JORDAN SURF SHAPES NEWS
  
October 2011
Rio de Janeiro / Brazil (Sunday, October 29, 2011)- The Arnette ASP World Pro Junior presented by Quiksilver - -- Matt Hewitt has endured a prolonged wait in Brazil to complete the second leg of the ASP World Pro Junior event - the Arnette Pro Junior. The best part about the process is that hewitt is still in the mix surfing his way into the final 16 surfers at the event and the chance of picking up a victory. Over the weekend Matt disposed of South African surfer Berick de Vries in a high scoring match up 13.43 vs 13.03. Hewitt stayed patient in his heat and carefully selected the set-waves and finished his two scoring rides with authority to secure a berth into Round 4. "It was a super close heat and I had watched the heat before and knew the guys were getting there scores on the bigger set waves," Hewitt said. "I knew I just needed to be patient and wait for those bigger ones and finish my waves." Hewitt also enjoyed the change in venue from the left-hander of Arpoador to Praia Do Diabo and tore apart the tricky conditions on his forehand. "I don't really mind too much," Hewitt said. "It's just normal going left or right, but you can't really complain when you get a right-hand point break and it's kind of just reeling down the point." Hewitt will face Marco Fernandez (BRA) in Round 4. Fernandez surfed the best wave of round 3 posting 9.33 out of ten on one wave.

September 2011
The 2012 ASP Australasia Pro Junior Series got under way this week with the first event being held in the Philippines and featuring three of New Zealand’s top junior surfers. Alex Dive leads the way in the early stages of the eight day event moving through to the head-to-head round of 16 surfers.

Dive and Mitch Parkinson (AUS) left their fellow competitors in their wake in the first round, the pair battling it out for first and second. Dive took the number one spot with a couple of clean tubes and nice carves. "Pretty stoked to win that heat, I’ve had a few heats this year that didn’t go my way, so it’s great to start off with a win," Dive said. "It’s been small the last couple days, but it’s pumping out there now. It’s great to get barrelled with just 4 guys out.” The second round saw another convincing performance by Dive – this time progressing alongside Australian Noa Deane scoring 14.90 to Deane’s 14.60. Dive will be pitted against local surfer Alipayo Philmar in his head-to-head match up when he next competes. Having placed 15th overall on the 2011 ratings, Dive will be keen to make this first event of the season count as he enters the last year of his junior career.

August 2011
Jordan Surfboards will be closed from 20th - 31st August.

July 2011
The competitive season has come to an end for the New Zealand surfers on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Australasian Pro Junior Series with Matt Hewitt (Mount Maunganui) narrowly missing out on qualification for the World Pro Junior Tour - two places outside qualification in sixth place. The final event of the year took place in South Australia over the weekend with Hewitt securing an excellent fifth placing at the event. However, sitting in fifth place going into the event and the cut off point being the top four surfers on the ratings, Hewitt was overtaken by event winner and Ryan Callinan and third place getter Dean Bowen relegating him to sixth on the ratings. It is a tough position to be in for the young Kiwi surfer who was the only surfer to win more than one event during the series. "Pretty bummed, I did everything I could this year and the last heat I surfed was the same" said a dejected Hewitt while taking some brief timeout back in New Zealand. "I thought I got scored pretty low in my last heat but there is not much you can do about that" reflected Hewitt who also said that it took him a while to realise that a fifth placing at the event was a enormous result in itself. Hewitt fell to Bowen on a wave starved final day of the event in a heat that gave Hewitt limited opportunity to get good scores the heat finishing 12.35 points vs 9.75 points. Hewitt was well aware that the whole season was on the line for that 30 minute heat. "It was pretty serious, I didn't really talk to him (Dean). He was focussed too. If I made it I would have been in" said Hewitt who now becomes a reserve in the case that injury to one of the qualified surfers prevents them from competing. Hewitt now heads to the United States this week where he will spend the next two months surfing, training and competing in American waters. Alex Dive (Mnt) who finished in 15th after his placing 13th equal result at the event.

