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Barron Surfboards All New Look
Barron Surfboards new logo

Its exciting times here at Barron Surfboards, with the official launch of our new look. The new logo represents New Zealand's mountains, rivers and sea in geometric form, and with the bright blue to indicate a bright new future. We are stoked on the update to the brand and hope you are too. All our boards now have the new logo, and you can see t...

Stairmand Third in Ozzie Open of Surfing
Billy Stairmand in his Semi Final

Billy Stairmand surfed his way to the Semi Final's, at the Australian Open of Surfing at Manly Beach in Sydney. Stairmand finished the event in equal 3rd place after being defeated in his Semi by Evan Gieselman (USA). This is an outstanding result for Stairmand who took out some big names on his way to the finals including, Ace Buchan, Mitch Cre...

Classic 70's insights into surfboard making.

Heres a cool vid taken off the 70's Long lost kids show with Woody Allen and Sunset Surfboards. it gives a real insight into how boards were made.. and amazingly things havn't changed that much today!!

Avenues going with the sumner flow
Tim Clemence - Avenues Magazine - Pic Kelly Shakespeare

Its always great having an insight to the local surf scene, and this month Avenues Magazine has brought us the Sumner Longboarding Community. Tim Clemence graces a full page spread with a top turn mirroring the gracefullness of a gull in flight, and the other pics give a real sence of the vibe. The story covers everything from being shut out of...

Primo Wave Pool near Dubai

This has got to be one of the best wave pools we have ever seen. Al Ain is several hours away from Dubai (SE of)/Abu Dhabi (East of) near the Oman border, about as far as you can get from the ocean within the UAE. check out the video.. looks fun as!!

Messy Mago's

Magnets been scoring some good size swell lately while Christchurch has been left flat and lonely. Heres a shot from last Sunday, its a bit lumpy and Bumpy but still some good ones to be had.. Fingers crossed for more on the way!!

Update & New 2012 Shop Opening Hours

Thanks for all your support over the craziness of last year. It's good to know that even one good wave can make it all easier. A lot of you have been getting new boards, the new fush buzz bars have been a real hit, and the barron hogs and boss hogs are literally walking out the doors.

There are some exciting new developments around the c...

A Festive Season of Surf
Perfect Bottom Turn

Wow what an insane time for waves these holidays. Sorry its been so long since the last post, but we are back with tales of pumping waves and magical missions!! This year the Catlins was the plan, and after 3 flat days, the surf picked up and the beaches lit up. Usually the deep south is known for cold raw swell, but this summer it brought us th...

New Shapers Fins Instore

These fins are fresh!! Lightweight, High Performance and fricken sexy. Our fave's are the carbon fibre stealth fins, but they all would be a great way to give your board a new lease of life. Come on down and check out the full range!

NEW SUMMER HOURS AND SURFBOARDS
Barron Shop Summer

Its great to have some good swell and to have the water warming up. Come on down and check out our great range of surfboards including the new fush buzz bars, mars bars and k bars, and our favourites like the barron hog, boss hog and b52. We also have a great range of malibu and shortboard fins, arcade deck grips, leggies and fins, and all new s...