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Cosmic Byron Bay Shaper Profile | Allan Byrne

To celebrate the first ever Cosmic Creek Byron Bay event coming up in two weeks, our crew took some time to profile some of the legendary shapers of some of the cosmic boards that will be ridden in the event. Australia has made an industry around foreign surfer/shapers migrating to Australia and ultimately influencing global surfboard design. The late, great Allan Bryne was one such talent. The former New Zealander started shaping in 1969 while visiting Hawaii and continued in New Zealand under ex-pat Aussie shaper Bob Davies. But it was as a surfer he first started to make a name, winning the New Zealand junior title as a 13-year-old and culminating in a runner up finish in the Pipe Masters in what was one of the last great showdowns between a channel bottom single fin and the then brand new three-fin Thruster under the feet of surfer/shaper Simon Anderson. It was during one trip to a world title event in San Diego in the 1970s that he met Hawaiians David Nuuhiwa and Reno Abillira and through those friendships he ended up shaping in San Diego with the progressive Bill Caster. While he learned much about surfboard functionality from those around him, it was two years he spent as a naval cadet and studying hydrodynamics that would lead him down the path of refining and, ultimately, redefining channel bottom surfboards. Al, who relocated to Australia’s Gold Coast to fine tune his shaping, worked with the label Hot Stuff and launched his own brand Byrning Spears. He has shaped for some of surfing’s royalty, including Wayne Rabbit Bartholomew, Chappy Jennings and Gary Kong Elkerton. He passed away after an accident in Bali in 2013 but his legacy continues through his brother Ian, who with son Jacob operates The House of Byrne (@thehouseofbyrne), and with former business partner Dale Wilson who continues to operate Byrning Spears. The Allan Byrne boards being ridden at Cosmic are a pristine 1980 AI double flyer, swallow tail single fin with a distinctive ACDC spray.