JUNE 2011

TRIGG BEACH, Perth WA/Australia (Saturday, May 28, 2011) - Matt-Lewis Hewitt (NZL) won the Chill Pro Junior presented by the City of Stirling at Trigg Point, Perth today. This is the New Zealander’s 2nd win on the 2011 ASP Australasian Pro Junior Series. An unexpected pulse saw the surf rise to a crisp, clean 3 foot (1.5 meter) for the final day of the 2011 Chill Pro Junior. The final was a clash of the titans with both Matt-Lewis Hewitt (NZL) and Garrett Parkes (AUS) dominating their Semifinal heats with big hacks and massive airs. The stage was set for an exciting Final and the boys didn’t disappoint, but it was Hewitt who came bursting out of the gates taking an early lead that he never relinquished. “The final was tricky, the waves pulsed in the Semis, but the wind came up and the waves stopped in the Final,” Hewitt said. “You had to be smart, it’s always tough against guys like Matt Banting and Garrett (Parkes). You’ve got to be on your game.” Hewitt has now leapt from 9th to 5th on at ASP Australasian Pro Junior Series ratings, and only one place away from a coveted spot in the ASP World Junior Championships later this year. “My goal this year was to qualify for the ASP World Juniors so I knew I needed a big finish,” Hewitt said. “It would be huge for New Zealand to have someone compete at that level and I’m doing all I can so it can be me.”

MARCH 2011
Matt hewitt and alex dive have been competing in the chiko pro junior in newcastle over the weekend and surfed their way to round of 16, both surfers just missed out on the man on man section which starts at the quarters, so a good result for both guys.

We have 2 ex matt hewitt boards at the factory for sale, they are in good condition just some pressures on the deck but no dings. They are both 5` 10``x 18 1/4``x 2 1/8``
 
March 2011

What andy rides! 5`7``x 19``x 2 3/8`` this is my small to medium size wave board` 2 to 4 ft` this board is so fast with a full outline and a wideish squish tail making a good paddler and stable board, it has a low nose rocker but a curvey tail curve with a deep single concave through the bottom ,so you end up with a loose fast board thats great for getting into waves and will handle small waves but if it`s hollow will handle a tube aswell. I`ve been developing this board of the frist white bait I did for nick white just over a year ago so is just a on going thing.

February 2011
Gisborne surfer Jay Quinn a world top 100 surfer, won the Power Balance Pro at Mount Maunganui.Local surfer and a stand out all weekend, Alex Dive placed second in the final to secure his best result at this level.

Dive, a double finalist and winner of the Under 20 Men’s Division, scored 14.57 in the final and was the only surfer within one scoring ride of Quinn but still required a 9.0 point ride to take the win.Alex Dive (Mnt) took a win in the Under 20 Men’s Division after a flurry of action that saw two surfers, Dive included incur interference calls after getting tangled up with their opponents. Dive finished with an 11.68 point total despite losing half of his second scoring ride as a penalty for the interference. Dive is splitting his time between Australia and New Zealand focusing on the ASP Pro Junior Series but is always stoked to come back home and compete.

“It is real good to come back and win, it will give me some confidence, I haven’t won for a while” said Dive adding “It is so much harder over there (Australia) so hopefully I can keep the momentum going and get some big results over there.” Dive surfed a massive six heats on the final day and by the time he got to the finals he was “real tired” and simply “running on adrenaline” to get to the podium. Alex Dive (Mnt) took a win in the Under 20 Men’s Division after a flurry of action that saw two surfers, Dive included incur interference calls after getting tangled up with their opponents. Dive finished with an 11.68 point total despite losing half of his second scoring ride as a penalty for the interference. “To tell the truth I was pretty gutted” said Dive of the interference. “I thought it was pretty hard to come back from there and I was gutted on myself, I thought the interference could have gone either way but I got a 7 at the end it and it was alright eventually.” Dive is splitting his time between Australia and New Zealand focusing on the ASP Pro Junior Series but is always stoked to come back home and compete. “It is real good to come back and win, it will give me some confidence, I haven’t won for a while” said Dive adding “It is so much harder over there (Australia) so hopefully I can keep the momentum going and get some big results over there.”

