Dick Van Straalenis one ofaustralian shapersamong the most creative and innovative. An excellent surfer, he started withshape your own boardsas a teenager, on the northern beaches of Sydney in the 1960s. It was upon moving to Burleigh Heads that he began shaping under his own label in the 70's and his career took off. Its shapes stuck impeccably to the hollow and sandy breaks of the Gold Coast,pintail boards with drop rails , perfect fortube in Burleigh and Kirra .
From then on, he continued to progress to become amaster shaperwho through more than50 years of experiencehas shaped all kinds of machines to slide on the water:Open Ocean Racing Paddleboards ,Longboards ,Reef Runners ,Guns ,Fishesand many other creations straight fromhis fertile imagination . Its combinations ofrocker, vee, tail lift and outlineare absolutely unique and providemaneuverability , pure glideAndenough stimulusto maintain a lot of speed at all times.
