RJ Surfer Girl Kara Renfold shows off Rob John's smooth new shapesSurf City boardmaker Rob John's Surf launched some of the largest and smallest surfboards in Second Life this weekend with the arrival of five RJ Fish and two RJ Guns. The ultra-short RJ Fish boards boast squared-off fish tails, making them ideal for snappy turns and radical maneuvers, whilst the RJ Guns are typically big, fast and streamlined. The sculpty shapes are brand new and all boards come with tri-fin arrangements. Both new lines are hybrid boards, combining RJ's sculpties together with Heather Goodliffe surfboard scripts.
"The fish and guns are not a retexture of Seb's sculpty boards, but are entirely new," explains Robin Mapp, owner of Rob John's Surf and Surf City. "I originally made just a few of these boards for the Surf City team to compete on. However, a lot of people tried them and dug 'em, so I put out a new line. My sculpts are 3D sculpted. Surfers will notice that they have no wavey edges and a tighter bounding box around the prim. They are totally unique."
The two new guns are the RJ Gun Pure Juice and the editor's personal favourite, coming between a Namiko and a regular longboard in length, the bright yellow and red RJ Gun Retro Bolt. The new square-tailed fish comes in a variety of designs: Black Stinger, Pink Hibiscus, Pink Neon, Neon Lights and a plainer RJ Fish Competition Board.
Rob John's Surf started making Second Life surfboards more than a year ago. The company also makes boardies, bikini's, beach chairs, loungers and, of course, Rob John's own surfing waves. The new boards are available from L$450 at Surf City South.
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SurfWatch: Surf City to test longboard skills (22 Jul 08)
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