Ron Wade Surfboards

Ron Wade Surfboards was founded in 1967, with a retail shop opened at Collaroy Beach in 1969, and the business states over 45 years of shaping and designing experience with quality control by the founder. The company makes custom, made-to-order surfboards as well as ready-made shortboards, fishes, mid-length boards and longboards in thruster, twin-fin and quad configurations, sold under its own house brand. Its original factory and retail shop is in Mona Vale on Sydney's Northern Beaches, with a second factory and surf shop on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Current stock includes the Blackfeather model (priced $1,170-$1,345) and the F1 11 Twin Fin model ($1,690), though the site notes not all boards are shown online.