| Personal Information | |
| Name: Lyndon Reed | AKA: Loki (Norse god of mischief) |
| Age: 32 | Years Surfing: 32 - 4 = 28 |
| Home Town: Cape Town | Marital Status: Intentionally Blank |
| Occupation: Shaper (EarthSea) and doing freelance laminating for Dave Stubbs. | |
| Surf Information | |
| Local Spots: Kalk Bay, Long Beach & The Kom. | |
| People who have inspired you: Anton Butler, Dave van Ginkel, Dave Stubbs, John Stephenson and Fletcher Evans. | |
| Quote of the day? I'm living with two chicks, and they are F#@$ING HOT! | |
| Advice for the groms? Ride as many boards as you can. Find out what works for you and stick to that. | |
| Most favourite things? Chocolate, surfing, people, shaping, doing artistic things like painting and making mobiles, and of course CHICKS! | |
| What do you do when you're not surfing/working? Hang with friends and family especially my older sister Bev and my nephews and nieces. | |
Anything else you'd like to add? Dave Stubbs deserves recognition. He's definitely a mentor in South African Surf Culture. | |
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Sexy guy too... built like a little package of dynamite. A bit scared to talk to him... after all... he already lives with two hot chicks!
Heard he's shaping is pretty good too. Stubby is a good name to work under. keep it up loki!