Matt Hewitt is leading the way for the Kiwi boys on the ASP Australasia Pro Junior Series currently sitting in eighth overall after the first three events. After winning the first event of the year, Matt has had a couple of average results placing 17th at the Hurley Pro Junior at Burleigh Heads and 17th at the Oakley Pro Junior on Stradbroke Island just this weekend. Matt will return to New Zealand this week to contest the Power Balance Pro

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February 2011
Matt Hewitt is leading the way for the Kiwi boys on the ASP Australasia Pro Junior Series currently sitting in eighth overall after the first three events. After winning the first event of the year, Matt has had a couple of average results placing 17th at the Hurley Pro Junior at Burleigh Heads and 17th at the Oakley Pro Junior on Stradbroke Island just this weekend. Matt will return to New Zealand this week to contest the Power Balance Pro

Matt hewitt and Alex dive have both been competting in the hurley pro juniors at burliegh heads in queensland during the week with both of them making it to the round of 32 but both getting 3rd, just getting beaten in the last minute of thier heats.

Andy`s quiver:` This is my small wave fun machine for waves 3ft under but in saying that i have surfed it in 4ft soft waves and it went unreal. It`s 5`4``x 20``x 2 3/8`` the bottom is a single concave to vee from the front fins to the tail with a dble concave through the fins. It`s rails are low to give it hold and to give it abit of life, the outline has curve in it to also give it some life in the water. I first made it as a thruster and really enjoyed the speed and the way it turned, It would still get vertical and had a performance feel to it, I then put some more plugs in it to see how the 4 fin felt. It`s was faster with the 4 fin but I found the turns wern`t has good but thats just me so I`m back as a thruster. This board has really open up my fun in that size of waves as I can catch anything but do turns at will. Fins size I found the best were M7. This model comes in all sizes to suit you.
 
January 2011
Matt Hewitt has surfed to a career best win at the first event of the Australasian Pro Junior Series completed in Australia overnight (5th January 2011). The win is the first by a male Kiwi surfer at this level since the domination of Maz Quinn in the mid 1990s. The 19 year old surfer defeated good friend and experienced ASP campaigner Dean Bowen (AUS) in small windswept 0.5m surf at Jan Juc, Victoria to claim the Championship Moves Pro Junior title. "It's great to finally win one of these events" said Hewitt. "They are tough to win, all the surfers at this level are very experienced and talented athletes and coming into my last season , I was wondering if I'd ever win one - now I have, I want more ... my confidence is up and to win the opening event of the season is ideal - I'll aim high from now on."

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15-20 ft great white shark spotted off matakana by a local fisherman, verified by Mount Ocean Sports Club. It has been spotted loitering at Karewa Island Just off shore from Matakana since...seems to have become resident there chasing the local seal population according to marine biologist Frank Ensteen, who advises not to surf if bleeding or in the early hours or at sunset until the shark has moved along.

November 2010
Team rider nick white was the highest place open rider placing 29th and laura placing 9th in the world iso games in peru at the last month. The start of the new zealand circuit last weekend at the oneil sequnce surfshop pro with nick getting a 7th, a laura 3thd and alex a 4 th in the open well done to you all. matt hewitt will be back in the water next month after a knee opp and is in the bay with andy working on some new boards for the coming summer.

October 2010
New Zealand woman champ and NZ team member to the world champs in peru laura rishworth has joined the jordan surfboard team , she is now riding a 5` 10 x 181/4 x 2 1/4 rd sq allrounder and a 5` 8``x 18 1/2`` x 2 1/4`` rd sq small wave weapon. She will be traveling to peru with fellow jordan team member nick white.

September 2010
Eastcoast coastal section for sale, Seaviews in a beautiful bay, Good surfing fishing and diving. All inquires e-mail andy here at Jordan surfboards.

We have a good range of well priced secondhand boards here at jordan surfboards. Just e-mail me the size you are looking for and I will look for you to see if we can help you and send a photo of any boards we have that you are looking for.

