Shapers & Boards

An overdue chat with a real surfboard craftsman that makes some of the most initiative wave riding vehicles with an unsurpassed...

Nick Blair talks about his Karboload Tech, a snapped board, some bumed out groms and a nice BBQ in a car park.

Why surfboard fins cost so much and why they don't have to, we talk to Oli from Watermark Fins about construction, costs and his view on...

We investigate apparently the closest held secret after the combination for the safe at Fort Knox. Lib Tech's new(ish) Eco Isotropic Thermo Pressure Fusion System is the most...

Jake Bowrey is not a house-hold name but he is one of the best and most respected Glassers in the world today. We have a few words to unprecedented 'master of the finish' and try to shed some light how he came to be...

Dan Costa is a master shaping Legend from Portugal. The Outside Crowd manage to capture Dan's story, way of life and dreams for the future in this epic little...

There are many different sorts of shapers in the world; those that shape boards that ‘just work’ and they stick to their models, tweaking them here an ...

Mat Marias is from Cape Town, South Africa and shapes magic boards out of his workshop 200m from his favourite break, 'Pipe'. Mat Surfboards began...

I´ve done so many things on so many boards, so many different client requests… we can add so many things to the look… my boards are 100% craftsman made, there is no CNC in my shaping room...

In fact I have had to force myself to reign it in and really understand, the who it is that I am designing for, instead of being a mad scientist. After all, as great as trying absolutely everything is, it's far more productive to understand your consumer and what it is he or she really wants.