Bobby Martinez Joins DHD Surfboards Team
Press Release
- April 09 2008
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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - Bobby Martinez formally joined the DHD Surfboards team Wednesday, April 9. Darren Handley is absolutely stoked with Bobby’s surfing and more importantly that Bobby was so excited about the performance of Darren’s boards that he decided to formalize the arrangement. Welcome to the team Bobby!
Check out the DHD Surfboards site, HERE.
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April 11th, 2008 at 4:17 am
Good on ‘em. The first surfer to have the balls to leave Al Merrick because the boards weren’t working.
April 21st, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Why did he really leave? …because Burton made changes when they bought CI out??
May 7th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
THIS IS BECAUSE….DHD wants to get more??and they want to sell DHD surfboard in US!
May 9th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
free $$
May 9th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
how bout that stupid beaner tattoo he has?!?
May 20th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Yeah thats it Hiroshi your on the money. ignorance is bliss but sometimes it makes you look like a foolish f@#$wit… Please do amuse me with some more of your intelligent thoughts!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:17 am
come up to my hood and talk that shit bzitch.oxnard y que
May 25th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Nice idiotic comment on Bobby’s tattoo you wanker! Give the kid credit for not going down the same path as most of the guys in his hood. The guy rips and obviously likes the DHD’s better than the “Al Generics”. And yeah, I’m sure he’s getting paid but so is everyone else.
May 25th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Too true! I’ve had way more sh!tty C.I.’s than good ones. I’m all about the “Chilli’s” now.
July 9th, 2008 at 4:23 am
Hey, his missus is from the Goldy, he spends down time on the Goldy, he now gets his boards from the Goldy… What can I say, cream always rises to the top!
July 9th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Have you guys tried JC’s. Those boards work really well, and i think Shane Dorian rides them.
August 14th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I know they’re from the same building, but I’m keen on Sparrow.
September 30th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Whatever i mean im going to buy a bobby model right now well in an hour or so adn im stoked on it….its a merrick by the way….he shapes the best boards aarouynd
October 29th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Very interesting post, i read it and bookmarked your blog, i will visit your website often
best regards
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:48 am
its all good boobby rips anything …cool tatts..
December 1st, 2008 at 1:20 pm
duhh! he left merrik. those boards are all pop outs anyway. they are pretty cooky if you ask me. dhd are all hand shaped and not all the cooks on the beach have them
and his tattoo is SICK
December 25th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
I agree with most of the opinions about Merrick! Merrick is way overrated.
He sold out toooooo! He was and is a great designer. But times change. Al has had a very ‘good run’. God bless him. He is a good man.
It’s sad that so many surfers are sheep. Even the magazines can’t seem to stop kissing Al’s ass. …I know, I know. Look who rides his boards! I say
monkey see, monkey do! Most surfers are not “original” in the water, they like to “pretend” that they are a “Curren” or “Slater”. The “CI” logos help them do that.
Dare I say, Some “Pro’s” even say that they think they will get more magazine coverage if they are on a Merrick. Go figure. (they are right)
Riding a Merrick in surfing is like driving a BMW on the freeway. It’s all just a “status” symbol. (yes I know that BMW’S are great cars, but most people buy them because they are a “status” symbol. That’s why I now see 80 year old grandmas driving them)
It’s time for change. I feel that the surfboard industry in America is in it’s finale years. It is all digital now. We can all shape our own boards now. It’s not
such a secret anymore. Just like what happened to the music industry (when things went digital) will happen to the Surfboard Industry. A five year old can now shape
a board on his or her computer. AKU SHAPER anyone???
So, don’t get all bent out of shape. None of these shapers are original, they all copy each other like car designers do.
Oh, And Merrick got Jordy. Why? because of the money. Some say he ($JORDY$) wanted JS to pay him THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND to ride the boards under contract. So he left and went to try some Merrick’s. (they seem to work better for $JORDY$ if he gets paid to ride them)
They all copy each others designs.
Best Regards:
erik!
February 21st, 2009 at 10:25 pm
i live in ventura, California 25 miles south of santa barbara where channel islands surfboards are, and i’ve bought about 4 new channel islands surfboards new, 2 custom and 2 off the rack and they all sucked, bought a 7′-4″ channel islands GUN off of Craig’s list and it worked good in at 8 FOOT PITAS POINT, POINT IS JUST THE PRO’S GET THE PRIMO MAGIC and they get them for free, I surf “surf prescriptions” boards and they work good every time.
June 7th, 2009 at 7:36 am
If you think DHD's are handshaped your kidding yourself mate. You probably think your Al Merrick is handshaped by him as well… I'll let you in on a little secret… that firewire of yours wasnt handshaped either. FYI Handshaping is a board shaped with a planer from start, not a cnc profiled blank.
There are pros and cons to "computer shaped" boards the up side is being able to replicate a magic stick, the downside are "scrapers" who ghost shape for someone and then open their own label by copying rails and curves. These scrapers get investment money from somewhere and start giving away free boards. With that said, I dont see anything wrong with computer profiled boards as long as the Shaper who designed it, shapes it.
The bottom line nowadays is that a pro surfer will ride whatever works for them, they could be riding a board shaped by a 12 year old as long as it works… catch is they slap a DHD sticker over the real shapers logo cause of contract.
Sad but true.
These big name labels are following the corporate mentality, lower costs and overheads, buy cheaper materials, cheaper labor etc. Resulting in a board that looks like the surface of the moon after 3 surfs. There are heaps of great quality boards out there.
I ride D'Arcy boards cause they are the best quality available, always go good, last forever, and best of all, he shapes them. He is a world champion shaper, first title on his boards was Martin Potter, and most recently 3 or 4 world titles from Layne Beachley.
July 25th, 2009 at 12:11 am
IS NOT THE BOARD, IS THE IGNORANT RIDING THEM. WAIT AS SECOND… HOW MANY MERRICK RIDERS ON THE FINALS AT THE US OPEN RIGHT NOW? DHD'S? CHILLI'S, LOST? KOOK SHAPE? DON'T BE MAD AT THE FOAM UNDER YOUR FEET, IF YOU CAN'T PUSH THE GAS PEDAL IS THE DRIVER NOT THE (BMW…)CAR.
July 25th, 2009 at 12:15 am
I DID, THEY ARE GOOD
July 25th, 2009 at 12:18 am
WHAT ABOUT HE'S ONE OF THE BEST SURFERS IN THE PLANET…
August 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
dhds are hand shaped, wtf are u talkin about