Shape Your Own, Ride It
Shape Your Own, Ride It
Ahhh you knew it wouldn’t be long before the steed got mentioned. Shaping your own steed is the new black. It’s like growing your own veg/baking your own bread, only more toxic. Nobody’s sewing their own wetsuits and booties are they? But they’re all shaping!
There’s no practical advantage whatsoever of course, other than possibly deriving more pleasure from an average ride. But you’ll get surf self-satisfaction in one of the more (only) savoury forms, and while it has strong hipster undertones, it’s certainly less ‘this year’s jeans’ than making your own handplaner.
Why are we recommending it as a way to improving your surfing then? Perhaps it’ll make you a marginally better person, perhaps not. Perhaps it’ll make you love your own shaper more, appreciate his craftsmanship. A bit like that first time your mum went away and dad did your packed lunches. Come back mum, all is forgiven! Perhaps, after having gone through the trials and tribulations, next time you order from your actual shaper, you’ll also take him to lunch and part ways with a long (let go at least 3 seconds after him) warm hug. More shaping, more hugging, then.
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