Surfboard manufacturer BASE goes under
Lucy Ardern | October 14th, 2011
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BASE supplied boards to surfing greats like Mick Fanning, above, and Stephanie Gilmore. Pic: Scott Fletcher
A LAST-ditch effort to save popular Gold Coast surfboard manufacturer
BASE has failed, with $3 million in debts sinking the iconic company
that supplies surfing greats Mick Fanning and Stephanie Gilmore.
About
30 jobs will go down with the Burleigh-based company, which is owned by
long-time board makers Simon Anderson, Darren Handley and Murray
Bourton.
There were hopes the
company would be pulled out of financial trouble if new investors could
be found, but negotiations broke down recently with interested parties
and now the company will be shut down and the assets sold off.
Read more on page 7 of today’s Gold Coast Bulletin.
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