Shaping a surfboard with ones own hands is sure to be high on the bucket list of any surfer you know. That's where Shaper Supply Co.'s "Shaping School" comes in, a four-hour introductory lesson on ...

ORLANDO — More than 20 years ago two friends and surfers, Roy Turner, then an owner of a North Carolina Surf Shop, and Mick Duncan came together to form the non-profit 501(3) BRH, Board of Retailers ...

The Uluwatu Surf Villas are perched atop one of the most beautiful properties in the world, overlooking the most famous wave in Indonesia. With so many talented surfers and shapers coming through the ...

When it comes to the art of surfboard shaping — there is no such thing as “too old” to continue your craft. That statement proved to be fact at this year's Florida Shape Off held at the Orlando ...

"Shaping Surf History: Tom Curren and Al Merrick, California 1980-1983" by surf photographer Jimmy Metyko has hit the market. And eleven-time world champ Kelly Slater thinks surf history buffs will ...

Before Craig “Owl” Champan was a world-renowned shaper, he was a surfer. Like a lot of famous surfboard shapers, Owl was a surfer first, then a shaper second. Soon, however, the tables turned and ...

Dennis Jarvis shut his eyes and felt around the edges of a partially shaped piece of foam surfboard. He worked his fingers along the sides like a blind man reading braille, stopping for a moment when ...

Santa Barbara isn’t a big city, but it’s played an outsized role in the development of the surfboard industry. Since the 1960s, Santa Barbarans have created some of the most iconic boards, ...

Few people in this vast realm of surfing can say they’ve had a hand in shaping the sport (quite literally) for more than half a century. But legendary La Jolla-based board builder Rusty Preisendorfer ...