Shapers & Boards

LightDrive by Dane Hantz maybe the biggest leap forward in surfboard design we have seen since well... a long time. To properly understand this we have had a chat with the Dane at Vulcan Surfboards HQ, what we found out was mind-blowing...

Todd Proctor is one the busiest shapers on the planet. Why? It might be that he makes very functional pices of foam and glass, it could be...

Rouven Brauers aka Bufo has developed a new type of surfboard construction using cork granulate, it's called Hardcork and early reports show that the boards have superior dampening...

I meet Jim 'The Genius' Phillips by chance at the Wavegliders Factory and asked him a few Questions about the 50,000 surfboard he has shaped of 45 years, what came from...

The Korko from NOTOX gets a thorough testing in all conditions by Nic and some of the crew here. It's a board made of cork and we wanted to see how it...

Matty B takes a trip to Jbay and meets up with shaping legend Mat Marias from M*A*T Surfboards to test his Target model on those reeling right-handers, find out what...

Knowing next to nothing about the mystical asymmetrical path surfboards have taken, who better to talk to than a shaper who has dedicated himself to this art. Will from Kin Surfboards enlightens us on...

The stoke, the sadness and how the words 'surf' and 'shop' when put together continue to evolve, for the good or the bad. You can decide...

Nic and Julia take a trip to the South Island of New Zealand and visit Jay Jackman of Sadhana Surfboards to test out a few of his finest handmade stoke sticks. The journey they...

Shapeshifter Surfboards headed by David Barr have produced something that is truly noteworthy, yep, one surfboard with seven different tails. I know you mind might need a while to catch up so...