Patagonia’s new film, Foam Dust – 25 Years of FCD, thumbs through the archives of FCD Surfboards. It looks back at the characters who embarked on an experimental journey in surfboard material and design—building boards that leave the least amount of environmental harm.
Read MoreConscious about the fact one is not enough and all of us are needed to make a change, Numb surfboards, Polyola Surf Blank, Vans and my self have teamed up for a new adventure founded on friendship, innovation and a will to push the boundaries.
Read MoreFor many years, the art of surfing was practiced primarily by men. Female faces were too few. Lately, and thankfully there has been a shift with the new generation of shapers and surfers. Saioa Lorentz & Janire Gonzalez, born and raised in the Basque Country, where the mountains fall into the sea, are part of this change...
Read MoreSurf shape meets art. This collaboration was born with the idea of using a surfboard as a moving medium for visual art. Lucie links up her shaper Oli, "Sel Surfboards", with her longtime friend Marynn, tattooist and renowned visual artist. Marynn froze her credo A M O U R in red hand painted letters and a snake print, under the gold colored glass of the board.
Read More𝑂𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑢𝑛𝑘 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑑 𝑃𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑠, 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑠 𝐿𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑠 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒-𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. ‘’𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑔’’.
Read MoreIn philosophy, poiesis is "the activity in which a person brings something into being that did not exist before.”
Read MoreThere was a time when surfboard brands had names that were either a shaper’s name, a location, or had a post-hippie tinge, like Serenity or Morning Star, or even Water Cooled, which is where I met a young Greg Brown way, way back when he was a grom. I can’t remember the exact moment I saw ROAR as a thing other than a noise jets and lions made. ROAR Surfboards instantly got my attention. Agressive logos — on great boards made by one of the, by then, most charismatic guys surfing at the time, in that same Greg Brown. Just as everyone was getting used to it…ROAR suddenly became GASH, and my first thought was WTF. Before WTF was even a thing. I knew behind everything was a polar opposite to Greg - in Simon Buttonshaw.
Read MoreFahd Surfboards is the shaper you want to know about, when you´re surfing in the area of Thagazout. Not is this Moroccan shaper superbusy with repairing boards from people all over the world but also producing boards himself. We met for a tea on the roof of his factory on top of Tamraght (with a perfect view to the ocean) and started talking about…
Read MoreHere is our new minute, presenting a twin-fin we named Charlotte. Vincent (the shaper of Surfin Estate), wanted to make few changes on the model so he was going back on this board to feel her behaviour. Here was he thought about it : "The board is already sharp and really fast, but I think we can still add some volume by flattening a bit more the deck and enhance the bevel rail. I would also increase a tiny bit the lift to have more confort on the turns... Fins positionning, rails, rocker everyting sounds good to me!"
Read MoreThere are few things as exciting (and challenging at the same time) as making your own surfboard. Understanding the design and visualising how your craft will go. And then, of course, surfing it for the first time.
Read MoreA short film about the shaper, surfer and environmentalist Robin Goffinet
Read MoreAWOKE by CJ Nelson was shot over a 4 month period of time documenting a few of his first experiences with long hull riding.
Read MoreMatteo is an Italian surfer and shaper from Riccione, Romagna, a touristic city on the East coast of Italy, located 200km south of Venice. Matteo joined the RVCA team in 2014.
Read MoreYou’ve seen a Lightning Bolt surfboard before. The most obvious image that comes to mind is a young Gerry Lopez standing with an incomprehensible amount of nonchalance while dancing with the lion that is Pipeline. But there’s a chance you’ve also seen a photo of legends like Ian Cairns, Reno Abellira, Barry Kanaiaupuni, Rabbit Bartho- lomew, Shaun Tomson or Rory Russell riding one.
Read MoreSurfing is off the grid in Switzerland. We are landlocked. There is no apparent reason to build surfboards.
Read MoreShaper, Musician, Surfer. I can’t really pin point why i’ve tried to make this story about Kris! I mean I love the artistic pleasure of capturing something aesthetic no matter what it is! And we all know by now that Kris is one of the persons who come the closest to submerged really early in his life into the 60’s surf scene which I find pretty funky! Maybe it was this! Maybe just the fact that I’ve met Kris at last years Gliding Barnacles where he just showed us how to turn a board like we all want to! I also don’t really mind why.. ;)
Read MoreQui d’autre que le californien Josh Hall pour shaper ces 3 fishs ? Le légendaire shaper Skip Frye le prend sous son aile à l’âge de 18 ans pour lui transmettre ses connaissances. Josh est originaire de San Diego, ville où le design du fish a vu le jour dans des garages de la scène surf underground à la fin des 60’s, à une époque où « Style was everything in that town ».
Read MoreThe “Dark Room” is a short edit about shaping filmed by Vitor Viana. Every board that you ride involves long hours of work, of thinking, imagination, calculation, dust, noise… Because behind every surfboard there is a shaper, this short clip is about giving back to these magicians.
Read MoreFilmmaker Kevin Jansen just released his latest project called “Please Have Fun”. An hour of great surfing images, an ode to California lifestyle and surf breaks.
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