Favorite shaper/company

[Manaiakalani-Mosquito]

Who is your favorite longboard shaper, or company that sells longboards? List 'em.

[bigboy]

I'm a big guy and I'm sold on Infinity Surfboards, Steve Beohne is a mad scientist when it comes to big boards. Their out of Dana Point and everyone I've ever dealt with at the store was super nice.

[grub]

A few that spring to mind at 2:25am (in no order) as I am up just grabbing a glass of water:

• Tyler
• Takayama
• Wegener
• McTavish, the real ones!
• Hayden, but pretty much a collectors item not to say I wouldn't use it if I had one.
• Bennett Surfboards, I think you may find that they have their hand in the foam making side of the surf industry too.
• Classic Malibu, Peter White (I know nothing about them but seen this board and looked nice so I looked them up: Jai Lee Noserider
• South Coast Longboards, another great Aussie board manufacture that I almost forgot to put on the list (expect future additions as I think of them)
• Skipp's, John “skippy” Skipp in Wollongong makes some nice boards but what really makes you go there is the customer service; the Lady (can´t remember her name) is especially good for wet suit advice.
• Lufi, thought I better put a Portuguese one in .
• Carabine Performance Longboards, Above all (well above but written bellow ), my old local shaper Mick Carabine back home in Wollongong, Australia. Mick is responsible for making some of the best Longboards in the Illuwarra and I believe that his glass work is second to none. .

Here is a link to information (inc. pictures) on my Carabine board: Go here. He is still a bit behind in the tecnology department so no website or email. I found a poll running on Realsurf a while back and to my surprise Mick is going quite well in his group: View Results

In terms of fins, hard to go past Phil Way and the guys at Fluid Foils in Balina: Web Site

[jonny]

grub - you need to drop by our shop!
we sell Tyler, Takayama, Wegener, McTavish boards!!!

[grub]

grub - you need to drop by our shop!
we sell Tyler, Takayama, Wegener, McTavish boards!!!

Bugger I left of South Coast Longboards... also great glass jobs especially in terms of the Resin tints. (and yes I know you sell them too ) Problem with that Jonny is that I like to support my local surf industry (where ever I happen to be living at the time) and I enjoy to have a custom made board that I can "see" being made for me... cheers though, I already have you down for a must drop in if I ever venture to the cold waters of the UK (Portugal is cold enough).

[IdRatherBeSurfing]

I only have one custom board, by Tim Mellors so I suppose I ought to say him!

But seriously, hes supoosed to be one of the best shapers in europe allegedly