“I wanted to surf a retro fish, and as no one did one, I decided to make one myself,” Paeida Allen (see pic, left) told Surfwatch when asked what inspired him to start Shark Surfboards. His main surf shop has opened just recently at Sunset Bay with examples of the company’s custom work on show, as well as vendors selling the 10 varieties of standard production board currently available.Shark Surfboards' current board shape offerings include a big wave gun, a hybrid shortboard and Paeida’s beloved fish; in a variety of designs old and new. “I think in the future I will offer more shapes,” said Paeida. “I’m working on shapes all the time, but it’s not easy to get a clean shape into Second Life.”
One of the future shapes he is working on is a 50’s style gun, inkeeping with the retro style designs already featured on the shortboards. You won’t find a longboard in the vendors currently, but they are offered as a custom style and examples are leaning against the shop wall.
Buying one of the shortboards from the vendors will only set you back L$555. However, if you want to stand out from the crowd, or get a longboard, you'll need to go custom. Shark Surfboard's custom boards start at L$2,000. All of the boards sold by Shark Surfboards feature Heather Goodliffe's Epic board script.
Whether you pick a retro fish, or a smooth and modern design on a gun, Shark Surfboards have bite. “The two shortboards are very fast; they are more competition boards,” said Paeida, a competition surfer himself, ranked 20th in the Second Life Surfing Association (SLSA) Season One table. Look out for these speedy predators next time you’re surfing.
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