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I LOVE shaping surfboards and I'm kinda obsessed with this craft. Even though I am about to shape my 243th board I'm still considering myself as a novice but I hope to become a master one day... This blog is a virtual portfolio and a diary of my journey in the shaping world. Feel free to leave comments or contact me directly at valerie@meremadesurfboards.com.

Valerie Duprat
-Shaper of Mère-Made Surfboards

Saturday, January 7, 2012

The bad news is... The good news is...


We got our first winter swell hitting south California.
My husband got out at the peak of the swell on friday morning (at dawn!) and later sent me a text with this picture attached:
The good news is he broke it at the end of a great session...
I texted him back: "the good news is that you have your own in-house shaper ;))"
The other good news was that the broken board was his big wave board...which was not a Mere-Made one...  yet!  The bad news is for Mark and Chris: I will have to post-pone your orders. Sorry guys.... You know my husband: he wants his new big wave board RIGHT NOW! 

The other good news is that I am going to give the broken board to my friend Ed Lewis so he can recycle the foam into one of his awesome handplanes. If you break your board, please don't trash it. Give your board a second life. Check out his website : http://www.theleucadiaproject.com/

4 comments:

  1. If you need informations, I learn a lot of useful tricks for 10 feet guns in Hawaii ! Does Vincent broke it on a wipe out or just on the car park to have a new one ?
    Mystère......
    Bise à vous tous.

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  2. Wait? What does that mean for mine?.. LOL! If you need to postpone mine a little longer too. I will not mind.. Family first.. it is ALL GOOD! =)

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  3. @ SGOC: no worries ;) I am committed to finish yours in PRIORITY. Ladies first ;) I'm actually in the middle of the teal paint. waiting for second layer...

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  4. @ Loic:
    ;) I see that you know Vince very well... But he REALLY broke it on a bad wipe-out (touching the bottom with his board). I'll contact you soon for details on Hawaiian style guns...

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