Customer Submissions - John Malopsy

View previous Customer Submissions. This section is for all you guys (and gals) out there riding Alexander Surfboards. Send us your photos and stories. If we like em, we'll put em up here!

 

John Malopsy has been riding Alexander boards for a long time now. Having ridden most of Jeff's various shapes, John was the first to receive Jeff's Bonzer Brothers-influenced board. The Bonzo became an immediate favorite! Having living in Indonesia on and off for several years, it's no wonder John's able to track down empty gems like the one pictured here.

Thanks for sharing and hope to see you back on the Island of the Gods soon!

Customer Submissions - Owen Stoneman

View previous Customer Submissions. This section is for all you guys (and gals) out there riding Alexander Surfboards. Send us your photos and stories. If we like em, we'll put em up here!

Our second installment of customer submissions is from Owen Stoneman. Thanks for the nice words and great shots, keep ripping!

Here's what he had to say:

"I was lucky enough to pick up one of your sticks before last week's trip to G-Land. 7'9'' x 18 7/8'' x 2 7/8''. Privileged ride, perfect glide. Keep up the good work mate!"

Customer Submissions - Jim McLeod

This is a new section we started for all you guys out there riding Alexander Surfboards. Send us your photos and stories, or post them on Jeff's Facebook. If we like em, we'll put em up here!

Our first submission is from Australian Jim Mcleod. Traveling to and from Bali regularly, Jim scored this photo during a solo session at Uluwatu Bombie last year (you're probably thinking "ya right, solo session! HA!". It's rare to get waves alone in Bali, but it happens. Especially when it's big!) This may have been Jim's first session on this 7'10'' pintail Jeff shaped him. Good one Jim!

The Penetrator - Not Just for Small Waves

Mike Horton has been putting his new Penetrator (5'10'' x 19 3/8'' x 2 5/16'') through its paces all over Bali the past couple months. Though he got it for small days, Jeff told him to get it out there in the bigger stuff too! Here's what Mike had to say:

"I love this thing! At first, I was only riding it on really small days, waist-chest high. I'm usually stoked to get the bigger boards out when there's a little size, but I finally decided to try it out on some double overhead waves and it was still awesome. Jeff and I are already talking about the next one actually! We're going to tweak it a little bit and see what happens."

Read more about the Penetrator (and notice in the photo the board already has a pad and wax on it, Mike stole it out of the factory before we got a photo!).

If you want one of these or something like it, shoot us an e-mail and let's talk!

Jeff's Inspirations

We just updated Jeff's biography with this quote, paying tribute to some of his inspirations:

My inspiration comes from some of the coolest people on Earth. First, my mom and dad for buying my first board in 1964, an 8'6'' Mozel (mini-board for that time). Second, my brother Rico for getting my ass of my Chopper Schwinn Stingray and dragging me along with his cool teenage friends to surf. I'm so lucky they tolerated a punk kid!! Here's my teachers and guys I looked up to: Jeff Ho, Dick Brewer, Owl Chapman, Mike Casey, Tony Channin, Donald Takiyama, Bill & Bob Bahne, Jeff Lickton, Randy Pidd, Sam Cody, Tracy Richmond, Bill Bateman, Wayne Gracey, Edy Crachek, Dwain Brown, Gary Speece, Ken "Planet Crush" Bradshaw, John Orlando, Craig Hollingsworth, Willis Brothers, Louis Ferrera, Mark Lidel, Dennis & Glen Pang, Glen Minami, Trank Pascal, Naish Brothers, Harrold Igi, Brad Milstine, Ron Roush, Randy Hogan, and Lonny Brothers.

Mikey's Article on Surf Wanderer

Escaping Motorcycle City: 'B-land' Bali Surf Travel

Check out this recent article about Balangan by Alexander rider Mike Horton and his sweet barrel sequence on his 6'1'' Pro Ho!!