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Give us a break: Why Queensland is suffering from a massive surfboard shortage
Monday December 21, 2020
Surfboard shapers on the Gold Coast say they can’t keep up with demand during COVID-19 because more people are surfing and there’s a shortfall of basic board-making supplies, with wait times of up to six months for some boards.
Surfers at Duranbah Beach on the Gold Coast, where numbers have skyrocketed during COVID. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt)
Gold Coast surfboard shaper Steve Del Rosso has been making boards for more than 30 years, but he has never seen a year like 2020.
An increase in the number of people surfing during the coronavirus pandemic, coupled with…
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