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Surf talk..........

"Always loved Van Straalen because he has an open listening head on design..and life. When no one was into the softs when I brought them here in the early 80s.. He was fullly attentive to their virtues....and always encouraging to the spirit of inventiveness...he aint no sheep.

Rusty Miller....Soul surfer

5’5" aluminum pocket-rocket thruster shaped by Dick Van Straalan. Aluminum? Yep, vacuum-bagged to the foam, stringerless, and stronger than fuck. Rasta turned it over, stood on it, and it didn’t even bend..."I ran into Jack McCoy’s massive camera, and it didn’t even ding," he boasts proudly".

Dave Rastovich...Spirit surfer

Innovaton in technology.........

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AVISO CLASSIC WATERMAN SHAPES AS CARBON FIBRE MASTERPIECES...

CALL DICK FOR NEW MODELS AVAILABLE..

Visit the Aviso website for more details...

Fish in the water........
Dave Rastovich in Indonesia riding a 6'1' double flyer quad...now available also as an Aviso model

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Surfboards as an artform.........whats in your head?
Where to buy........

HO'OKUPU SURF SHOP BYRON BAY

To complete the picture,Hoíokupu also offers some of the coolest retro surf threads, lifestyle products and a range of the finest surfcraft under the sun; including Dick Van Straalenís handshaped originals.

Ph: 61 2 6685 8861
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SIX OUNCE BOARDSTORE BONDI BEACH

Hi my name's Ben and I have an addiction, I can't look at a board without the curiosity of it's preformance getting the better of me and reaching for a cake of wax and convincing myself that I'll just have one surf and I won't even put pressure on my back foot so she won't dent and that I must know how it goes.

02) 9300 8339 (landline)
(02) 9389 0373 (fax)
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Surfers show and chat about your DVS stick.........click here to email your pics and words

Just got a new balsa gun off the Flying Dutchman and would just like to thank him for a most amazing board!!!The paddling power of this board is just amazing and the feeling of riding a wooden board is just indescribable.Dick thanks again for the "AK 47"

Adrian Kerstens Newport Beach

7'8 performed so well in 4'-6',but when waves got to 8'-10'....went so well!!!
I was able to paddle into jacking faces, sometimes air dropping into the pit, then flying, as i chased long- walled faces down da bay,carving big arcs. Stoked,can't wait for next g'land mission.
After 35 years of surfing "the DVS experience" ,once again,YOUR board enabled me to successfully ride "real" waves.
Power to you,hope you keep shaping. Any chance of Shakti red 2?

Hman of Bondi Beach