Mère-Made Surfboards: Boardroom 2013 Edition

The best Californian shapers working live in a glass shaping bay.

This is what you get when attending the Boardroom (ex-Sacred Craft) event. This is my most expected event of the year and the 2013 edition definitely met my high expectations (Thank you Scott Bass for making this happens!). I roamed the from booth to booth, talking to the most prestigious shapers like Robert August. It was also the occasion to stop by and say "Hi" to folks from companies I work with for my Mère-Made Surfboards projects: Surfy Surfy/Moonlight Glassing, Bing Surfboards, Boardlams, Artic Foam, Foam EZ…

But the highlight of my day was to watch Wayne Rich shaping a surfboard from a block of foam. Literally. He had to create the blank (no stringer of course) and shape it in 3 hours without measurement tool and no template. I was glued to his shaping bay, mesmerized to witness such a display of skills. I felt bad standing there for almost 2 hours straight when I could have spent more time with another highlight of the day: meeting with my friend Michelle, the famous Surfing Grand Ma of the OC!!!! I have not seen here since Pabs Paddle out memorial last February. She is such a delight. I could hang out with her all day. We still could manage to hang out a bit and visit Linda Benson’s booth together. The event finished in an apotheose as Matt Calvani, shaper and owner of Bing Surboards where I glass some of my boards, won the the Icon of Foam challenge. Yay! Driving back home I was all pumped up by a new energy: Will. Next year, at the 2014 Boardroom, there will be a Mère-Made Surfboard booth!