Wow, I just received my first ever new surfboard!! It is a custom designed 6’2″, 19 1/2″ wide and 2 9/16″ thick Chilli Surfboard based on the Nevada model. I can’t wait to check it out in the water.
While I’ve surfed for more than 12 years, this is my first new short board. My usual method was to find a decent dimensioned board in Craigs List. The price is usually right, but I don’t normally get a board to my desired dimensions. Not that I’m an expert or anything, but it should be much better. My last board was probably shaped for a girl. It had a pink logo on it and the foam volume was tiny. I had a lot of good workouts getting into waves during the smaller days at Upper Trestles.
For my new board, the custom part was easy. Chilli Surfboards have a nice web application that took me through the whole process. The cool thing was that I got to name the design which is hand written on the stinger. Of course, my custom name is “Surf and Circuits 1”.

Chilli also has a CR Code glassed next to the stinger that displays all the details of the design. Nice seeing this new high-tech in the surf industry.
Chilli Surfboard are shaped by Jamie Cheal and is a growing brand out of Australia. My board came out of their new factory in Bali. I’ll keep you posted how my first surf goes.
Beautiful! Hope you are having fun!
The first two surf sessions were great.
Looks like a great board!