boardroom LEGENDS OF SURFBOARD SHAPING

 

BoardRoom features the greatest legends of modern board shaping. We hear first hand on how they got started, who gave them a break and how they changed surfing history forever. We hear about the transition from balsa to foam , from long board to short board, from California to Hawaii. Get ready for a trip back in time to the beginning of modern day shaping.

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Shapers come and go and come back again. Takayama has been hard at it since the middle-50s from Hawaii to California and back again. with very few detours. Takayama claims some fine names as shaping influences: Dale Velzy, Renny Yater Pat Curren, Mike Diffenderfer, Ken Tilton, Hap Jacobs, Joe Quigg, His first surfboard was a redwood in Hawaii, around 1948. Where did he get the redwood? "Railroard tracks," Takayama said. "They were changing railroad ties and had all these old ones on the side of the road and so I went over there and helped myself to it."

 

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Beyond the creative minds who shaped an industry in the shaping room, we will also feature the men behind the lens, who brought the sport to the news stands and into every household around the world.


 

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OCTOBER 2009
We have a busy October schedule with Bing Copeland in town as well as Dick Brewer and much more

SEPTEMBER 2009
Robert August was on our schedule this month. We caught him in between trips to Costa Rica.

We caught up with Dick Metz, long time business partner with Hobie and now in charge of the Surfing Heritage Foundation.

I was privileged to have brunch with surf photographer Jim Driver. We are looking forward to showing you Jim's photos in BoardRoom.

AUGUST 2009
Terry Martin long time shaper for Hobie is on our schedule in August.

We also have Rusty Preseindorfer joining the BoardRoom family.

July 2009

We are on the road again, heading up to Santa Barbara to interview Renny Yater this weekend.

July 2009

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July 2009

No other then grand master Hap Jacobs is on the schedule for Sunday. We will spend some time with Hap at his house in Palos Verde

July 2009
Larry Gordon from Gordon and Smith is celebrating his 50th Anniversary this year, and he invited us to his house to shoot his interview. His big
Anniversary Party is to follow in October. We will be there.

July 2009

Bill Stewart of Stewart Surfboards invited us to his house in San Clemente. We will spend a day with him in his house, shaping room ,and shop on PCH.

 
 

SUMMER2010

 
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HAP JACOBS
DAVE SWEET
GORDON CLARK
DICK BREWER
HAROLD IGGY
HAROLD WALKER
BOB BOLEN
TERRY MARTIN
DONALD TAKAYAMA
BOB "OLE" OLSON
BILL STEWART
RICH HARBOUR
MIKE HYNSON
RENNY YATER
ROBERT AUGUST
LARRY GORDON
GREG NOLL
JED NOLL
MIKE EATON
BRUCE JONES
MATT CALVANI
BING COPELAND
MICKEY MUNOZ
JIM PHILLIPS
CARL EKSTROM
BILL THRAILKILL
and more...



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JIM DRIVER
LEROY GRANNIS
RICH WILKEN
STEVE WILKINGS
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