Encinitas shaper Zack Flores shaped his first surfboard when he was just 10 years old. That was 12 years ago. Yesterday he launched the first installment of a new series called "How to Shape a ...

The high-pitched whine of the electric planer splits the air, and Malcolm Knight walks up and back, again and again, gradually carving a curve into the side of a block of foam. Although a vacuum sucks ...

A surfboard that not long ago spent several weeks being shaped in the Sydney factory of Haydenshapes is now carving through eight-foot waves off the coast of Hawaii. As one of the world’s most ...

Wielding a balance ruler the size of a small child, Al Merrick scrupulously examined the minutiae in the foam blanks. Like a Moroccan merchant, the Santa Barbara shaping legend inspected the goods ...

For those in the area, the 2022 Boardroom Surfboard Show and Icons of Foam Shape-Off will be held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, in Del Mar, California, October 8th and 9th. Over the decades, the shaping ...

Behind every great wave rider is a shaper—and here on the First Coast, few names resonate like Whisnant. A longtime fixture in the local surf scene, Whisnant Surfboards are more than just ...

Following is a transcript of the video: Narrator: About 158 miles south of New York City, you'll find Kona Surf Company, a surf shop run by a father-son team. Located on the coast of New Jersey, Kona ...

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 ...

Seven men who expertly shaped the sport of surfing will join the International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach Saturday. Established in 2000, the annual awards recognize those ...