Peter Schroff and Hayden Cox Collaboration

[jkb]

Well this is interesting. For Stabs upcoming EAST.

Smoking Winston Whites on the balcony of his San Pedro home, surfboard shaper / artist Peter Schroff has an unobstructed view of the Port of Long Beach.

Ships leave. Ships enter. Containers are loaded and unloaded. It’s noisy.

Ironic, or maybe predictable, that the man who’s staged performance-art protests against boards “made in China” (in fact, most boards made in Asia are crafted in Thailand and Vietnam, a detail that's too clunky for Schroff’s “America First” message) has a front row seat to one of the main arteries of US-Asia trade.

Fairly or unfairly — given the abundance of shapers producing boards in Asia — one of Schroff’s main targets was Haydenshapes, the independently owned Australian brand that’s been unapologetic about its global production. Eight years ago, Schroff went viral after chainsawing a replica Hypto Krypto to pieces.

Looking down on the port, it’s easy to wonder if one of those containers is filled with Haydenshapes. The nuanced reality is that, if it were, there’s a 50/50 chance that it came from Mona Vale, not Thailand. But who has time for nuance in our black-and-white, saw-it-on-the-internet world?

Turns out, Hayden Cox does. Peter Schroff apparently does, too. Because despite their past, they’re about to meet to begin collaborating on a surfboard for Mick Fanning, and the Electric Acid Surfboard Test.

“With our history,” Schroff said to Hayden on a Google Meet link, “I thought it was the most interesting collaboration that could ever possibly happen in the surf world.”

Hayden agreed. “I think a good collaboration is one where both parties are challenged in their thought processes,” he said. “And finding a way to bring the strengths of both parties together. That’s when the magic’s created.”

 

[ChaseTMP]

Looks like a winner!

 

[estreet]

The performance art critic in me thinks that carving a dick & balls would have made a clearer message.

 

[toowalled]

He is on recent ep of l8night pretty good so far if you can stand the hosts

 

[Tanner]

He is on recent ep of l8night pretty good so far if you can stand the hosts

THIS

 

[freeride76]

"Looking down on the port, it’s easy to wonder if one of those containers is filled with Haydenshapes. The nuanced reality is that, if it were, there’s a 50/50 chance that it came from Mona Vale, not Thailand."

Incorrect.

 

[ReForest]

Looks like a winner!
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At least they got the leashplugs right!
One on each side for good measure.

 

[jkb]

Looks like a winner!
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I'm pretty interested in what Mick Fanning has to say about this.

 

[MathDebater]

Based on his previous STID appearance hell find a way to say something nice.

 

[toowalled]

Based on his previous STID appearance hell find a way to say something nice.

Last time i checked the mick stid in japan was on tubi for anyone that doesnt subscribe.

 

[Hazrus]

"Looking down on the port, it’s easy to wonder if one of those containers is filled with Haydenshapes. The nuanced reality is that, if it were, there’s a 50/50 chance that it came from Mona Vale, not Thailand."

Incorrect.

More like 99% / 1%

 

[freeride76]

Mona Vale only supplies Aus domestic market.

It's just standard issue surf media glad-handling of Haydens notoriously fragile ego.

 

[casa_mugrienta]

Mona Vale only supplies Aus domestic market.

It's just standard issue surf media glad-handling of Haydens notoriously fragile ego.

Isn't he another guy who likes to sue people?

 

[freeride76]

dunno

 

[20W-50 and blood]

i dont car ewhat hes one who who he miht be blowing....that guy is rad

 

[ChaseTMP]

Mona Vale only supplies Aus domestic market.

It's just standard issue surf media glad-handling of Haydens notoriously fragile ego.

My Black Friday promotion 2020 Psychedelic Germ (tweaked dims and Futureflex) was Mona Vale manufactured, which was delivered to their now defunct El Segundo location.