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GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION

Chris Borst is now set to become a large surfboard builder, thanks to Caity Simmers winning the World Title.

Did Caity Simmers just ruin ‘big’ surfboard manufacturing? One could argue that John has basically done the same thing. What the hell am I even on about, you might ask.  Well, if you’ve kept up with the WSL World Tour over the last two years then you know about the Vissla Shaper Rankings – the […]

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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. […]