ABOUT US

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Classic Malibu has been Noosa’s heart of longboarding for over two decades. The longest standing locally manufactured, handcrafted longboard retailer in town. Now in its 26th year, Classic Malibu has been proudly sponsoring the world-renowned Noosa Festival of Surfing since inception.
But are we content to sit on our laurels and continue to churn out the same old, tried and tested boards? NEVER! Continually evolving, we are diversifying across the board, from alaias to thrusters, logs to spoons, fishes to high performance, lightweight longboards. And if it’s not in stock it doesn’t mean you can’t have it. At our factory outlet, you can talk face-to-face with our shapers and get the board that you want hand made to the highest quality.

45 YEARS IN THE MAKING

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When Peter And Janet White launched the Classic Malibu label some 30 years ago they were the only manufacturers and retailers of surfboards in the Noosa region. Now, two and a half decades on, the name of Classic Malibu is recognised around the world as a purveyor of expertly crafted traditional and progressive longboards. With some fifty years of shaping experience under his sanding belt, founder and head shaper Peter White brings every year of that knowledge and talent into each and every board he creates, demanding the same attention to detail and high level of perfection of his staff.

Since their formative years, the team at Classic Malibu have expanded their quiver to include high performance shortboards, mini mals and a range of retro equipment, from fishes to eggs, twin and quad fins to old school logs.
They are the only company to have sponsored the Noosa Festival of Surfing, since it’s inception in 1992 and are a long-standing and integral part of the Noosa Festival of surfing held every year in March.

Manufactured on-site and 100% Australian-owned, Classic Malibu is a brand with a pedigree to trust, creating boards from start to finish all on site at their factory outlet in Noosaville. Offering a level of high-quality workmanship, from shaping to glassing and finishing, Classic Malibu creates a superior product at competitive prices, whilst the showroom carries an extensive range of boards, surf apparel and all the accessories you require for your surfing needs.

CHECK US OUT

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Classic Malibu’s factory outlet not only has an extensive range of boards in stock but also makes the boards it sells. We are always happy to take customers on a tour of the factory to show them where their next purchase comes from and how it is created. But, for those of you who are unable to make it into our factory outlet, here is a guided tour of the store, the factory and behind-the-scenes:

The store is the front line to the customers and where all the glitz and glamour is going on. Boards, fresh from the factory, gleam on the racks, with everything from 5’5″ shortboards to heavy, traditional, ten-foot island guns gracing the walls.
Along with over 200 boards in stock, we have a wide selection of everything a dedicated surfer could need, from a range of waxes, fin keys, wax combs and paraphernalia to reef booties, board bags, fins and legropes for any board or need. And if it isn’t in stock, we can get it in ‘specially’.
We don’t employ unless we have faith that our staff can sell the right product to the right person. Our team know board design and can pick the board to fit your tastes. If your line of interrogation becomes too intense, we always have factory staff on hand to succumb to your mental probing and really get down and dirty with the finite aspects of board design.

This is where the magic happens. Dirty, dusty and hotter than a Swedish steam room on fire in the long summer months, the shaping bay is where our boards get whittled from abstract blank to highly refined board with over 45 years’ experience behind every stroke. The door is often securely closed to allow our shapers their time and space in which to focus, but occasionally you’ll get a voyeuristic glimpse into their world.
With custom orders, much of the discussion and refinement happens in the shaping bay, a board being shaped in stages, customer and shaper conferring on every aspect of the board’s final design.