A thread to post stuff about shapers you dig or maybe new shapers. Anything you want really.
A saw this on the PLB insta last night and thought it was cool. Have never heard of this guy. Seems to make beautiful boards and has a lot of knowledge. https://www.pacificlongboarder.com/news.asp?id=7038&category=6
Look I can see why Chrispy is in love with Del SDR Clearwater whatever you want to call them oh Steve.
Steve is one hell of a nice human..
Oh I don't mind McTavish 
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Oh I don't mind McTavish
Are you kidding me...you kept that under wraps 
Of the shapers I've personally dealt with, Steve del Rosso, Ron Goddard, Josh Constable & Gary Burden I can't say a bad word of any of them, all top blokes in my book.
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Of the shapers I've personally dealt with, Steve del Rosso, Ron Goddard, Josh Constable & Gary Burden I can't say a bad word of any of them, all top blokes in my book.
Sl-t 
I have never met 3 of my all time fav shapers (and never expect to) but have had a lot of boards off them in recent years - 10 of them. Tux is a pretty good guy all things considered
At 71 years of age, and with every board still handshaped, Tom Hoye has slowed down but still turns out awesome "shooters".
I spoke with him today and he reckons he is doing the best shapes of his life right now. In the classic Hoye way he said, "I can't put it into words, but I'm seeing them differently and they're just really neat."
I have seen his longboards surfed - never had a go in one - and the bloke (who had only surfed longboards for the last 25 years - including all the heavy reefs of the north and south west) reckoned they were the best longboards he had ever surfed.
The five stage vortex transfer vehicle bottom translates from a 5'10" twin fin to a longboard to a 12 foot gun.
Seriously. There is a 12' gun in the front of Tom's factory that a bloke stores there. I have seen pics of it in use at Margies when the board looks small.
I'm seriously thinking of picking up another blank from Tweed heads when I'm up there in October and bringing it back to Sydney, giving it to a real shaper, along with the HP board I made last Xmas and saying to him, "do what I did, but better".
By some fluke of nature, I nailed that board, it catches waves, turns and trims better than anything I've ever been on, but 4 months later, I tried to make a similar board as a nose rider, and it didn't work out as well.
That first board is shaped badly, glassed badly and looks like no other board ever made, but it really works well for me, and you can see others have noticed it. I would just love to have a well made one.
The only problem I have about doing this is trying to stop a good shaper from laughing once he sees the board up close, I'm guessing I would need to give him a guarantee that I would keep it a secret that he shaped it.
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I'm seriously thinking of picking up another blank from Tweed heads when I'm up there in October and bringing it back to Sydney, giving it to a real shaper, along with the HP board I made last Xmas and saying to him, "do what I did, but better".
By some fluke of nature, I nailed that board, it catches waves, turns and trims better than anything I've ever been on, but 4 months later, I tried to make a similar board as a nose rider, and it didn't work out as well.
That first board is shaped badly, glassed badly and looks like no other board ever made, but it really works well for me, and you can see others have noticed it. I would just love to have a well made one.
The only problem I have about doing this is trying to stop a good shaper from laughing once he sees the board up close, I'm guessing I would need to give him a guarantee that I would keep it a secret that he shaped it.
Get it scanned through a shaping machine and giddy up!!!
I only know one shaper on the north side who can do that, and he's an arse hole
May look around for another
Not sure of it is still possible but you used to be able to scan photos into Aku shaper.
You had to take photos from a few angles and upload them and AKU turned it into a shaping file.
Theres a guy around Manly way a bit of a smart arse at times,but very funny most of the time,he shapes his boards at home and pisses off the people who live within smelling distance.Closet boat shoe owner
you can still do it on AKU - but you use the photo as an underlay (or ghost board) and then attempt to generate the shape file by matching the curves.....or that's how I did it with the free ware AKU
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Theres a guy around Manly way a bit of a smart arse at times,but very funny most of the time,he shapes his boards at home and pisses off the people who live within smelling distance.Closet boat shoe owner
That neighbor now has a mail oder bride, and all the extended family that goes along with it.