May 2010
Matt Hewitt Dominated Day 2 of the Billabong Pro Junior New Zealand MANU BAY, Raglan/New Zealand (Friday, May 14 2010) - Talented New Zealand 18 year-old Matt Hewitt (Mt Maunganui) signaled his intentions to make the most of his local opportunities by blitzing the field in his high scoring round two heat win at the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Billabong Pro Junior Manu Bay Raglan today. Hewitt posted the events highest single wave score with an 8.75 out of a possible 10 along with the top scoring heat so far in the pro junior men's division of 16 points for his top two scoring rides (8.75 and 7.25) as he defeated Australian's Tom Myers (NSW) and Max Longhurst (SA).

Manu Bay, New Zealand, Sunday May 16 2010:New Zealand’s Alex Dive (Mt Maunganui) achieved his best ever performance on the Australasian Pro Junior Circuit by making the semi finals and eventually placing equal 3rd in the event. Dive lead for most of his semi final but was overtaken in the final minutes by Ryan Callinan with final scores at 13.85 to Dive on 12.65. “Disappointed losing that semi in the last minutes but still it’s a great result for me, the best I’ve achieved on the Pro Junior Circuit” said Dive. “It’s given me a lot of confidence knowing I can mix it at this level and I’m setting myself up for next season on the circuit. “Of all the events I’ve surfed this season this one has produced the best waves so it’s great to have an event here at Raglan and I sure hope we can be here again next year.”

April 2010
The export gold super sixteen was held at piha this weekend with alex dive surfing through the trials to surf his way to 3rd and nick white just back from 2 weeks in indo coming in 4th so two jordan team riders in the final.

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 13 April, 2010 : - - The last event for the 2009/2010 VQS Crustaceous Tour was held at Raglan, New Zealand. Due to small conditions on the point we were forced to hold the event at the back beach, Ruapuke. The conditions were small on the day, reaching about 1-2 foot. Some say that is as small as it gets, but there were still some contestable waves all the same. The Pro Am division definitely struggled in the smaller conditions, but there were still some good waves to be had if you picked the right one. Alex Dive looked strong all day, picking off the waves and taking out the win ahead of Daniel Kereopa (“DK”), Rangi Ormond and Timmy O’connor.

Matt Hewitt picking up another fifth placing on the ASP Australasian Tour , Matt Hewitt was the highest placed Kiwi finishing fifth after being eliminated by Chris Friend (AUS). The result has Matt ranked tenth with the next event being the Billabong Pro Junior at Manu Bay on the 13th of May.

March 2010

The 2010 Burton Toyota Surfest (March 2-14) is based at Merewether beach in Newcastle, New South Wales. It has attracted more than 650 competitors from 12 different countries. The main event is the world tour 4-star $US85,000 Burton Toyota Pro (March 9 - 14). Matt started in the opening round of 112 in Newcastle last Tuesday, this was his second WQS. He surfed through 6 rounds to make the round of 32 but could not surf the next round as he is, due to fly to Tahiti on Sunday morning at 8am to contest the next event of the Australasian Pro Junior tour. His main commit is the Pro Junior tour. But what a great result and some fantastic surfing. He finishes off 17th!

Matt is through to the round of 48 at only his second WQS in the Burton Toyota Pro at Merewether beach in Newcastle. Matt Matt surfed a great heat this afternoon with in the man-on-man round of 64 this afternoon.Top score of the day was shared by Aussie Chris Salisbury and the USA's Cory Arrambide (14.67), closely followed by Kiwi Matt Lewis-Hewitt (14.50) and Australian Darren O'Rafferty (13.27).

Alex Dive and Matt Hewitt have all advanced through to the round of 32 at the Chiko Pro Junior at Merewether. Matt Hewitt blazed his opponents today with a 7.90 and 6.5 to take an easy win. Alex also won his heat with a 10.50 heat total.Alex ended up making it all the way to the round of 8. So great result for both Matt and Alex

January 2010
A personal best for Matt Hewitt at the SOUTHPORT SPIT, Queensland/Australia (Sunday, January 24, 2010) - Day 4 of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade-5 Hurley Burleigh Pro Junior presented by Nike 6.0 saw Matt Hewitt finish 5th.. Today Matt advanced through to the last 8 surfers of the 2010 Hurley Burleigh Pro Junior with the stylish surfing. Matt was looking for a good result in this event , as a high placing will see him start off strong for the 2010 ASP Australasia Junior Men’s Ratings. Yesterday Matt secured his position in tricky afternoon conditions to advance through to the top 16 surfers. Today he surfed through two more rounds to finish up 5th this is a personal best for Matt on the ASP Australasia Junior Mens! The next contest will be the on South Stradbroke Island 1-5 February.

