Jake Halstead Takes 2nd at the ISA World Juniors Surfing Championships!

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Congratulations to 15 year old Rusty Team Rider, Jake Halstead, for taking home the Silver Medal at the ISA World Juniors Surfing Championships in New Zealand! Click the image below to check out the video highlights from the final day on Surfline.com ...

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Come Stand Up Paddle with Rusty!

You are invited to come paddle with Rusty, demo his custom SUP boards and find out about his TEC models coming soon from Boardworkds. Meet us at La Jolla Shores on Wednesday, Feb 3, 8-10am. Click here to enlarge the image below...

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Andre Niemeyer Charges on his Rusty SUP

The last few swells have brought the Pacific Coastline to life and local SUP stand out, Andre Niemeyer, was turning heads everyday as he stroked his Rusty Stand Up Paddle into some solid, offshore, waves...

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Rusty Surfboards and Shayne McIntyre Featured in New York Times

Shayne McIntyre, of Fuel TV's "On Surfari", was interviewed by a White House correspondent in regards to his recent trip to Liberia.  A few words from Shayne as well as three images from the trip are featured in the piece.  Click here to check out the full article at NewYorkTimes.com...

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"...About a hundred feet away, the Atlantic was hurling itself at the shoreline in surging swells that crested in arc after arc. A trio of surfers — two Liberian, one Western — were riding a wave that started to break at a point called Shipwreck, before cresting directly across from the historic cottonwood tree where freed American blacks, including my great-great-great-great-grandfather, had carved their names in 1829 after their ship, the Harriet, arrived on the Liberian shore from Norfolk, Va...."

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Information on lodging in Robertsport and other helpful information for surfers can be found at www.surfliberia.com/home.html.

Story by: Helene Cooper

Photos by: Brody

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Jake Halstead and the USA team in New Zealand: Day 3

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Jake wins his heat again! Check out some footage on Surfline.com from Day 3 of the ISA World Juniors in New Zealand...

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Rusty Fills the Gun Rack

With one of the most rewarding winters, wave wise, in the last several years there has been plenty of demand for big wave boards.  Whether it is creating a duplicate of a board that met its demise, shaping a first gun for a grom with a newly lit fire in his belly, or crafting a beautiful sled for a notorious XXL hell man, Rusty has been putting in the hours in the shaping bay to make sure everyone is properly equipped for their next strike mission...

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Rusty shapes a board for big wave legend, Garret McNamara...

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Photos by: Brody

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Winter in Review: Hawaii Highlights

Check out some photos from the Rusty team's stint in Hawaii in our More Hawaii Highlights Photo Gallery!

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Jake Halstead and the USA Team in New Zealand

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Jake Halstead is off in New Zealand representing the United States at the ISA World Juniors.  He is only one of four surfers on the USA Team surfing in the Boys 16 and under division, surfing along side Kolohe Andino, Parker Coffin, and Trevor Thorton.  All of the surfers on the USA Team made it through their heats on day one!  Check out this video clip featured on Surfline.com...

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Stand Up Paddle Teaser

Catch a sneak peak of the Rusty Stand Up Paddle Board Commercial to be featured on MyLocalLineUp.com...

Rusty Surfboards Stand Up Paddle Commercial from rusty surfboards on Vimeo.

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Matt Beacham Sneak Attack

Matt Beacham is a busy guy.  He spends a better portion of his year on the road with rambunctious teenagers filming for his show "New Pollution" on Fuel TV, but every so often he manages to sneak in a fun session at home.  Here we see Beacham intercepting our most recent West Coast swell...

To check out more images from the recent run of swells have a look at our January Swell Gallery featuring Matt Beacham, Jake Halstead, Jay Christenson, Dustin Fiero, Jonathon Dupont and a handful of other rippers...

All Photos by: Brody

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