Garry McNeil is in Europe and he is shaping boards.
The easiest way to introduce Garry McNeil Concepts to you would be to say the name Dave Rastovitch. Yes, Garry is responsible for shaping Dave's boards, and is light years ahead of the game when it comes to both design an…
Miller Surfboards are more popular than a fry up on the weekend
A friend of mine that still resides on the gusty, cold and often swell redundant island of my birth (UK) posted on social media that he is looking for a new board. His geographical location was not far from Ellie's so I e…
Lindsay Lord's Planing Hull Experiments 1964
Today, two shapers who work using his designs and who are professed students of his work are Daniel 'Tomo' Thompson and asymmetric guru, Ryan Burch. While Tomo is trying to bring these designs to the masses, Burch prefers…
Electrofish Surfboards
For someone like me with a surfboard fetish 9ft 6 inches long, it is very distracting and time consuming just looking at and salivating over surfboards. It is then, with some fanfare...
The Muffin Man - Jeremy Ferrara
The best board I have ever had made for me, the journey to it, what made it great and a lot of reasons to get a surfboard shaped. For you.
Irish Waves at their Best
Tom Dodge-Harrison is a shaper that specializes in surfboards that have to perform and survive. He makes boards for big waves called Guns that are for riding the monster Irish slabs in the depths of winter.
Sticks with Soul - Chris Bugge Customs
It is a brave new world in which the surfboard shaper has to exist. Gone are the days of being a grumpy old man in a shed smashing together some fibre glass and calling it a surfboard. Shapers these days are required, at …
Are Minimals for Beginnners?
Should your first surfboard be a malibu and why it does and does not suit the requirements of a debutante surfer.
Fishes are not just for Chrsitmas
The most copied and tweeked shape in the surf world. The Fish . A short ditty about how underrated fishes are as surfboards and about what board you choose to surf depends solely on what you intend to do on that wave.
What is Maurice Cole Up To?
Meeting up with Maurice for a chat was an experience in itself, I have only managed to capture a fraction of what we were talking about. Maurice is not someone that you can have a quick chat with as I found out. We covere…
Toy Factory Surfboards - Made in England
The boys at Toy Factory Surfboards have a chat to us about the benefits of sharing and breaking down the 'mystical art' of shaping. The new school approach to being customer friendly and trading shaping knowledge with the…
49 North - Passing the Stoke
Forget surfboard shaper, Andrew the founder of 49 North is a board designer. We catch up with the Jersey based operation and ask Andrew what the difference really is and how the waves are in the Channel Islands.
Album Surfboards - Matt Parker
Matt Parker is the man behind possibly the most beautifully finished surfboards on the planet at the moment. With disregard for what is normal, Matt takes his own line on finish and is always on the cutting...
A Coffee with Kelly Slater
No, this is not one of those typically misleading ‘click bait’ articles. I did have a coffee with Kelly Slater and a chat, we are not best buddies and I doubt he remembers the moment. What I really want to talk about the …
Zen Surfboards - Experience and Style
California. Some would say the surfing mecca of the world. Some would say the biggest percentage per capita that surf. One thing is for sure there are a lot of different waves and a lot of different surfboards which means…
2 Days with Floyd - Fatum Surfboards
So me and Floyd are the the best of friends now, our time together can not be measured, equaled or shared. But it’s time to say goodbye to Floyd, I was his first but many more will have him. UUUUhh, perhaps I should expla…
SITIS Surfboards
The surfboard making industry is a tough one to get into and even tougher to stay in. To actually contemplate making enough money to survive and feed a family is almost a ridiculous thought. The working conditions are, le…
Mellow Wave Surfboards - South Coast Stoke
Yes there are waves on the south Coast of the UK, okay, often its cold and swell is week but sometimes when the stars align there can be actual real waves and of course there are the locals that have those sessions on loc…
Chipiron Shop
The last time I spoke to Damien Marley was about a year ago, he was busy shaping quality custom surfboards under his brand ‘Chipiron’ in the surfing mecca of Hossegor , France. So a year down the line and Chipiron has gr…
Chris Ruddy Surfboards & The Tubesock
Innovation is a word that’s thrown around a lot these days and in the surf industry I think that there are perhaps only a handful of true innovators. Sure, every shaper tries new things as every hand shaped board is diffe…