Support Your Local Shaper

My old roommate got me into surfing a few years ago.  He use to joke that it takes over your life and now I see where he was coming from.  He moved to Newport a little over a year ago and recently worked with a local shaper (Neil Toracinta) to learn the creative process behind building a surf board.

Here are some pics from the process:

 

 

5'10 x 19" 1/4 x 2" 3/8

 

 Finished product.

Next weekend I'm headed up to Newport to do the same.  I'll be working with Neil and learning the process.  I'm going for a  5'11 x 20 x 2 3/8.  To read more about Neil Toracinta check out this article.