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SmoothStar possède une longue histoire avec l’Australie et ses jeunes talents. Certains d’entre eux sont devenus des superstars de la World Surfing League. Cela témoigne de l’efficacité de SmoothStar et de la place que tient la marque dans la culture surf australienne. Rob Wright, le père d’Owen et Tyler, utilise toujours les planches SmoothStar lors de ses entraînements hebdomadaires à Lennox Head (au sud de Byron Bay); il prend carrément les mêmes boards qu’utilisaient ses enfants!
Nous avons évidemment mis à jour sa collection SmoothStar en lui mettant à disposition les 33” Holy Toledo et maintenant la 32,5” Johanne Defay pro...

Voici une vieille vidéo d’Owen et Tyler Wright sur des SmoothStar alors qu’ils sont encore adolescents. Toutes nos excuses pour la qualité du son et image, ce sont de vieilles archives, filmées avec une caméra cassette...

Laura Enever, surnommée la “reine glamour” du circuit professionnel féminin, faisait également partie du team. Elle avait l’habitude de rider le long des plages au Nord de Sydney, pas très loin des bureaux SmoothStar.

Sally Fitzgibbons, trois fois vice-championne de la WSL, toujours très régulière durant les saisons, fait également partie des adepts du SmoothStar.

Our SmoothStar Thruster has been sold in over 40 countries across the world. It has made many customers very happy and for this we are stoked. However, as our boards and technology has improved, we have seen some customers put our Thruster on skateboards that contrast with our specifications of complete boards. We also getting various technical questions why customers couldn’t emulate our same surfing feel of our complete setups.

So with regret we have had to stop selling individual Thrusters world wide.

Top 5 reason why we stopped selling separately:

1. Our decks are wider so riders heals and toes don’t go over the deck. Heal & Toe movement is key to rail to rail surfing.
2. When you attach the Thruster to a normal deck, the wheel base (distance between back axel and front axel) is reduced. The wheel base is a major factor in matching a riders surf stance as discussed in our technical guide. SmoothStar decks are ALWAYS longer than other skateboards that try to replicate surfing.
3. Surf Skate decks should have concave as this helps the board grip when performing critical surf manoeuvres like cut backs or roundhouses.
4. Our kick tails are low and very small. These kick tails simulate the slight rise you would find on you surfboard tail pad.
5. Our wheels are the correct width to hold turns depending on a riders strength and weight. Bigger riders need wider wheels for more grip, Smaller riders need less width.

Our complete SmoothStar range has been rigorously tested to the highest standards. We have had ZERO complaints from over 10 years of manufacturing and distributing SmoothStar. Feel free to contact management regarding this new policy.

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SmoothStar has a long history in Australia with young up and coming surf groms. Some of these groms grew up to become surfing superstars on the WSL tour. It is testimony to the SmoothStar product and that it is entrench into Aussie surf culture. Owen and Tyler father Rob Wright is still using SmoothStar on a weekly basis in Lennox Head, NSW on the same boards that his kids used. We’ve of course updated his SmoothStar quiver to include Filipe Toledo’s pro model “Holy Toledo” into the mix.

Here is old video of Owen and Tyler Wright using SmoothStar when they were just teenagers. Apologies for the really annoying music, 4:3 resolution and camera work… it was filmed in 2007 …. a long time ago.

Laura Enever, the glamour queen of female professional surfing was also a SmoothStar teamrider, ripping it up on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, not far from SmoothStar HQ.

The there is the ever so consistent Sally Fitzgibbons, who has been 3 times runner up the WSL World Title.

Many customers ask us why SmoothStar is the best surf skate... why is it just so similar to surfing? Well we have been answering this question for many years so we thought we would record a detailed analysis for our followers. We took SmoothStar and another Surf Skate through its paces to document the differences.

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After a lot of delay SmoothStar is officially released in Europe. European surfers can now experience the SmoothStar feel and how close it is to surfing outside the water. No longer will SmoothStar customers have to pay for expensive shipping and in some cases extra import duty when buying SmoothStar from Australia.

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SmoothStar receives many requests to become team riders, it is almost daily and from countries all over the world. SmoothStar has had surf groms who are now competing in the world top surfing tours in both Men's and Women's ASP. So what we have done is provide you with the information you need on how to become a SmoothStar team rider.

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Once upon a time in 2013 Alex Broumbas and creative photographer Sebastian (Sebbo) Emmert decided they would take a trip into Lisbon, Portugal to test our Alex's new SmoothStar 32" Flying Fish at the new skatepark. (more…)

Vaya Phrachanh is an ASI (Academy of Surfing Instructors) level 4 surf instructor - the highest level possible. He is also a former WQS (World Qualifying Series) surfer - competing all around the world at all the top surf locations.

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