The value of nothing: Daily Stoke interview

" So you think you’re a shaper?  Roy Stewart is the real deal, his best work to date took 4 years to make! We sat down with Roy to hear why he thinks many of you are a “circus full of performing monkeys”, why the Olosurfer is the Sport of Kings, and how he plans to “reinstate the Sport of Kings to its rightful spiritual eminence.”

As you’ll see, Roy represents the opposite of mass production, and it’s as if Roy jumped in a time capsule from the 1900s on his wood board, looked around, and said I like it the old way, thanks very much! "

http://www.dailystoke.com/2011/05/interview-with-zen-master-shaper-roy-stewart/

Original Sim paulownia slab

A parallel profile 5'6" by 21" by 1.5" 'Original Sim' paulownia slab inspired by Bob Simmons.Volume 27 litres.

Surfing Philosophy: A message from Geoff McCoy

Roy

I have a good look at your website, absolutely amazing your craftsmanship creativity is mind blowing, great stuff and your asking price must surely take surfboard building to a new level of awareness.

 

Interesting reading your email, my aim was and still is the big 3 surfing companies dominating surfing and telling surfers that Kelly S 's board was all they need now that is extreme ignorance a clothing company dictating surfboard design for all surfers that is why it has ended up in the situation it is in, no common sense just ego and greed, they got people so off the rails it will take quite a while before it balances out again, but it will ! 

As for charging too much, no way, if I were you I would ignore the people who do not understand and cannot afford to buy your product, they do not  matter, you will survive longer than the young guy who is the latest promotion by the magazines who are dominated by the big 3, Q,RipC and Billabong, what you are doing is far more valuable then anorexic Al Merrick board for $850Aust with a life expectancy of  6 to 12 months, my advice is ignore the ignorant and produce value for money, take care.

Keep surfin

Geoff

http://www.mccoysurfboards.com/v1/

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Philosophy of surfing: Primeval experience and the 'Easy school'

  Everything in my surfing philosophy follows from the idea of pure surfing. To purify surfing I discard that which isn't necessary to the experience. We hear of old school and new school but my philosophy is 'Easy School". It's simply about being there. There's a lot of clutter and social expectations out there in the water and I prefer to leave all that behind, making the experience more primeval.

  Eliminating arbitrary land based criteria is vital. The commercial mass market surf industry thrives on and could not survive without arbitrary rules and surfing tricks, which are part of a land based corporate group mindset. It is merely an unwanted burden to the free thinker who wishes to transcend earthly matters and enter a more meditative zone by riding waves.

 

United Airlines' 'Hemisphere' magazine features the Chieftain surfboard.

From the latest issue of United Airlines'  'Hemisphere' magazine:

Roy Stuart crafts a singular surfboard

"According to surfboard maker Roy Stuart's website, the unusually shaped Chieftain represents a triumph of imagination over practicality - which is pretty much true of surfing itself.  One taste of its smooth, zippy ride and you'll never want to get out of the water again, and that's good, because if you bought a Chieftain you probably had to sell your house."

$417,000/olosurfer.com 

Jacqueline Detwiler
http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/2011/05/01/king-fin/


Human beings have a natural affinity for perfection in all forms.  It is a  desire which is at the core of our existence. We are at peace when we perceive manifestations of geometrical, mathematical and physical principles.  Designing and making surfboards which express these principles is a pursuit which seeks the highest in all things, in order to become one with the primeval forces of the universe. When this is done the surfboard reflects those forces in its shape.

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