Rochfort Surfboards - 100% man made
Seeking out surfboard shapers across the planet that are a cut above is something that we love to do here at Surf Bunker. Often you can see the quality, knowledge and attention to detail stick out a mile away and other ti…
Fatum Surfboards – The Legend of Gero Tragatschnig
One meets many different types of people in life and I like to think that’s what it takes for the world to go around. Horses for courses etc. Just sometimes you meet someone who is unique and quite fascinating, inspiring,…
Beauty Defined - Vulcan Surfboards
Dave Hantz from Vulcan surfboards is a present-day shaping legend. He sees only one way with board design and that is with head turned to the future, corrugated carbon rails for strength and flex and a finish that as far …
3 Things You Should Ask Before Buying a Surfboard
Firstly, I must point out that if you know enough to know what you want, then that is that, also if you’ve just fallen in love with a particular board then I know how that is, there is no point trying to talk you out of i…
The Robots Are Coming
Google just changed the world again. Their Alpha go machine convincingly beat probably the best humankind can offer at the ancient board game of GO - and GO to those of you, who like me have never played I’m told is game …
Panda Surfboards & Tanner Surfboards Touch down Europe
If your looking for something functionally different this summer and want your board to be a work of art, then get on a Panda surfboard. The design of these boards and the inspiration Blake takes from everyday life make h…
Bespoke Surfboards by Ellie Miller
This is something that is just too interesting and rare to pass up. Some things are often transfixing just because they are. In this case I am talking about surfboards made out of a pure passion that shows in the design. …
Glide Surfboards - The Real Deal
Very few people live and breathe surfboards, some people, like me, enjoy geeking out on interesting lines and concaves, fin placements etc but to live them every day and to have the passion to create and innovate, now tha…
The Most Fun Surfboard is a Mini Simmons
I double dare anyone to watch this admittedly old but still very relevant little clip of Hydrodynamica’s ‘test pilot’ series. Why don’t I see more of these things in the water? They look amazing to surf. Would you swap yo…
Daily Bread Surfboards – Have Faith
I have always said ‘each to their own’ in many ways, everyone should be able to believe and think what they want. It’s called freedom of thought or freedom of belief. For Chris Clark it is in God and waves that he choose…
Visionairy + Flow = Drift
How many colabs do we see these days, just in our own very small industry. Some work and some do not work. A concept that was born in 2014 that saw the amalgamation of Visionary Surfboards and Flow Surf School into anothe…
Surfboard Builders - The Best of 2015
As you may have gathered, we like surf craft at Surf Bunker, we also like to honor and recognize those that put the blood and sweat into designing and building the best wave riding machines. Whatever the length of board o…
Paul Surf - Creating Beautiful Things
We talk to a New York, Rockaway shaper called Paul. His boards look like the sort of thing you need to own and they are tailor made for NY waves. How do you get inspired to shape boards in New York city? Find out here.
Long Live the Shaper
This is arguably the best short story/tongue in cheek short documentary on surfboard shapers and about the ‘soul’ that is involved in shaping a board. Without meaning to, it also highlights how surfing is seen in the Unti…
Feelflows Surfboards – Under the Radar
Sometimes in life you discover things that seem to good to be true. You know, when your natural reaction is not to tell anyone. No, it is your secret and if you tell anyone it might evaporate just like a mirage on the hor…
The Thankless Art – Mitch Surman
I would start by telling you about a perfect couple of days of logging but that would merely be setting the scene and a different story, one that will not be told by me, no. What I want to talk about was an individual who…
Interview with Tyler Hatzikian
To say that Tyler Hatzikian makes surfboards is to say that Ferrari makes cars. Okay, so I am a fan and slightly biased. Tyler boards for me are the pinnacle of how boards should be made, they seem to follow the natural e…
Master of the Shaping World - Xanadu
In the tradition of honouring people who have dedicated their lives to shaping equipment for the best surfers in the world I could not pass up the chance to ask another of my heroes. Xanadu has been at the fore-front of s…
An Interview with D'arcy
I am a self confessed surfboard voyeur; if I am not surfing, looking at boards in a shop, talking about boards or perving over boards online, then I am normally asleep. There is something about the lines and depth of a go…
The Best Of The Best...Tokoro
Wade Tokoro is the understated master of Hawaiian surfboard shapers. He shapes for a handful of the Hawaiian greats including Keanu Asing, Jamie Obrien, Sunny Garcia, the list goes on. We catch up with Wade and attempt to…