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MDC NewsNEW SickSurfReport Phone Number: 361.93S.WELL (937.9355)THE MUCH ANTICIPATED RPQ MAKES IT'S DEBUT AT TGSA TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SOUTH PADRE MAY 25/26 2008The performance of the RPQ did not dissapoint RPQ sponsored riders Justin Jalufka and Zach May, who were throwing out HUGE plumes, frontside reverses,boosting nice airs etc. Surf was chest high and clean. Here are the MDC results: Justin Jalufka: 1st in Mens, 2nd in Air Zach May: 1st in Masters, Overall Point Winner of the Year, 3rd in Open LB, Overall Point Winner of the Year in Open LB, 4th in Air Robby Jones: 2nd in Masters, 2nd in open LB Kyle Ferris: 1st in Groms, 1st in Boys, 2nd in Junior LB, Overall Point Winner of the Year in Air Ralph De Pena: 2nd in Legends Nathan Stolley: 1st in Micro Groms, 1st in Mini Groms Alana Greenwood: 3rd in Mini Girls Heather Hanson: 1st in Mini Girls, Overall Point Winner of the Year Mini Girls OUTSTANDING!! MDC PICKS UP GROM TALENT NATHAN STOLLEYIf you are a true local here, you will recognize the name "Stolley". This family has been producing true watermen for 3 generations now. Some live on Maui, some here, whatever, they all rip and Nathan is no exception. He took first at the S District 2 and 2nd at the CC Open. Watershots coming soon.
SPONSORED MDC RIDER KYLE FERRIS TAKES THE EXPRESSION SESSION LAST WEEKEND SPIWatch out for this up and coming ripper. The 13 yr old took out the Men's division to take the title at the 9th Memorial Expression Session hosted by Scott Gangel in South Padre. Too cool! Look for Kyle to stand out at TSSC this year.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MIKE DOYLE CUSTOM SURFBOARDS LONGBOARD PRO, $4000 IN CASH AND PRIZES MAY 17,2008 PACKERY CHANNELRegistration is now open for this very cool event. Three divisions: Men's Pro, Women's Pro, Juniors. Hurry and register only 20 slots for men's, 20 slots for juniors, 16 slots for women. Go to tgsa.org to register. Winners in Men's and Women's will receive cash as well as a custom MDC longboard. Juniors will also receive cash as well as prizes. This event is brought to you by MDC, TGSA, Naismith Engineering, First Community Bank of Texas, Tortuga Dunes, The Marshall Company, Dakine, Cobian, Ten Over, Anarchy, and Mongrel Blanks.
New From Mike Doyle Custom Surfboards: Introducing The Rocket Propelled QuadWe have been working on this new design line for some time now in conjunction with Flatstalker creator Roy Sanders. Nextcame months of R&D in the water in various conditions. The R.P.Q.’s performance exceeded all expectations. The coolest thing we discovered is that the R.P.Q. is not limited on design. Fish, longboard, shortie, whatever; the R.P.Q. is all about enhancement. We are so committed to the design of the R.P.Q., we invested in and have filed for pantent and trademark protection. The TM is filed already, patent pending. So just what is the R.P.Q.? This particular design features a double barrel deep channel through the quads. These channels produce incredible bursts of speed and insane tail lift for airs. MDC will now be offering all things Rocket Propelled Quad. Stop by and check them out. The longboard R.P.Q. is insane! Be looking for the R.P.Q. in the design forum in Surfer Mag. You can also check our website at mikdoylecustomsurfboards.com. Click on the RocketPropelledQuad link for more.
CHECK OUT THE NEW BIKINIS JUST IN CLICK ON SickSurfReport to check more styles. You can mix sized and get a free pair of matching slaps while supplies last!!
MDC BOARDS AVAILABLE IN NEW SURF SHOP OPENING IN SURFSIDE MID APRIL. MDC ALSO SIGNS ON TO BUILD ALL BOARDS FOR GTOMDC is very pleased to add 2 more dealers to our roster. The new shop in Surfside should be open mid April. GTO boards are available for ordering now by going to http://www.girlstakingover.net/Main/Contacts
Okay, we're not always serious at MDC, we mostly have fun throughout the long day, believe me. Here's the latest happy customer. Ralph De Pena and I have been friends for 32 years and he as STOKED with his new board as we were to make him another JD eliminator!! Yeah, bradda!! Also featured in the background is our mascot Ringo the Dingo. He is head of security and in charge of all lunch leftovers at MDC. If you try to backdoor, you will be "greeted" by Ringo who is always on high alert. Backdoor at your own risk, especially if we eat vegetarian that day.
Girls Taking Over Clothing Has Arrived at Mike Doyle Custom Surfboards!!
