In this video we have Steve discussing board design, how to get into the industry, the difference between Asian imported Surfboards and custom built and the state of the industry at the craftsman level.

Tom is again giving his thoughts on the state of the surf industry, Surfing in general and some of his personal inspirations. Agree or disagree, it’s refreshing to speak with someone who is not afraid to be who they are.

In the early seventies, a young surfer named Larry Allison took a job jig sawing fins behind San Pedro Surf and sport. Little would he know, almost  forty years later, he would be one of the last truly American fin manufactures, working out of the same shop with the same people. [...]

There are hundreds of surfers in the world who build surfboards with varying degree of quality. Roger Hinds is a surfboard builder of the old school. The school where you learned how to do every aspect of building a board and could put it all together to create a functional work of art. [...]

The last ten minutes of shaping a surfboard is what sets my boards apart from the average surfboard on the racks. It’s the reason my boards get the first looks. I take the extra amount of time to tune in the details to make them aesthetic as well as functional. It’s not that hard to take the extra time, and give the customer paying you for your talent the extra effort.