Author: pizzajohn

I constantly see new boards marketed as “eco” and occasionally when talking with someone around town they talk about how they want an eco-friendly surfboard and mention some company they have been reading about. This has led me to many hours of pondering what makes a board eco friendly. Is it possible to make a…

Welcome to Part One of the work area tour.  In this video I mostly stay in the Repair/Shaping room.  Future videos will show some of my other work areas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiqBK0TkutE&t=22s

Chance thought it would be fun to start a YouTube channel and and give a little introduction video so here we gooooo!!!!

This is a fun one!  In a previous life when I would look at the dimensions on the bottom of a board I would think for sure this board must match the numbers.  Then one day, my buddy Mitch was talking about a SUP he got from a very well known shaper and something felt…

This question came to my mind recently when I was asked to make a copy of a board for someone.  They brought their board to the shop and I went about my normal templating process.  If it’s a one time use template like this one, I usually just do it on cardboard to make it…