Easy flow and paddle power
The egg-inspired outline offers a comfortable platform and helps the board get into waves, while the fuller nose and wider tail contribute to its versatile feel.
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Mark Phipps Surfboards
Decades of surfing, shaping and design experience — creating boards with flow, feel and performance at their heart.
Australian Shaper
Custom Design
Performance Meets Flow
Meet the shaper
A lifetime in the water. A lifetime spent refining the ride.
Mark Phipps — known to many as Phippsy — is an Australian surfer and surfboard shaper whose approach has been shaped by years in the water and decades spent working with surfboard design. His boards are built around a simple idea: a surfboard should suit the surfer, the conditions and the way they want to ride.
Mark began shaping in the late 1980s, learning his craft alongside respected figures in Australian surfing and board building. That early experience helped establish the attention to detail and practical understanding of performance that continue to inform his designs.
With strong connections to Victoria's surf coast and France, Mark has developed boards for surfers across different waves, abilities and styles. His range stretches from versatile hybrids and mid-lengths to shortboards, step-ups and boards built for more serious conditions.
Experience
Since the 1980s
Decades of shaping experience informed by a lifetime of surfing.
Roots
Victoria, Australia
From Australia's surf coast to waves and surf communities around the world.
Approach
Designed to be ridden
Practical surfboard design shaped by feel, feedback and time in the water.
Signature Shape
One Bad Egg
A standout design that brought the egg outline and a performance-minded approach together.
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An egg with attitude: easy flow when you want it, performance when you ask for it.
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The thinking behind the One Bad Egg
The signature shape
One Bad Egg. One seriously good idea.
Few boards in the Mark Phipps range have attracted as much attention as the One Bad Egg. Its success comes from a compelling balance: the glide and paddle power associated with an egg outline, combined with the curves, rocker and bottom contours needed to keep a surfer engaged and turning.
The idea was not to make a mid-length that simply catches waves and cruises. Mark wanted an egg with attitude — a board that could make everyday surf more enjoyable without asking the surfer to give up on progression or performance.
More than a cruiser
A single concave through the middle section, with vee towards the nose and tail, helps balance speed, flow and response through turns.
Built to keep turning
The rounded pintail, relatively low nose rocker and more pronounced tail rocker give the design a performance-minded character beyond its relaxed outline.
Why the One Bad Egg?
A mid-length with a performance streak.
The One Bad Egg grew from a familiar frustration: trying to enjoy less-than-perfect surf on a refined shortboard. Mark wanted something that would paddle well, make the most of average conditions and still reward active surfing.
That combination is a big part of its appeal. It can bring extra wave-catching ease and smooth flow to smaller surf, while its shape and fin options give experienced surfers room to push harder when the waves improve.
For surfers looking for one versatile board that can cover a wide range of sessions, the One Bad Egg has become one of the defining designs in the Phipps range.
Explore the One Bad Egg →The Phipps approach
Good design is about how a board actually surfs.
A surfboard can look right on the rack, but its real character comes from how its outline, rocker, rails, bottom contours and fin positions work together in the water.
Built around the individual
Mark's custom-board approach takes account of a surfer's build, ability, goals and the conditions they regularly encounter.
Different waves, different needs
A board intended for everyday surf has different demands from a design built for steep, hollow or powerful waves. The right model starts with the surf you want to ride.
Shape, feel and response
Outline, rocker, rails, bottom shape and fin configuration all contribute to how a board paddles, accelerates, holds a line and turns.
Beyond the One Bad Egg
A board for your surfing, not just one type of wave.
The One Bad Egg may be the standout name many surfers recognise, but it is only one part of the Mark Phipps range. His designs cover different approaches to surfing, from compact hybrids and everyday all-rounders to performance shortboards and boards intended for larger surf.
That variety matters because no single shape is ideal for every surfer or every session. The best starting point is to think about the waves you ride most often, the way you like to surf and what you want your next board to help you do.
Mid-lengths and eggs
Flow, paddle power and versatility, with performance still in the picture.
Hybrids
Everyday shapes designed to cover a useful range of conditions.
Shortboards
More performance-focused designs for surfers looking for sharper response.
Guns and step-ups
Specialist options for surfers heading into larger or more demanding waves.
Custom boards
Dimensions and design selected around the surfer and their intended use.
Finding your fit
Start with your surfing. Then find your shape.
Choosing a surfboard is about more than picking a model name. Your ability, fitness, weight, preferred waves and the feel you want under your feet all help determine the right design and dimensions.
Prioritise paddle power
If catching waves and keeping momentum are high on your list, explore the fuller outlines and extra volume available in suitable mid-length and hybrid designs.
Match the board to your turns
If tighter arcs, sharper direction changes and more critical surfing are the goal, consider a design whose outline, rocker and fin setup suit that approach.
Volume is a starting point
Use volume alongside length, width, thickness and the board's overall design. Two boards with similar litres can feel very different in the water.
Make an informed choice
Know your volume. Choose your board.
Find your guide volume.
Get a useful starting point based on your weight, ability, fitness and the waves you normally surf. Use it as a guide alongside the dimensions and design of the board you're considering.
Find My Volume →Build your Mark Phipps board.
Explore the available Mark Phipps model, choose your dimensions and personalise your board with the available colours and options.
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Thoughtful shapes, built around real surfing.
What stands out about Mark Phipps is the connection between his own surfing experience and the way he approaches board design. His range isn't built around one outline or one idea of how surfing should look. Different boards solve different problems, and the details matter.
The One Bad Egg is a great example. It takes the accessible, flowing character of an egg and adds enough performance-minded design to keep the board engaging. It's not simply about making paddling easier; it's about creating a board that encourages you to keep surfing actively and making the most of the waves in front of you.
For us, that is the appeal of the Phipps range: finding a shape that suits your surfing, then getting the dimensions and setup right for the person who will ride it.
Your next board starts here
Find your Mark Phipps shape.
Explore the range, get a guide to your volume and start building a board that suits your surfing, your waves and the way you want to ride.
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Find Your Ideal Surfboard Volume
Tell us a little about yourself and how you surf. We'll give you a recommended volume range to help you find your first or next board.
Use this calculator as a rough guide only. Volume isn't everything. If you're unsure, hit the 'Live Chat' below and we can help.
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How much do you weigh?
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How would you describe your surfing?
Choose the description that sounds most like your surfing today.
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How would you describe your fitness?
This helps us account for paddle power and how much support you may want from your board.
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What kind of waves do you surf most often?
Think about the conditions you're most likely to encounter.
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