The Manufacturer's Cup

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01/16/23 • 43 min

In 2023, The Dust Up Podcast is launching the first ever Manufacturer's Cup in surfing.
We aim to celebrate the surfboard craftsmen shaping boards for the world's elite surfers. Each event we will attribute points to the shaper based on the success their team rider has, for example 17th place = 0 points and 1st place = 12 points. These point will be accrued throughout the year and the shaper with the most point at the end of the year will be deemed the winner!
In addition we will breakdown as many statistics about equipment as we can find. The most success full region of shapers, the most successful team rider per shaper and lots more.

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Previous Episode

2022 Year In Review

Robbo and I look back at the highs and lows of 2022.
We chat about the STAB Electric Acid Test, new board design from Jim Banks, our choice for best new surfboard model from a big brand, as well as Firewire's decision to use Futures fin plugs exclusively. We also look at FCS vs. Futures and which system is more likely to win a competition.
We discuss the best and worst moments of the 2022 WSL season, choose our best and worst events, WSL finals day, best shaper/surfer combination, as well as the WSL's decision to ban boards from post interviews.
We launch 'The Dust Up Manufacturer's Cup' for 2023!

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Shaper Interview with Adam Baldwin

In this episode we speak with Adam Baldwin of Reclaim Surf.
Adam is based on the Sunshine coast, Australia and very passionate about sustainable surfboards. In the beginning, he would recycle dis-guarded building materials and other items to create all types of surf craft.
A health scare prompted him to re evaluate what his priorities are he chose to take time out from his full time teaching career and dive deeper into his passion for building surfboards.
The boards he makes are heavily focused on a more environmentally friendly option with minimum use of toxic chemicals. Many shapers specialise in the sculpture of various foams but Adam is taking a different path, using EPS foam cores, paulownia veneers and cork.
The surfboard myth we tackle in this episode is ECO surfboards and some of the 'Green washing' in the surfboard market. We also discuss the framework created by Sustainable Surf and what improvements we think they could introduce to their program.

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