If you see the 'back in thirty minutes' sign on the door of the Lowen88 surfboard factory you can be sure the downtime is being put to good use. Surfboards, of course, have to be tested. The people who shape them have to keep on top of their designs.

And here we have Wayne Lowen doing just that, running one of his creations through it's paces just up the road from his Gold Coast factory. It's research, not recreation...//STUART NETTLE