Published on April 8th, 2019 | by Matt Dumoulin

HANDMADE | A Tribute To DIY Shaping feat. the World’s Best Surfer/Shapers | SURFER

Last fall, Surfer Magazine rallied some of their favorite surfers who make and ride their own sticks, put them in an improvised shaping bay together (a barn in Northern California) and documented them tearing into foam. Between passes with the planer, they asked them for their take on self-shaping boards, what it teaches you and how it can come to define your relationship with surfing. It was enlightening, and also a hell of a lot of fun.

After six days, a dozen blanks, many beers and one destroyed Mickey Mouse piñata, the crew had a handful of beautiful new surfcraft to try, which they did, in waves all over the world. “Handmade” is a tribute to surfing’s DIYers, and a celebration of the connection between surfers and their surfcraft, from the shaping bay to the lineup.

Tags: DIY, Handmade, shaping, surf, surfer, Surfer Mag