Ricky & “The Pugs Ass”
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If you’ve been following Ricky Basnetts Instagram account you might have noticed his pretty unorthodox creations coming from his shaping bay. Some of his designs had our curiosity but when his bodyboard surfboard hybrid emerged from his imagination and into reality he had our full attention. Then, when we saw Ricky dish out a Freddy Kruger special, slicing and dicing the face of supers on his one of a kind Basnett special we couldn’t help but fire a couple questions his way. (ZAG) What is the official name of this hybrid and what is the inspiration behind it? (Ricky) Ja this thing doesn’t really have a name, I got a reject blank from fishstix and thought I’d try to chop it up and make a version of the stand up bodyboard I have, I was actually trying to sell the thing and so stoked I didn’t , pretty much my favourite board right now! If I had to name it, I’d probably call it “The Pugs Ass”. Judging by the clips it seems like it would require an experienced campaigner to be able to manoeuvre it along the face, what is it like to surf? It took a session or two […]