O'Donnell
Steve O’Donnell began a lifelong obsession with surfing and surfboards in ‘kiddies corner’ at Freshwater Beach, Australia, when only eight years old. The red balsa ‘Pig’ he stood up on for the first time was a hand-me-down from older brother David, an already accomplished eleven year old local ‘Grommie’.
His shaping career started at Dale Surfboards in Brookvale in 1967 under the tutelage of owner Les Patterson and good friend and fellow surfer-shaper John Otton. He shaped several old style longboards before the designs took a radical change when Bob McTavish did a stint at Dale’s. They went through a rapid transition from V-bottom ‘Plastic Machines’ to down rail seven foot ‘Pocket Rockets’ by early 1969.
Steve started producing custom longboards under his own O’Donnell label in the late 80’s. Now well established as the ‘go to guy’ for noseriders and high performance contest longboards on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and backed by an expert team of craftsmen at Rhino Laminating in Manly Vale, Steve’s boards are a sought after addition to the quiver of a huge range of surfers.
His shaping career started at Dale Surfboards in Brookvale in 1967 under the tutelage of owner Les Patterson and good friend and fellow surfer-shaper John Otton. He shaped several old style longboards before the designs took a radical change when Bob McTavish did a stint at Dale’s. They went through a rapid transition from V-bottom ‘Plastic Machines’ to down rail seven foot ‘Pocket Rockets’ by early 1969.
Steve started producing custom longboards under his own O’Donnell label in the late 80’s. Now well established as the ‘go to guy’ for noseriders and high performance contest longboards on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and backed by an expert team of craftsmen at Rhino Laminating in Manly Vale, Steve’s boards are a sought after addition to the quiver of a huge range of surfers.
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Custom boards are welcome, this is just some of the boards are being produced.
O'Donnell has high quality foam and resins used, giving you the ultimate board riding experience. |