboards supporter, and all around nice guy, Todd Richards brings his weekly show “AWSM on Alli” to our headquarters in Oceanside. Be sure to watch the full episode HERE as this is just the “Invasion of Privacy” segment. Also subscribe while your at it!

Ridiculous

Will — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:33:15 +0000

Sorry kids it’s a wrap. If you are not doing this or getting close to it, go to medical school. Pro surfing is not your calling.
Dane Reynolds raising the bar, again.

BG Video of Cheyne and Crew – Hawaii 2012

Will — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:50:47 +0000

Team Body Glove scores perfect surf on the North Shore in Hawaii. Cheyne Magnusson, Jamie O’Brien, Alex Gray, and Anthony Walsh make up Team Body Glove in the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout. Tons of barrels, sky diving, scuba and more.

Testing Ryan Burch’s Asymmetrical Creation

Will — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:38:06 +0000

We have been extremely happy to have the chance to have such an enthusiastic and creative guy like Ryan Burch shape in our facility. You never know what you are going to see come out of his shaping bay when he is there and not surfing somewhere in the world. Great energy surrounds the kid and we love having him around.

Recently Ryan shaped me another asymmetrical surfboard. This time he went with a more conventional shortboard nose and added a 4th fin box as a trailer. After the first board he made me, which is the same concept (built for a goofyfoot, riding a Twin Fin on frontside, and a quad on backside), I wanted something not so fishy and more high performance. I loved the speed and glide on my frontside that the Twin Fin provided, as well as the drive and projection that the quad had on my backside, but I felt there could be more done to help control all that speed. Burch brought in the tail to eliminate the drift, added a high performance shortboard nose, and installed a slightly offset trailer. The results have been awesome. Still has the speed and drive, but pivots well off the bottom. I have had the chance to give it a go in both small gutless surf and chest to head high surf (both beachbreak Oceanside), and I’ve been impressed. The fin setup I have been running with is the SA1 quads on my backhand and the MRTX twin fin on my frontside. Both stabilized by a VS nubster pivot fin in the trailer box.

If you see me in the water and happen to be a goofyfoot, don’t hesitate to ask for a test drive. Meanwhile, check out the pics.

Burch’s Surfline Shaper’s Alley Profile

The new Asymm’s outline.

Tail profile including the new Chem traction.

Fin set up.

Side profile of the eclectic mix of fins.

Deckline

Bottom curve, note the different rockers.

Offset center fin with VS nubster pivot.

A Chemistry Collaboration.

RWB “Asymm Shred Machine”

The original asymm project.

Shaper’s Alley Oceanside on Surfline

Will — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:34:20 +0000

Currently on Surfline is Shaper’s Alley: Oceanside. Interviewing all the shapers where we call home including our own Jason Bennett. Check out the full feature here.

Kenny Powers – Surfing Legend

Will — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:37:12 +0000

Not really, but he is pretty classic owning the lineup on a boogie.