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 ...

In the early 1960s, surf shops, which had been little more than beach shacks where balsawood blanks were sculpted into surfboards, were replaced by storefronts where surfboards were sold along with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...