these are my favorite: west channel islands/al merrick oneill xcel magma fcs these are what i think are the best: patagonia CI al merrick rip curl xcel magma future
Hyperflex Cooperfish ( I only longboard) Rip curl lobster mits Rip Curl Sex Wax Rainbow ( only fine I ever owned was a 8.0 Long Rake Wingnut fin every other board they are glassed in)
Xcel Anything shaped on the East Coast and preferably a custom. Xcel Xcel Sticky Bumps but I'm liking Magma more and more Futures
Patagonia... for wetsuit & booties. Sorry man, no gloves out here. Wax... I'm partial to Sticky Bumps. Fins... forgot about fins... LokBox or glassed in. LokBox for all my travel boards and glassed in for my "nice" boards. Boards and shapers... wow... where to begin...my favorite? Well... I don't know about "brand" but I know my favorite shapers for particular boards... just basing this on current or previous boards I've owned over the years... Bonzers (five fin, my favorite) , Malcolm Campbell Five Fin, Greg Griffin Quad: Manny Mandala or Gary Hanel Speeddialer, Rich Pavel Twinies (modern), Ian Zamora or DJ Kane Thrusters, Brian Buckley Fish: Chris Christensen or Steve Seebold Singlefin, Geoff McCoy Longboards... I'm not sure. I've never owned one. Sorry. and just as important, my favorite glassing shop would be Moonlight Glassing. You can't have a board shaped and not have it glassed.
wetsuit -Quicksilver boards -Channel Islands (mainstream), Plus One locally. gloves -dont know =( booties -had a pair of Excel's back in the day that were sick! wax -Sticky Bumps. fins -FCS ** more variety, haven't had luck with futues =(
Es-cent-ial, new company outta florida Chris Birch - shapes some really fun sticks xcel gloves xcel booties sticky bumps haven't experimented much with fins - i guess fcs
