Had a few fun waves the last few days and not much shaping. surfed Burleigh this morning with my team rider and mate, James 'Billy' Watson ...here is a link to him getting a few barrels from a mates website. Billy does Burleigh..

And here's a pic of a board that I did for a guy named Ted...6 x 181/4 x 21/4 ... deluxe...Ted weighs 62 kgs and is 5'9"tall.

cheers,

Phantom

Hey guys just getting back to you about dad's board he is riding in the video. This has been his favourite board for the last 10 months or so, which he rides in pretty much everything. It's called a Wonglepong for no particular reason apart from the fact that he likes the name :/. The dimensions are 5'5'' x 19 1/4'' x 2 1/4''. The set up is a quad fin, although lately he has been thinking about turning it into a thruster. I guess we shall wait and see. Hows the old cow size decal ...I think Dad said he did that in the early 90's. More coming soon, bye for now

Hi there, I'm Chris' daughter Sally and he has asked me to do some blogging for him because he is too lazy to do it himself. Nah ... not really just has too much to do. Anyway here is a board that Dad made for a young Englishman named Alex. Alex weighs 62kgs and is about 5'8'' tall. This board is called a bullet and is for small waves up to 4 foot. Its dimensions are 5'5'' x 19 1/4'' x 2 1/4''. Alex even managed to paint it himself suiting his tetris addiction!!


Dad has just recently come home from a trip to Bali, where he was shaping boards for a company called Deus Ex Machina. While there they made a short film on him and here is the link, so check it out. Phantom in Bali The board he is riding is a 5'5'' x 19 1/4'' x 2 1/4'' wonglepong, quad fin. I will see if I can get you a photo for the next blog.

PHANTOM AND THE BOB SLED

My mate Bob Moore(aka...smoking skull) who I've been working with for years and now have the pleasure of working with again in Bali droped by for a visit..."phantom....you home ....I've got something for ya!...." came the call down the telephone line....

..for years of making boards for other people , never have I had someone make a board for me...fully blew me away.... this is Bob's 2nd board that he's made, the first was for himself, and was I impressed!!. He did it all , even making the fins...My first surf was at snapper on a 3-4 foot day....the first 2 waves were a bit sketchy and then I took a set wave and the thing lit up!...before I knew it i was down past Greeny and having a ton of fun....Thanks Bob ...your the best!!

hello,
don't know if you know it or not but for years I've been working with a few artists and together we make stuff. This guy is Scott Redford and this is his show that's currently on at the Qeensland Art Gallery in Bris Vagus. Together we have had shows in all sorts of galleries from the Goldy to Germany, even at the at the MCA in Sydney during the olympics when that was on. Sorry for the crappy photo's...got a better camera from Santa this year so from now on things should get better!





A bunch of broken magic boards that were stacked in my factory when Scot found them for the show









some nice shiney boards courtesy of Steve Barber at Full Force.. The Cross boards are a bit of a signature for Scot. They are two guns joined together..A 96 and a 68....there are a red, a yellow and a black one. The Big Pink Surf-paintings were very succesfull and the Qld Premier Anna Bligh, who opened the show, actually has one of these in her office. It's pretty cool to know that the Premier of QLD sits in her office and looks at a painting that you did ...complete with phantom sticker and all! The show runs till March sometime...floods permitting....

Mixed bag of pretty things....

A few things to look at ...tugboats, pobblebonks, deluxes and the 6'8'' micro mal for the intermeadiate surfer girl. I love my job!!

a couple of custom fish out of water..

Here's a couple that I did a while back. The couple of bluey ones are the wonglepong 5' 9 '' x 20'' x 21/2'' for Tom ...he weighs in at about 80 kgs and about 5'9'' tall. The Swallow is the Quad o matic, 6'x 21'' x 25/8'' for Shayne...he weighs about 85 kgs.

The grey one is for a tree climer guy called Marty. It's 56 x 20 x 25/8 and kinda based around the Quad o matic and the punt Flyer. Flat deck and a vee bottom with a pretty hefty double throughout the tail. Marty weighs about 75 kgs and is 5'8'' tall.