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Gabe's Pro Model

Gabriel Gwynne has been a Hopkin Team rider for a few months, and in this time he has proven to be a very important part of the team. He has been shredding the Gnar with Ozzie's best and bombed some of th gnarliest hills that Oz has to offer.
Through this commitment to skateboarding, we decided to make him a pro model. It was a long and hard task getting the shape and the mould correct but we feel that this board truely represents Gabe's own personal style and is definitely a breakthrough in board-making technology. We are still in prototype-testing mode but hopefully we will have a final product on the market soon. This will be a Hopkin Skate exclusive board and we will be patenting all designs to keep it 100% awesome. If you wish to look into getting on one of these boards then let us know.
To keep you stoked, heres a few pictures of the process we have gone through while making this super rad board for Ozzie's gnarliest grommet:

First we start with the deck. We have cut this shape to represent Gabe and all that is Gnar


After the shape has been cut to size, we have to drill the holes for the trucks. Using an old baseplate as pilot hole we are able to get it spot on.


After the hole are done, we attach the trucks. For this board we have chosen to stray from regular DH trucks and gone for the narrow hanger, 150mm. This is because Gabe is gnar, who needs 180mm? We want super turn from this get-up and it has to be super nimble to obtain optimum performance.




Here is the Grommet himself getting super stoked on his new pro model.




The board is complete! Now after a quick safety meeting its time to put the end product to the test.



As you can see this board is capable of shredding EXTREME amounts of gnar. The Gnar Bar has been raised and the limits to longboarding are now well beyond sky-high. Through innovative design we are able to create THE ULTIMATE BOARD.



Remember kids, always wear your helmet. Safety first...

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by sean meaney on February 26, 2010 at 10:26
good shit i cant wait to get one

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Benbro on February 26, 2010 at 10:27
haha,thats rad.....hangin to give it a go,keen to see its performance at kiera,...........literally shredin the gnar
Permalink Reply by Arvin on February 26, 2010 at 10:34
hahaha good stuff!

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Ian McGlynn on February 26, 2010 at 12:39
hah, whats the cave like?

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jacko on February 26, 2010 at 12:42
we have put major works into the concave and have come up with a special '/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\' cave

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jacko on February 26, 2010 at 12:50
too late man we came out with it first. sukka

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Adam on February 26, 2010 at 12:52
funny funny funny
Permalink Reply by ^^^DRE^^^ on February 26, 2010 at 14:54
GS all the way
Permalink Reply by Ryan 'RY RY' Peterson on February 26, 2010 at 18:57
stood on this board today!
dude with its rad concave ur gonna get krimes complaining becoz its better than killswitch and krimes cant accept that something is better than his board!

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Kelly Carter on February 26, 2010 at 19:55
sick concave ;)
Permalink Reply by Ilan Aarons on February 26, 2010 at 19:58
im buying this instead of my killswitch tomoro!
Permalink Reply by Nick Mayor on February 26, 2010 at 20:04
that board is too big..

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