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RULE NUMBER 82

Rule Number 82 of Surfings Unwritten Rulebook is - Support Your Local Shaper. A discussion about local shapers.

This one is near and dear to my heart. Excuse me while I wax poetic for a few minutes. This is a rule that I know is being broken on the daily. I see it with my own eyes. It’s gotten bad, and I intend to make a video about it at some point. I […]

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GHOST

Ghost Shapers are real. Local shapers work under bigger brands labels.

There’s a little secret I want to share with you. If you are riding an Al Merrick surfboard right now, or have owned one anytime within the last 10 years, there is a very high likelihood that Al Merrick did not actually shape that board. “That’s because Britt is the shaper now,” you might think. […]