Rusty Preisendorfer, founder of Rusty Surfboards, has been one of the most high profile and influential surfboard shapers around the world for the past two decades. Rusty established his reputation in the 80′s as one of the most high profile and influential surfboard shapers in the world and in turn has provided the winning craft for many of the world’s Top 44 including Mark Occhiluppo, the Hobgoods, and the more recently free surfing freaks Kamie O’Brien, Josh Kerr and Jay Davies.

As a shaper, Preisendorfer deserves credit for perfecting the modern thruster as we know it. Subtle variations are all that seperate the current surfboard standard from his early 80′s models. The boxy rails that are so commonplace today were the benchmark of Occy’s boards during his phenomenal run as a teenager. Despite Preisendorfer’s status as a premier shortboard shaper, he feels his biggest contribution has been his dedication to the average surfer.

Based in San Diego USA, Rusty Surfboards continues to push the envelope in both design innovation and new manufacturing processes.

Rusty Bat Tail Surfboards

Rusty Bat Tail Quad Surfboard

The Rusty Bat Tail Quad offers fantastic speed right out of the gate and no apparent top end, with great acceleration through turns and the ability to turn and redirect on a penny, the Rusty Bat tail Quad Surfboard is a fantastic addition to any surfers quiver!

The Bat Tail Features a moderate concave through the drive area and a semi relaxed entry rocker with an average overall curve. If you haven’t ridden a bat tail before you will be surpised at how loose and manoeuvrable boards like this can be.

Rusty 6´0″ Bat Tail Quad Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´0″ x 18 1/2″ x 2 1/4″

Price: £399

Rusty Dwart Surfboards

Rusty Dwart Surfboard

Engineered specifically to allow you to make the most of UK surfing conditions, from 1 foot to overhead, The Rusty Dwart will send your wave count through the roof whilst remaining fast and highly manoeuvrable.

The Dwart has lots of volume which allows it to be ridden shorter, giving a real “skatie” performance feel. The 5 fin set up allows for experimentation and variety, whether you set it up as a quad or a thruster this board will feel great in any conditions.

Rusty 6´0″ Dwart Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´0″ X 21.25″ X 2.87″

Materials – PU Foam

Price: £399

Rusty Mod Fish Surfboards

Rusty Mod Fish Surfboard

The Rusty Mod Fish combines performance with function, a wave catching machine that allows for vertical surfing and full carves.

The Mod fish has more rocker than the classic fish, with a narrower tail, modern rails and a modern concave. This board has more “bite” in the turns and offers fantastic performance and feel without losing the the traditional benefits of a fish.

Rusty 6´0″ Mod Fish Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´0 x 20″ x 2 3/16

Rusty 6´2″ Mod Fish Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´2 x 20 1/4″ x 2 1/4″

Price: £399

Rusty Mod Quad Fish Surfboards

Rusty Mod Quad Surfboard

The Rusty Mod Quad is a natural update to the twin Mod Fish above. With the addition of two extra fins it offers more drive and control making this wave catching machine perfect for UK waves.

The Mod Quad is similar to the Mod Fish but features a flatter deck that brings increased volume to the rails, again offering more stability and drive, fantastic for UK conditions.

Rusty 6´0″ Mod Quad Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´0″ x 20″ x 2 3/16″

Rusty 6´2″ Mod Quad Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´2″ x 20 1/4″ x 2 1/4″

Materials – PU Foam

Price: £399

Rusty Piranha Surfboards

Rusty Piranha Surfboard

The Rusty Piranha is Rustys proven, ever popular, everyday modern fish, offering great wave catching ability and fantastic speed from rail to rail, keeping your wave count up and your turns tight and fast.

The rocker, bottom and thickness are similar to a performance shortboard. However the full nose and wide tail of the Piranha makes it a great board for any conditions.

The Rusty Piranha boards are popular with the Rusty team riders including Josh Kerr, Jamie Obrien and Nate Yeomans.

Rusty 6´2″ Piranha Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´2″ x 20 1/2″ x 2 5/16″

Rusty 6´4″ Piranha Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´4″ x 20 3/4″ x 2 3/8″

Price: £399

Rusty Piranha Quad Surfboards

Rusty Piranha Quad Surfboard

The Rusty Piranha Quad is the quad version of rusty´s ever popular modern fish the Piranha, offering great wave catching ability and fantastic speed from rail to rail, keeping your wave count up and your turns tight and fast.

The quad fin set up gives a bit more speed and stability or change the set up to a twin fin and give yourself that extra loose feel.

