A surfboard shaper is someone who designs and builds surfboards. The process of surfboard shaping has evolved over the years, and the shaper often tailors...

Chris Christenson (born May 14, 1973, Whittier, CA) is an American surfboard shaper, craftsman, and outdoor enthusiast. Born and raised in Southern California...

A surfboard is a narrow plank used in surfing. Surfboards are relatively light, but are strong enough to support an individual standing on them while...

Australian competitive surfer, surfboard shaper, and writer. He is credited with the 1980 invention of a three-fin surfboard design, called the "thruster"...

1927 – May 26, 2005) was an American surfboard shaper, credited with being the world's first commercial shaper. He opened the first professional surf...

Robert August (born 1945) is an American surfer and surfboard shaper. He is best known as one of the subjects of Bruce Brown's 1966 surf documentary The...

(USA)(surfer/shaper) Won 1988 O'Neil Coldwater Classic, 1989 Op Pro, 1992 Bells Beach Classic Mike Diffenderfer (1937–2002) (USA) Surfer and shaper Miki Dora...

September 26, 1954) was an American surfer and surfboard shaper, considered to be the father of the modern surfboard. Simmons was born in Los Angeles, California...

1943 – October 22, 2012) was an American professional surfer and surfboard shaper. Originally a longboard surfer, Takayama won the Master's division...

When the water is flat, skurfing is easier than surfing. Australian surfboard shaper and inventor Bruce McKee, along with associate Mitchell Ross, launched...

remains a popular choice today. Shortly after, L.A, surfboard shaper Joe Bark and San Diego shaper Mike Eaton began production, and soon with Brian Szymanski's...

founding pioneer in the surfboard shaping industry. The company he founded, Bruce Jones Surfboards, has built premium surfboards since 1973. Jones developed...

which millions more have an interest. Australian surfboard-makers have driven innovation in surfboard design and production since the mid-1960s. The country...

a surfboard shaper and glasser on Oahu in the 1960s and 1970s and owned a small business. Bill was handmaking custom, high-performance surfboards for...

October 2021), also known by the moniker Y, was a musician, engineer, surfboard shaper, and surfer responsible for several technological innovations that...

Bishop Museum. Alaia boards began making a comeback around 2006 when surfboard-shaper and experimenter Tom Wegener tested prototypes made of paulownia wood...

(musician), American musician Glasser effect Surfboard shaper, one who applies fiberglass to a surfboard blank This page lists people with the surname...

Shaper may refer to: Shaper, a metalworking tool Wood shaper, a woodworking tool Shaper (surfboard), a person who makes surfboards Waveshaper, an audio...

nicknamed "The Mongoose", (born 1937) is an early surfing pioneer and surfboard shaper. He was featured in the 2004 surfing documentary Riding Giants. He...

shaper Johnny Cabianca since 2008. Johnny Cabianca, a Brazilian living in the Basque Country, is one of the world's most renowned surfboard shapers....

recognized as one of the premier big wave surfboard shapers in the country and shapes a full line of custom surfboards and SUPs -- personally testing every...

of surfing most often refers to a surfer riding a wave standing on a surfboard; this is also referred to as stand-up surfing. Another prominent form...

25 April 2002), known as Gordo Barreda, was a Peruvian surfer and surfboard shaper. He was a four-time Peruvian national champion (1968, 1969, 1970 and...

Lopez (born November 7, 1948), aka Mr. Pipeline, is an American surfer, shaper, journalist and film actor. Lopez was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, grew up...

fin replacement, and other emergencies. There is also a professional surfboard shaper in town who offers repair services. There are many breaks and few surfers...

manufactured surfboard blanks — foam slabs, reinforced with one or more wooden strips or "stringers" — cast in the rough shape of a surfboard and used by...

the development of short boards resulted in a number advances in surfboard shaping and other surfing technology. George Greenough was born in Santa Barbara...

2012) was a California surfer and surfboard shaper who worked for Hobie Surfboards, shaping more than 80,000 surfboards, including boards for surf legends...

Hoffman, he started shaping balsa boards in the early 1950s. When the family's front yard became cluttered with the remnants of surfboard production in 1953...

molds designed by established surfboard shapers. Surftech was founded in Santa Cruz, California in 1992 by surfboard shaper Randy French, who wanted to...