Surfboards Competitions March Madness (Battle of the Boards) Back to blog By Jake Chapman 2 Apr 2024 What is Boardshop’s March Madness? UPDATE: Congratulations to The Lovemachine FM on winning March Madness 2024! You can order your very own custom FM HERE and we have more stock arriving very soon! You know that film where each year, they randomly select children to drop into an arena and fight to the death? Imagine that, but with more surfboards and less children – that’s March Madness. Handpicked with care, 32 of our top boards step into the arena. Over the next 31 days, they'll clash head-to-head, battling for glory. Who will emerge as the crowd favourite for March Madness '24? The decision rests with you. How it works (and how YOU can get involved): 1. First rule of March Madness… you do not talk about March Madness. 2. Secondly, every day in March, 2 boards will go head-to-head in a battle to progress to the next round. 3. To have your say on who wins, follow @Boardshopcouk on Instagram and check our story daily to cast your votes. Following the thrilling first 16 matchups, the victorious boards will advance to ROUND 2, battling their way to the QUARTERFINALS, then onto the SEMIFINALS, culminating in the epic March Madness FINALE on March 31st, where our champion surfboard will be officially crowned. The Fixtures Round 1 Fixtures (Winners will progress to round 2): 1st – CI Happy Everyday VS Pyzel Phantom 2nd – Mark Phipps One Bad Egg VS Form Flow Stik 3rd – Love Machine Will’s Fish VS Son of Cobra Classic Twin 4th – Lost RNF ’96 VS Firewire Sweet Potato 5th – Form Wave King VS Firewire Singleton 6th – Pyzel Red Tiger VS Son of Cobra x Lost Cobra Killer 7th – Maurice Cole VeeCon III VS Slater Designs FRK+ 8th – Firewire Mashup VS Channel Islands Rocket Wide 9th – Cord Ark VS Son of Cobra Round Twin 10th – Love Machine FM VS Channel Islands M23 11th – Channel Islands Mid VS Maurice Cole Red Dingo 12th – Slater Designs Great White Twin VS Cord Humbucker 13th – Haydenshapes Hypto Krypto VS Pyzel Ghost 14th – Lost Uber Driver XL VS Pyzel Precious 15th – Lost Puddle Jumper VS Pyzel Gremlin 16th – Lib Tech Rad Ripper VS Channel Islands G Skate Round 2 17th - Channel Islands Happy Everyday VS Son of Cobra Classic Twin 18th - Mark Phipps One Bad Egg VS Lost RNF '96 19th - Firewire Singleton VS Pyzel Gremlin 20th - Lost x Son Of Cobra Cobra Killer VS Channel Islands Rocket Wide 21th - Son of Cobra Round Twin VS Channel Islands Mid 22th - Lovemachine FM VS Slater Designs Great White Twin 23th - Maurice Cole Veecon III VS Pyzel Ghost 24th - Pyzel Precious VS Channel Islands G Skate Quarter Finals 25th - Channel Islands Happy Everyday VS Pyzel Gremlin 26th - Lost RNF '96 VS Lost x Son Of Cobra Cobra Killer 27th - Channel Islands Mid VS Pyzel Ghost 28th - Lovemachine FM VS Channel Islands G Skate Semi Finals 29th - Channel Islands Happy Everyday VS Pyzel Ghost 30th - Lost RNF '96 VS Lovemachine FM The Finals 31st - Channel Islands Happy Everyday VS Lovemachine FM THE WINNER! Lovemachine FM The Boardshop Bets Few, if any, in the UK (and perhaps beyond) engage in more surfboard conversations than this crew. With an average of 30 daily chats centered around surfboards, they emerge as the industry's foremost authorities on what's riding the crest of popularity. These are the boards they're backing with their bucks. Ian’s Predictions He's gone for the Love Machine FM. He doesnt care what gets in it's way. His new-found love for Lovelace's mid length beast seems has him set on the FM being crowned king (Don't tell his Revo). Roger’s Predictions Coming soon Charlie’s Predictions Our latest addition to the Boardshop squad isn't swayed by sentiment but opts for strategy, even predicting his beloved Form Wave King will be defeated by the Firewire Singleton. Although he’s predicting most of the Firewire’s will progress to the second round, he thinks it will ultimately be a Merrick Family Feud in the final, with 2 Channel Islands boards… the CI Mid and the G Skate, with the Mid coming out on top. Make sure to keep checking this page and follow us on Instagram for the latest updates on March Madness. STAY TUNED. Back to blog