Here are just some of the Christmas boards we did this year. Others can be seen by clicking on Surfboards and choosing a board type or by clicking on the SickSurfReport
Congratulations to MDC Riders at Galveston OpenCongratulations to our guys and girls who ripped and dominated this weekend in several divisions: Zack May: 1st in Masters, 1st in Open Longboard Austin Caldwell: 3rd in Open Longboard, 3 in Men's Jordan Isbell: 1st in Women Shortboard Brittany Tupaj: 1st in Women's Longboard, 2 in Women's Shortboard Kyle Ferris: 1st in Jr Longboard, 3rd in Groms, 3rd in Boys, 3rd in Air. Amazing work for a Grom to place in Air!!! Alana Greenwood: 4th in Mini Girls Bueno Bueno! MDC Builds Board For Taco Bueno Location
When the folks at Taco Bueno were shopping around for something to give their new location a "local" touch, a surfboard came to mind. Once they got it cleared with the head taco, they called us and we got on it. Stop by and check it out at 5630 Saratoga Blvd. MDC Riders Shine on Dean Storm Swell, 2 Shots land on Surfline Website
Sponsored riders Justin Jalufka and Morgan Faulkner both landed on the pages of Surfline with solid shots of Dean. PHOTOS AND MAJOR "CONGRATS!" GO OUT TO G. SCOTT!!
Check out the new batwing quad. Works great in the surf and for kitesurfing. TGSA Getting Ready To Fire UpTGSA board directors are working hard right now preparing for the upcoming season of competitve surfing along the Gulf Coast. First order of events will be the 3rd Annual Grom Round Ups: 4 total, 2 per district. South District Grom Roundups are Aug 25- South Padre Island Tex and Sept 22-Port Aransas. These events are free to groms 13 and under. 36 slots are availble per event. Register by contacting info@tgsa.org. First South District Contest is slated for Oct. 6/7 in South Padre Island Texas. Isal Blanca Park. This is one of the coolest contests of the year. Smaller, since it is a district and a beautiful time of year to be in Padre. Fun continues afterwards with a trip to Dorado's Baja Bar and Grill
left pic above: Justin Jalufka winning TSSC right pic above from left: Julie Doyle, Danielle Dodson and friends Photos: G Scott
Jen Optics Sunglasses Just Came InCool shades that slide on like butter. Italian frames, stainless steele 5 barrell hinges, and they are still affordable. For the hype-minded, their ambassadors currently aboard are names like Josh Sleigh, and new addition Dan Malloy.
Ah, The Return of the QuadfinWe are having a great time with the interest in the Quadfin lately. Super loose and fun, perfect for here and travel
MDC Riders Slayed it at TSSC in S PadreCongratulations to OurGuys who killed it at State.
Trey Camp: 1st place and overall points winner of the year in Jr. Men's Jordan Isbell: 1st place and overall points winner for the year in Jr Women's Alana Greenwood: 1st place and overall points winner for the year in Mini- Girls Rob Jones: 1 place in Open Longboard, 2nd in Masters Men's Baggies just arrived from West Surfing and Cult Industries
We are very excited to be branching out into clothing and both of these lines really impressed us on the quality level. Nice touches like plastic pouches on the baggies and crocheted banding on some styles of bikinis. Sponsored Rider Justin Thompson Competes in the HSF in KauaiMDC sponsored rider Justin Thompson has been doing some HSF contests lately on Kauai and impressed the photographers at the 2 events. Good job representing MDC!!!
