Meet Simon Anderson at HSS

MEET THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE THURSTER! SIMON ANDERSON WILL BE AT HAWAIIAN SOUTH SHORE IN PERSON MONDAY AUGUST 23 FROM 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM. DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ONE OF SURFINGS GREATEST SHAPERS. ORDER A CUSTOM SURFBOARD FROM SIMON HIMSELF! OR HAVE HIM PICK OUT A BOARD FOR YOU FROM OUR STOCK OF SIMONS!

Simon Anderson's Profile
Simon Anderson grew up in the 60's at Collaroy on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. He was lucky enough to witness the evolution of the modern day surfboard in his own backyard, ridden by a host of world class surfers including Nat and Chris Young, Butch and Steve Cooney, Rob Holt etc. From the early 60's 9'6 longboard to the ultra short 5'4" single fin in '68, surfing was going through a dramatic design revolution; massive vee bottoms, trackers, tear drops, pins, double enders. Every 6 months there was a new leap forward and an extra 6" cut off the length of the board. Simon Anderson gravitated to North Narrabeen in '69, to a culture of hardcore surfing with a strong link to board manufacturing at nearby Brookvale. He entered the industry as a ding fixer at Shane Surfboards in '70. His shaping career began at 17 after winning the '71 Australian Junior Title at Bells Beach from Peter Townend and the hottest junior of that year Andrew McKinnon. Drawing inspiration from legendary local surfer/ shapers Bob Kennerson, Terry Fitzgerald, Geoff McCoy and Col Smith as well as the stella staff at Shane's, Frank Latta, Ted Spencer and Butch Cooney, Simon Anderson had the best possible apprenticeship. In 1973 Simon Anderson competed in the first professional Australian contest at Bells Beach placing 3rd behind winner MP and 2nd Anthony Hardwick (NN Surfer). '76 saw the beginning of the World Tour. Simon Anderson had wins in '77 at Bells and the Coke 2SM Surfabout finishing the year ranked No 3. In 1981 he had 3 more victories the Bells/ Coke double again and the Pipe Masters on a new innovation "the Thruster", the modern day surfboard. Simon Anderson is still motivated to improve surfboard design to benefit his own surfing, team riders and surfers in general, including Kelly Slater in 2005 who won at J - Bay and Trestles riding one of Simon's shapes. Simon Anderson uses his many years of experience in shaping, surfing and working with team riders to create the best possible boards for all wave conditions.

BASE is pleased to release Simon Anderson's new step down model the DTS. A wide rounded square with a performance plan-shape, designed for performance surfing in small waves. The wide rounded square ridden by Dayne Reynolds at Trestles has inspired shapers around the globe. This is Simon Andersons interpretation. 'Dayne Reynolds surfing at the Trestles WCT event 2 years ago set the board design world alight with the Dumpster Diver, the DTS is my version. The DTS is ideal for 1-4ft surf, with a wide rounded square tail and a pointier nose than most performance fish boards. The bottom has a deep single to double concave with vee in the tail, and a thruster set-up with medium soft rails. The wide tail allows for good speed in small waves, while moderate vee in the tail aids with rail to rail smoothness. The narrower nose plan-shape low nose entry combination with medium tail rocker assists tight in the pocket rail turns with controlled slide at the end of the arc if desired. Team riders Adam Robertson, Jay Bottle Thompson and some young crew from Narrabeen have all been riding the DTS and the feedback has been very positive ‘speed and manoeuvrability to burn’. The DTS can be ridden by all levels and is a true performance fish enabling good surfers to shred small waves at speed in the same way as they would surf there high performance thrusters in good surf.’