December 2009
Alex Dive @ the Auckland champs: Alex Dive impressed all day with his speed and vertical attack everytime a critical section appeared. He claimed second in the Open after previously dispensing with all comers in the junior final. For Alex, it was hopefully a prequel for how he will want to perform at the 2010 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Championship that will also be held at Piha next month.

Well done to Matt on another great result outside of the water and pushing surfing out into his community! As the paper said on Saturday night: "Marvellous Matt: It's been a big year for national surfing champion and Bay of Plenty Secondary school sportsman of the year Matt Hewitt who celebrated last night with family and the Bay of Plenty." Well done! Bay of Plenty Secondary School Sportsman of the Year! What a great way to finish off his schooling career, well done Matt!!

November 28 2009
Alex dive just got a 4th in the under 20 in gisborne which is a good sart for the sesion he is riding aboard with alittle bit more volume and a touch more tail rocker and really liking them, bit more flow between turns and though flat spots but still great in the pocket.

Matt is back from the states and straight back in the bay with andy working on this summers quiver. Matt has just one a wqs event in California....read more here

Nick whiite is back from the wqs and straight to gisborne for the contest down there and placed 4th and then into the bay with andy were he brings back some great idea from around the world aboat board designs so they have been working out his designs for the summer, stayed tuned !

August 2009
Andy is back from a trip to Japan. So you thought your local break was crowded...


June 2009
Jordan surfboards will be closed from the 29th of july for two to four weeks as Andy will be oversea`s on a R n D trip. All stock boards can be seen at bodyline wetsuits or Hardcore surfproducts in Auckland.

April 2009
Alex Dive (Mnt) has placed 11th and matt hewitt (Mnt) placed 13th at the 2009 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Championships completed at Salinas, Ecuador overnight Sunday. The placings were the highest for the twelve members of the Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team who finished the eight day tournament in seventh place out of 28 countries.

February 2009
Matt Hewitt has secured his best ever result on the Australasian Pro Junior Series placing 17th at the Oakley Pro Junior held at North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Hewitt was eliminated by Miguel Pupo (Brz) and Garrett Parkes (Aus). The win elevates Hewitt to 20th equal on the ratings as the top Kiwi surfer. Owen Wright (Aus) won the event over Jadson Andre (Brz).

January 2009
Team Rider Matt hewitt has won his first natoinal open title and 2nd in the under 18 as well.
Matt won every heat he contested except the under 18 final and had the highest heat score with a 19 out of 20 in the open semi.

Matt snapped his favourite board just before his open semi so had to ride his backup board which he had only ridden twice before, a 5` 10`` x 17 7/8``x 2 1/16`` single dble concave squashtail with future fins.

The national finals of the Rip Curl GromSearch were won by Alex Dive (Mnt) and Alexis Poulter (Rag). Dive was the only non local to win a division this weekend and he did so in fashion with all his competitors requiring two massive scores to catch him. The two surfers win entries into the international final to be held in conjunction with the Rip Curl Pro held at Bells Beach next month

The new Under 20 Mens Division was dominated by the local Mount Maunganui juniors with Matt Hewitt edging out Alex Dive and Tim OfConnor to take the win.

The lead changed several times throughout the final with OfConnor holding on for much of the heat. Hewitt came back strong with a string of manoeuvres on one small righthander that netted him 6.9 out of a possible 10 to jump into the lead."

