Skipp surfboards has been based in Wollongong NSW for as long as anybody can remember. Sorry John, but you are getting old, like the rest of us. Terry Richardson who shaped this board was one of the foremost south coast surfers, Terry lead the charge at Pipe in Hawaii, and Richo was a hosehold name in surfing during the 70′. Skippy will always be Mr Wollongong. He has employed some of Australia’s premiere shapers, that’s if he didn’t teach them to shape himself. Skippy is a good man and a legend.