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Shaper's Corner

Surf Europe interviews some of the best surfboard shapers in Europe. We talk about surfing, shaping, team riders, the best music for in the factory, what they're riding and their board shaping influences. We realised it’s handy to be friends with a shaper as they can pass on some invaluable advice. We've got how to order a custom surfboard, how to sell a board, ding repair, and you’ll never be confused by fin set ups again.
Shaper's Corner

How to repair a ding

Watch how they do it at the Euroglass and say goodbye to all those botched repairs.

How to repair a ding
Shaper's Corner

LUCKY BASTARDS

Reputed French laminators Tristan Mausse and Paul Lefèvre talk glass jobs.

LUCKY BASTARDS
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SHAPERS CORNER: GERO TRAGATSCHNIG

The financial crisis has hammered surf companies and economies like Portugal. So you may wonder how the surfboard market holding up? Fatum founder Gero Tragatschnig...

SHAPERS CORNER: GERO TRAGATSCHNIG
Shaper's Corner

SHAPERS CORNER: TOM DOIDGE-HARRISON

Setting up shop in Lahinch, Ireland, Tom Doidge-Harrison has come to supply many a West Coast charger with their weapon of choice.

SHAPERS CORNER: TOM DOIDGE-HARRISON
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SHAPERS CORNER: AlAIN MINVIELLE

The longtime French longboard builder on some Californian and European surfing discrepancies.

SHAPERS CORNER: AlAIN MINVIELLE
Shaper's Corner

SHAPERS CORNER - CHRISTIAAN BRADLEY

Hossegor transplant and shaper to the world's best, Christiaan gives us an update on the latest board trends.

SHAPERS CORNER - CHRISTIAAN BRADLEY
Shaper's Corner

SHAPERS CORNER: LUKE YOUNG

Catching up with the Plymouth-based board builder who says "licking and biting can be misleading".

SHAPERS CORNER: LUKE YOUNG
Shaper's Corner

SHAPERS' CORNER: PETA ARRETXEA

Basque Country one-man shaping band Peta Arretxea gave up being a Mentawais guide for mowing foam in an Industrial Zone in Irun. Sound like a...

SHAPERS' CORNER: PETA ARRETXEA
Shaper's Corner

JOHN PURTON - SWANSEA, WALES

In Europe few if any board builders command as much popularity as Wales' JP Surfboards.

JOHN PURTON - SWANSEA, WALES
Shaper's Corner

10 AUSTRALIANS THAT SHAPED THE SURFING UNIVERSE

1.Mark Richards The most beloved surfer ever to come out of Australia; responsible for the greatest string of performance in that nation’s proud surfing history; yet...

10 AUSTRALIANS THAT SHAPED THE SURFING UNIVERSE
Shaper's Corner

10 AMERICANS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

Dane x Channel Islands... More all-American exceptionalism than Apollo Creed feeding cheeseburgers to a bald eagle at Mt Rushmore.

10 AMERICANS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
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HOW TO: SELL A SURFBOARD

You don’t need to be a gift of the gab sales slimebag but there are some tips for making a sale.

HOW TO: SELL A SURFBOARD
Shaper's Corner

HOW TO: BUY OFF THE RACK

Ok so the last three customs you had didn’t do what they were supposed to do. Why not buy one off the rack then?

HOW TO: BUY OFF THE RACK
Shaper's Corner

CONFUSED ABOUT FIN SET-UPS NOW THAT ANYTHING GOES? DON'T BE.

Surfboards have had fins since they didn’t. They had one, then two, then three, then much more recently four. Although still mainly three, as well...

CONFUSED ABOUT FIN SET-UPS NOW THAT ANYTHING GOES? DON'T BE.
Shaper's Corner

SHAPERS CORNER: WITH TENERIFE'S TAZ YASSIN

17-year-old Canary Island native and globe-trotting raft builder on getting an early start in life and the surf industry.

SHAPERS CORNER: WITH TENERIFE'S TAZ YASSIN
Shaper's Corner

A SHAPER Q&A WITH CALIFORNIAN SURF-CRAFT BUILDER RYAN LOVELACE

Hulls - just another hipster revivalist fad, or relevant quiver addition?

A SHAPER Q&A WITH CALIFORNIAN SURF-CRAFT BUILDER RYAN LOVELACE
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SHAPERS CORNER: HIDDEN WOOD

5 years in existence, the French alaia surfboard company relocates to Bidart and starts collaborating with Californian longboard label Gato Héroi.

SHAPERS CORNER: HIDDEN WOOD
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SHAPERS CORNER - NUNO MATTA

On how the long-time Portuguese surfboard builder hooked up with SUPERbrand.

SHAPERS CORNER - NUNO MATTA
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SHAPERS CORNER - LUKE HART

A peek inside the lives of some of Europe’s up-coming board builders.

SHAPERS CORNER - LUKE HART
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THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SURFBOARDS: DUKE'S HANDMADE AUSTRALIAN SHOOTER

Big boards, big bucks. The first board ever to be ridden in Oz is worth around a million bucks.

THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SURFBOARDS: DUKE'S HANDMADE AUSTRALIAN SHOOTER
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JEREMY FERRARA’S 2 IN 1 SHAPE

Why take two bottles into the shower when you can just wash and go!

JEREMY FERRARA’S 2 IN 1 SHAPE
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THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SURFBOARDS: DICK BREWER NICKEL BOARD

Starting with a industrial designed Marc Newson Dick Brewer space weapon.

THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SURFBOARDS: DICK BREWER NICKEL BOARD
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