Justin at event 4 Kealia Beach Break and Justin at event 2 at Pinetrees New TGSA Rankings Are Released!The new TGSA rankings are finally out and our MDC sponsored riders are looking good among the ranks: Alana Greenwood: 2st Mini Girls Kyle Ferris: 2nd Groms Trey Camp: 1nd JR Men Jordan Isbell: 1st JR Women Justin Jalufka: 1st Men Jordan Isbell: 1st Women Brittany Tupaj: 2nd Women Zach May: 1st in open Longboard, 2nd in Masters
Molly Ware is stoked to have her new board, a trip to Ticla, and to hang out with Nicole Dodson who is home visiting from Hawaii for Christmas. Life is good! New Alva Decks InWhy do we deal directly with Alva Skates? Tony doesn't believe in mass production and neither do we. Mass production is a real bummer to the surf industry. It did wonders for the spinach industry. Plus, dealing with Alva Skates is NEVER boring. There are only 10 new decks in stock, so come by and check them out. Tony Alva Celebrates 1 Year AnniversaryWe'd like to congratulate Tony on his first year at the Fairfax store. We were really honored to recieve an invitation to this event. Due to the opening of our new location we were unable to attend. He is also celebrating his new shoe coming out by Van's. Everbody said the shop wouldn't make it, hence the chosen artwork for the invitation. Don't ever tell him he can't do something...  Sponsored Rider Morgan Faulkner Advances at Excel Pro/2006 Sunset Beach, HASponsored rider Morgan Faulkner made it through round 2 today at the Excel Pro 2006 at Sunset Beach, Hawaii. In Round 1, one of his best scoring waves made the highlight loop. In Round 2 he landed a nice floater and pulled an air. The wind was on it and it it was pretty rough but by Round 3 it had glassed off and the sets were inconsistent. He had a tough heat with: IZUKI TANAKA JPN IAN WALSH HAW GABRIEL VILLARAN PER MORGAN FAULKNER HAW Ian Walsh won this event last year and Tanaka was on. Morgan still managed to stay deeper than the pack, and took 3rd beating out Peruvian Villaran. He placed 33 out of 132 Pro's and won $700. This should bump him up well in rankings on the WQS. WAY TO GO MORGAN!!! Sponsorship News: WQS Competitor Morgan Faulkner Signs on to MDC Roster Morgan and Justin check out their new guns at this year's sponsor sign in.This has been discussed for some time now, but just actually took place today. We are very honored and super stoked to have Morgan riding our boards on the WQS, and on the North Shore which is where he resides when he's not on tour, or running Quicksilver Surf Camps in the summer here. Wow, this guy stays busy! Mike made Morgan his first board back when he was a young grom. Mike knew he was going somewhere even then. Mike says, "that kid surfed everday, rain, cold, blowing, sunshine, big, ugly, whatever. In the winter, I would go down to the beach at lunchtime to eat and check the surf and there'd be Morgan, the only one out, with his mom, Mary on the beach in a rain poncho!" It is that kind of determination that makes a champion and when you throw in natural athletic talent,and a great attitude, the possibilities are endless. We are looking forward a great surfer/shaper relationship with Morgan and a really fun run this year. Julie Doyle Every Sponsored MDC Rider Places At State ChanpionshipsCongratulations to Our Guys for ALL placing high at the TGSA State Championships held this weekend at South Padre. Surf was head to overhead with offshore winds on Saturday. Surf was still pumping on Sunday and the wind backed off as well for the finals. Rob Jones: 1st in Masters, 1st in Open Longboard Justin Jalufka: 1st in Men's, 2nd Overall points for the Year in Men's Greg Cheek: Overall Points for the Year in Men's, 2nd in Air Trey Camp: 2nd in JR Men Justin Thompson: Overall Points For The Year in Boys Jordan Isbell: 1st in Girls, Overall Points Winner for the Year Alana Greenwood: 2nd in Micro Groms Sponsored Rider Justin Thompson Invited to Compete For a Spot On World TeamLast month Surfing America held a short team trials to select a few boys for the USA Surf Team. Some of the existing Team members had become too old for their age divisions and more were needed to go compete in the World Junior Surfing Championships in Brazil in May. The TGSA got to send one 15 yr old trialist to compete for a slot on the USA Surf Team and we sent Justin Thompson. Even though Justin didn't make the Team, Peter Townend, the Coach, had several positive things to say about him during the Surfing America meeting I attended earlier this week. What stuck in my head from what PT said was, "Justin was definitely a contender. Keep sending me more kids like him!" Way to represent, Justin! Charlie Cooke TGSA President New Stock Just Off The Production Line!click on UsedBoardsStockBoards and check them out. Check out the new high tech fins!
Limited Chambered Balsa Blanks In From EquadorWe now have in stock very rare chambered balsa blanks in from Equador. They are beautiful and have excellent rockers. We are so stoked and cannot wait to get started! These blanks are great for wallhangers of course, but in this village where they are made the Equadorians can't afford wall-hangers so these boards get the heck ridden out of them and the maker still guarantees them for 5 years. Each blank takes 2 trees and 2 more trees are replanted and they are mature in 3-5 years. Balsa is a fiercly self-renewing resource. If you are interested in having a genuine custom balsa in you quiver you better hurry. Stock is very limited and we will only be offering this once a year!
Congratulations to our sponsored rider Jorden Isbell!Congratulations to sponsored rider Jordan Isbell for sweeping the TGSA North District contest last weekend! Jordan took 1st in girls, jr women, and women!
