 Simon
Anderson Profile
 Simon
Anderson grew up in the 60's at Collaroy on the Northern Beaches
of Sydney. He was lucky enough to witness the evolution
of the modern day surfboard in his own backyard,
ridden by a host of world class surfers including Nat and
Chris Young, Butch and Steve Cooney, Rob Holt etc.
From the early 60's 9'6 longboard to the ultra short 5'4"
single fin in '68, surfing was going through a dramatic design
revolution; massive vee bottoms, trackers, tear drops, pins,
double enders. Every 6 months there was a new leap forward
and an extra 6" cut off the length of the board.
Simon Anderson gravitated to North Narrabeen in '69, to a
culture of hardcore surfing with a strong link to board manufacturing
at nearby Brookvale. He entered the industry as a ding fixer
at Shane Surfboards in '70. His shaping career began
at 17 after winning the '71 Australian Junior Title
at Bells Beach from Peter Townend and the hottest junior of
that year Andrew McKinnon.
Drawing inspiration from legendary local surfer/ shapers Bob
Kennerson, Terry Fitzgerald, Geoff McCoy and Col Smith as
well as the stella staff at Shane's, Frank Latta, Ted Spencer
and Butch Cooney, Simon Anderson had the best possible apprenticeship.
In 1973 Simon Anderson competed in the first professional
Australian contest at Bells Beach placing 3rd behind winner
MP and 2nd Anthony Hardwick (NN Surfer). '76 saw the beginning
of the World Tour. Simon Anderson had wins in '77
at Bells and the Coke 2SM Surfabout finishing the year ranked
No 3. In 1981 he had 3 more victories the Bells/ Coke double
again and the Pipe Masters on a new innovation "the
Thruster", the modern day surfboard.
Simon Anderson is still motivated to improve surfboard
design to benefit his own surfing, team riders and
surfers in general, including Kelly Slater in 2005 who won
at J - Bay and Trestles riding one of Simon's shapes. Simon
Anderson uses his many years of experience in shaping, surfing
and working with team riders to create the best possible boards
for all wave conditions.
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