Rusty 6´2″ Piranha Quad Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´2″ x 20 1/2″ x 2 5/16″

Rusty 6´4″ Piranha Quad Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´4″ x 20 3/4″ x 2 3/8″

Price: £399

Rusty Traveller Surfboards

Rusty Traveller Surfboard

The Rusty Traveler is the must have board in any surfers quiver. The traveler is designed for waves with a bit of power but will also go well in the medium stuff.

The Traveler features a slight single to double concave with a moderate tail rocker. The semi full round pin loves the barrel. Ride 1-3″ longer than your standard shortboard.

Rusty 6´4″ Traveler Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´4″ x 18 5/8″ x 2 3/8″

Rusty 6´6″ Traveler Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´6″ x 18 3/4″ x 2 1/2″

Rusty 6´8″ Traveler Surfboard – Dimensions – 6’8″ x 19″ x 2 5/8″”

Price: £409

Rusty Predator 2 Surfboards

Rusty Predator 2 Surfboard

The Rusty Predator 2 has very user friendly dimensions, and extra 1/2 inch of width added overall and volume increased about 10%, giving that extra volume for UK waves whilst still retaining fantastic performance.

The Predator features a deep single concave between the feet, relaxed rocker and rails propotionally fuller and more neutral than the Redline. This round tail design works insane in small conditions – ideal for waves knee high to overhead.

Rusty 6´6″ Predator 2 Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´6″ x 19 1/2″ x 2 5/8″”

Rusty 6´8″ Predator 2 Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´8″ x 19 3/4″ x 2 3/4″”

Price: £409

Rusty Terminator Surfboards

Rusty Terminator Surfboard

The Rusty Terminator is a board designed for the larger surfer, the proportions and bottom make it front foot friendly, allowing for fast explosive surfing.

The slightly fuller nose of the Terminator pulls the wide point up closer to the centre. A ;light feeder concave splits into a double and finishes with a slight, cupped vee through the fins.

Rusty 6´10″ Terminator Surfboard – Dimensions – 6´10″ x 20 1/8″ x 2 3/4″

Materials – PU Foam

Price: £409

Check out the latest deals on Rusty Surfboards over at Sorted Surf Shop. This year they are offering you the opportunity to test their equipment first hand and have a complete range of boards including High Performance Shortboards, Fish Surfboards Mini Mals and Longboards ready to hit the water.

Aerial Shot of the Boscombe Artificial Surf Reef

It looks like the final phase of construction is underway on the Boscombe Artificial Reef and local surfers are getting very excited.

According to the construction team they will be focusing their attention on fine tuning the underwater structure by topping up the bags and making sure it meets the original design criteries.

ASR’s Technical Director, Shaw Mead is still confident that the Reef will be finished later this month – “Like any major construction project, there are extensive checks to be undertaken before we can say the project is complete. We are now starting to make all those checks thoroughly and according to the agreed specification.”

Back on the beach the team has also been dismantling their pipelines and equipment into containers, removing containers from the beach and flattening the surplus sand stockpile. It will seem a little strange having the beach returned to its former glory after so long with enormous piles of sand everywhere.

There have been a few negative vibes in the press recently but what we have seen so far we have been encouraged by, and we need to see a winter season if not a whole year before we pass judgement on how good it really could be.

Other locals who have sneaked a paddle out onto the reef have been commenting on the local Dorset Echo site -

woolamai from christchurch says…

2:10pm Thu 10 Sep 09

…. It’s produced quality waves a good few times already on just summer windswells – you just need to be there when it’s working – and if that’s 6am before the sun is up then so be it. And that’s no different from anywhere else in the world. It’s a step up in power and difficulty from the local beach breaks but no reason it can’t be surfed by anyone – boogie boarders, stand-ups, skis, SUPs. It’s going to be killer when the winter groundswells kick-off. Give it 6 months and the only complaints will be that it’s too crowded and we need another one. Boscombe Beach is getting a really good feel – surfers, paddleboards, triathletes and open water swimmers, skis and canoeists all over the place, loads of joggers and bladers on the prom, surf schools, personal trainers with their squads, surf shops and cafes right on the beach. Lifeguards have got really professional. It might not be Venice Beach or Bondi but there aren’t many places to rival this in the UK. I’m going home to Melbourne in 2012 and I’ll miss the place.

Guy Cribb Rides the Reef

Local Windsurfing legend Guy Cribb has also managed to get a few hours shredding on the new reef. Reported to be the first windsurfer to ride it he was pretty ecstatic to say teh least..

“I’ve ridden waves all over the world, but it’s great to be able to nip down to Bournemouth and score some good surf in July. And with restaurants like Urban Reef right on the sea front, virtually on the reef, the waves aren’t the only attractive aspect to the south’s newly formed surf spot.” Said Guy.

Don’t forget you can check out the very latest conditions on the Boscombe Reef Surf Cam.