Congratulations also to my daugther, Alana Greenwood for taking 2nd in micro-groms!|| MDC Riders dominate at VolcomVolcom Bushfish Pro-Am was held Halloween weekend at Bob Hall Pier. This year proved to be a bigger, better event. TGSA judges were used and they had a record amount of entries. Surfers duked it out all day in fickle surf, but it was in the finals where the gloves came off. A big "Way to go, bro" goes off to all our riders who dominated the finals: Trey Camp- 4th, Logan Norton-5th, Steven Vizuete-6th, all in Jr. Men. Jordan Isbell-1st, Heather Mc Gaffin-2nd, both in women's and Justin Jalufka who won 1st in the Pro-AM. Jordan Isbell advanced through her heats all day and took home lots of Volcom booty. The day belonged to Justin Jalufka who poured it on and swooped the $1000 in the Pro Am. We also want to congratulate James Thompson of Wind and Wave who took home 1st is Junior Men
Congratulations to OurGuys for slaying it over the weekend in Galveston.Greg Cheek: 1st in Open AM Shortboard, 4th in Air. Justin Jalfuka: 2nd in Open Am shortboard. Justin Thompson: 1st in Boys, 2nd in Jr Longboard. Guns,Guns,Guns!Judging by the orders we've been getting, it seems that there are some Texas surfers who plan on charging some big stuff this summer down south and in Hawaii. Here is a peek of what's been batched here recently.
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 4 trophies in all for Justin. What a year he had. |
 Nicole loads up while her number 1 fan hangs out. |
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 Bronson's litterally on board with MDC these days. |
 Brett and Rebales relax with our groms on Sat. Brett was on fire Sunday. |
As if those JEL guys weren't busy enough with the recent release of Good Fortune, they are slamming the scene again with the unveiling of a new surf mag titled Tx SURFER. We were allowed a sneak peek, and judging by the photos we saw, this mag promises to be edgy and fresh. We really want to keep this alive and we all know how hard it is to go to press 3-4 times a year, so please support TX SURFER. You'll be able to get it here.
JEL Productions premiered it's second film at The Executive Surf Club last night and the place went off. Supagreen kicked it off at 7pm and got everyone in the mood with their cool urban reggae riffs. No doubt, they were a perfect choice. Then everybody refueled at the bar and the movie kicked on around 8pm. We want to thank JEL and Our Guys for kicking some major butt in this film. G. Scott had an excellent slide sequence which also showcased our riders in a major way. Good Fortune is available here at the shop for $25.
 Jim Needham, Sci Fi, Mike |  James Walters of JEL with Brad Steph |
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To help our new local chapter get some mometum going, we've built a 7' Funshape that is to be raffled off around the end of May at a Surfrider Bash that will be held at the Surf Club. Ticket info for your chance to win this 7.0 Funshape valued at $450 and a 7.9" Hawaiian Mike Doyle Gun is TBA.
A new wine has emerged aimed at the millennial market and sure to please with a good taste at the good price $8 to $10. We were contracted by Shawn Safir of Block Distributing to make the surfboards that will be out on a mini Texas Tour to promote Twin Fin. 
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Congratulations to Our Guys for placing high, or winning in their divisions. This contest was all about wave selection due to lots of closeouts and generally sloppy surf.
Mike Doyle Custom Surfboards wants to extend a Happy New Year to all of our tribe members, families and friends. We're busy as ever and are grateful for all the support. Alot is going on at the factory right now, along with our regular customs we are ready with the first of what we hope are many orders being shipped to Japan.
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What a weekend, what a contest. Surf was coming on Saturday, and then light offshore winds to no wind on Sunday, while the size held. Rainy on Saturday, then overcast skies on Sunday gave the judges' eyesight a break. Great photo opportunities were everywhere. I spent the weekend on the judges stand and couldn't shoot much. We missed ya, G.! The surf on Sunday was mesmerizing.
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Justin Jalufka, Rob Jones, both have sponsorships with Mike Doyle Custom Surfboards. Justin Thompson rides on the Wind and Wave team. Board sponsorship by Mike Doyle Custom Surfboards.
Surf was chest high and windy. We fried our eyeballs in the glare on the judges stand. Congratulations to our guys:
Justin Thompson rides for Wind and Wave. Board sponsorship by Mike Doyle Custom Surfboards.
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Not really much to surf on, but alot of fun was still had by all who attended.
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Julie Doyle, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Willie's stage manager Poodie Locke, head for the stage. Julie:"We've all worked together and have been friends since the '70's."    Mike Doyle, Joey Floyd(Toby Keith), and wrestler. |
 Dennis from the Navajo Nation getting ready to dance onstage with Neil Young & Crazyhorse. Julie: We had our own 60ft tour bus and we were assigned parking next to the Grateful Dead backstage for 2 days. Needless to say, it was not boring. |
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These two are off to there new home in Hawaii. 
Sponsored rider Greg Cheek is definitley "making plans" for his new 7.6. gun.