I was real stoked to take it out in front of all my mates" commented Hewitt. It was a real back and forth final. I had to build on the six I got early in the heat and that 6.9 that I got did the trick but it was a close one, especially against the three locals. Alex Dive (Mnt) rode the very next wave after Hewitts 6.9 point ride. Requiring 6.8 points, he came up agonisingly short scoring 6.65 which jumped him to second place on 13.25 points, only just ahead of Tim OfConnor on 13.10.

The three local boys did a good job on Sandy Bay surfer and double finalist Paco Divers who could only manage a 9.75 point total heat score for fourth.


well done matt from all of us at jordan surfboards.

The new zealand junior team for the world junior championship in Salina, Ecuador on the 28th of march to the 4th of april.

Jordan surfboards team members matt hewitt, alex dive under 18 boys Todd doyle under16 boys and India wray murane under 18 girls all made the team with matt being team captain.

December 2008
Nick white is back from his first year following the WQS, we are back in the shaping bay making some new sticks with the new idea`s that nick has seen and brought back.

November 2008
Alex dive has kept is good form from summer with a great result in france in the king of the groms by making the finals and then flying home and winning the rip curl contest in dunedin. Watch the video here

SEPTEMBER 2008
Team rider Luke Ashman just got back from indo, below are some pictures of his time in Nias.

September 2008
Matt Hewitt in the billabong pro junior in bali was eleminated in round three despite scoring a ride of 9.25 but placed 4th with 14.10 to australians Noah lane with 14.50.

July 2008
Nick white has just won the Fat Face night surf contest in Newquay england. The fat face is the second contest in the UK pro series. Nick won the final with a first wave of9.17 and backed it up with a 8.0. nick netted $3500.00 for the win.

We are now offering Future Fin Systems as well as the normal glass-on or FCS fin systems.

March 2008
Nick white is of to compete in some wqs around the world in australia, scottland and europe his traveling quiver are from left to right:6`3``x181/8 x21/4 rdpin. 2x6``x181/4x21/4 rdsq. 6`1``x181/8``x21/4``rdsq .6`6``x181/8``x21/4`` pin, all boards are single concaves with dble inside too single to dble with more dble as his boards get bigger.

Alex dive has won the u'18 section of the Rip Curl Pro Raglan. Matt Hewitt came in third behind him. Matt also came in third in the open.

February 2008
Matt Hewitt is in Australia competing in the junior contests and at the moment is rated second out of the kiwis.

Matt hewitts quiver to take to Hawaii
5`10``x173/4x 2`` rdsq single to dble concave fcs fins.
6`3``x173/4x21/8lightsingle to dble concave rd pin.
6`6``x173/4x21/4 light single to dble pin tail.
6`9``x173/4 x21/4 vee dble concave pin tail.
7`2``x18``x23/8 vee dble concave pin tail.

Matt is now in australia compting in the junior contest and at the moment rated 2nd out of the kiwi`s. Item2.

Alex dive has had a great summer so far winning all three vqs contests in the under 17 `s, tara`s gisborne and the mount. He backed it up with a win in the under 16 at the natonails and will be of to france for the king of the groms.

Alex dive has won the frist of the billabong grom avents at the mt and a 2nd at the whangamata contest.

Just out matt hewitt and alex dive have been picked for the nz team for the world juoirs in france for the under 18 and under 16.matts normal board is a 5`8`` x 173/4 x2 with single concave to dble, he likes lot of rocker for his vertical surfing and airs and uses fcs f3 glass fins with a rdsq. Alex rides a 5`10`` as he weighs abit more than matt, they are 17`3/4`` wide x2``with more of a round tail and not as much rocker as he is more of a carvey surfer and is using future fins

February 2008
ISLAND MATERS MATAKANA ISLAND
Island Masters dominated by Jordan Surfboards Contest Result Vets; 1st and 2nd with Rechard Peake( Glasser and sander for Jordan Surfboards) 1st, and Andy Jordan 2nd. Open; 1st and 3rd with Nick White winning it and Andy Jordan 3rd, In a top 6, four were riding Jordan Surfboards, 2 on 4fins, 2 on Thrusters. JORDAN SURFBOARDS MADE BY SURFERS JUST FOR YOU, not of a production line!