And doesn't he cut a dashing figure walking down the street with a loverly young thing in tow, whilst he looks so resplendent for his 60 something years, sporting his ample gut beneath a stained tee shirt and with his pin like legs and knobby knees glistening in the afternoon sun, hubba hubba, what a catch she got, I bet she's positively moist with excitement.
The life they'll build together will no doubt be filled with love, joy and prosperity (for one of them at least)
I should feel sorry for him, I don't.
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At 71 years of age, and with every board still handshaped, Tom Hoye has slowed down but still turns out awesome "shooters".
I spoke with him today and he reckons he is doing the best shapes of his life right now. In the classic Hoye way he said, "I can't put it into words, but I'm seeing them differently and they're just really neat."
I have seen his longboards surfed - never had a go in one - and the bloke (who had only surfed longboards for the last 25 years - including all the heavy reefs of the north and south west) reckoned they were the best longboards he had ever surfed.
The five stage vortex transfer vehicle bottom translates from a 5'10" twin fin to a longboard to a 12 foot gun.
Seriously. There is a 12' gun in the front of Tom's factory that a bloke stores there. I have seen pics of it in use at Margies when the board looks small.
Totally agree on all counts. Superb glass jobs, a real craftsman.
so many good uns...
yoshi from takeda customs makes beautiful boards and would be Australias best laminator without peer
mr Watson from Black Apache, jesse is always coming up with nice boards. Quality made
Josh Dowling is another who has boards that constantly make me go weak at the knees
mr Ron Goddard....how our relationship could have been....i was a frogs dick from being team goddard ...the boards ive seen from Ron up here astound me. AWESOME in big letters
mr Steve Del Rosso from Clearwater surfboard fame...legend boards,legend bloke 
Jim Phillips out of the US, makes some beautiful boards. Leashless put me onto him.
Digging the Van Velzer and Da Copy Cat. Actually digging them all!!!!!
www.jimthegenius.com/Jim_Phillips_Surfboards/The_Medium.html
Lots of interesting stuff on his website.
Corey Graham and Greg Brown in Torquay...when 90% of the town are on one guys or the other you can probably guess there doing something right
Throw another into the mix .. Greg Frost from SFD here in Port ... again majority of town and local coast rides his craft. Totally hand shaped and glassed by Greg .. complete gentlemen to deal with. Been shaping longer than I've ben alive (and thats a while 
). Some of his customs at present are truly inspiring and just make you want to ride them and buy them
Had a board from Frostie when he was shaping on mid coast near Adelaide around '82-'83. From memory he had found Christianity and hence boards were labelled Spiritfilled. Was a thruster around 6' from memory with swirls of colour all over it and 'totally spun' graphic in large letters on the rails. Must have been lightly glassed as it fell apart. Replaced a Hohensee Twinnie that I bought on the Goldie around '79- wonderful board- wish I still had it!
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Corey Graham and Greg Brown in Torquay...when 90% of the town are on one guys or the other you can probably guess there doing something right
I asked del.one day who he rated as the top longboard shapers..four names were mentioned and your mate gash was one of them
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Corey Graham and Greg Brown in Torquay...when 90% of the town are on one guys or the other you can probably guess there doing something right
I asked del.one day who he rated as the top longboard shapers..four names were mentioned and your mate gash was one of them
Who were the other three??
Select to expand quoteMcHenry said..chrispy said...Tux said...
Corey Graham and Greg Brown in Torquay...when 90% of the town are on one guys or the other you can probably guess there doing something right
I asked del.one day who he rated as the top longboard shapers..four names were mentioned and your mate gash was one of them
Who were the other three??
the others were,,Del,SDR,Clearwater
not sure about longboards but Peter McCabe in Newy is the go to guy if you are after a board for indo !!
never had a bad one ....!
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not sure about longboards but Peter McCabe in Newy is the go to guy if you are after a board for indo !!
never had a bad one ....!
The King of G Land
Select to expand quoteMacaha said..
Theres a guy around Manly way a bit of a smart arse at times,but very funny most of the time,he shapes his boards at home and pisses off the people who live within smelling distance.Closet boat shoe owner
gold
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mr Ron Goddard....how our relationship could have been....i was a frogs dick from being team goddard ...
so what happen? relationship ? did you ask him to marry you?
