Haydenshapes Blog

STANDARD PROCEDURE: A MORNING CHAT WITH ZEPHA

Its beginning to heat up down here in the Southern Hemisphere. Bedsheets are being kicked off in the early hours. Skies have turned on a lighter hue. The air is already warm when walking for the 6a...

ON RAIL: BEHIND THE RAVEN WITH DION AGIUS

From a collaborative design approach with Dion Agius; the RAVEN has arrived. RAVEN is more than just a high performance shortboard, it’s a modern shortboard that brings back the 90’s carve. Best s...

WHAT'S ANDO ON

'Elusive and exclusive' - a definition that best sums up Ando. And who are we to judge a guy who consistently maintains a low profile, only to stun audiences globally releasing a barrage of visu...

A Model Overview To Everyones Favourite Twin-Fin; The MISC.

With the southern hemisphere summer simmering on the horizon, our minds are wandering, strategizing ways to combat days plagued with crowds, howling onshores, consistently inconsistent swell and...

NOEL SALAS RAVEN REVIEW: A NEW MODEL BY DION AGIUS

Well... what can we say that hasn't already been mentioned about the RAVEN!? Out of his grading system of eight varying attributes of how a board rides (ie. Flex/Feel, Flow, Speed, Rail To Rail, Us...

MUSICALLY INCLINED: OSCAR LANGBURNE'S NEW QUIVER

Growing up in a family well-versed in the world of graphic design, whilst fine-tuning a maturing taste for all things rock n’ roll; Oscar Langburne has a knack for creating music-inspired collage...

RESIN OBJECTS: An Interview with Pantheone, an Australian audio company who create speakers using cast resin.

ARBUTUS - TSJ X NATE TYLER

  'ARBUTUS' a new film shot + edited by filmmaker; Matt Payne and captured entirely in 16mm, serves the purpose of presenting Nate Tyler not only as a surfer, but finds a through-line to a Califo...

SPOT THE HAYDENSHAPES IN PERRY GERSHKOW’S EPIC NEW FILM: “ELUDE”

While banger web edits are a dime a dozen these days, every now and then, a very special, rare surf film is made that you can tell took a lot of time, love, blood, sweat and tears to create. It’s ...

OSCAR LANGBURNE STYLISHLY SAMPLES URBNSURF MELBOURNE

Some waves just look meant for their riders. A screw-footed tube-hunter at Skeleton Bay. An air-guy at a rampy beachbreak. But the new, cyborg-ishly perfect wave pools? Yeah, those look meant for ...

OCTOPUS PRESENTS DYLAN GRAVES’ “EXPLOSION SALAD” CLIP

We’ve always been huge fans of the very stylish and minimalist brand OCTOPUS…and it’s not just because at least three of their riders (Dion, Tyler and Dylan) are on the Haydenshapes team. Indeed, ...

AN INTERVIEW WITH WARREN SMITH ON LAUNCHING: WELCOME RIVERS

It’s often easy to be creative in a box. To take chances or innovate—within contained parameters. What’s a lot harder, and riskier, is going with your gut and leaping blindly into life and not giv...