tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37551470027523262322024-03-05T08:21:34.363-08:00Mère-Made Surfboardssurfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-26571952993498276912020-11-08T10:54:00.002-08:002020-11-08T10:54:47.239-08:00Board#165: longboard for Jade<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZui3kS2-ILc9ONNRS5zL4PNeO0MkXPcr99W9tdJQMeGjJuUZoekzRH1pu1jaKW1EHRPmTjotgSC0jwewo6hKKyS99P_q_BOOuwDWWO5sbPK4wuKMBlFnMtuG9UdRim6OD8z8PhjpqQ/s919/IMG_7466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="736" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZui3kS2-ILc9ONNRS5zL4PNeO0MkXPcr99W9tdJQMeGjJuUZoekzRH1pu1jaKW1EHRPmTjotgSC0jwewo6hKKyS99P_q_BOOuwDWWO5sbPK4wuKMBlFnMtuG9UdRim6OD8z8PhjpqQ/w320-h400/IMG_7466.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jade & her Dragon in Malibu (2017)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><span style="color: red;">Dimensions: 9'0 x 22 x 2 3/4</span></p><p>[completed in August 2017]</p><p><br /></p><p><u>The story: </u>Jade heard about me from the Wahine Kai Women's Surfclub and ordered a board for herself and her husband (board#166). She lives in Los Angeles area and the ordering process happened through emails. It is always a pleasure to shape Wahine Kai's members!</p><p><br /></p><p><u>The shape: </u>9'0 longboard single fin with a Vee tail.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>The artwork:</u> Jade always had dragons on her boards. I was happy to perpetuate the tradition since I am a big fan of dragons myself! I spraypainted the Beast and Tiger G glassing glassed it with a beautiful polish finish.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvTlEetzeccOGiTiCYnbgIboHj5-hc5SuuX0rnw8Z1AvSvuJAgfDd-yIA023tN9EAifyWxqLR7WfAMgWaep8XN_3gNlaR7X7lPOeZUMdrOlMnfi91xB42V4NmN8g_Y4cp2ivTz6Hp7A/s2048/IMG_3566.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvTlEetzeccOGiTiCYnbgIboHj5-hc5SuuX0rnw8Z1AvSvuJAgfDd-yIA023tN9EAifyWxqLR7WfAMgWaep8XN_3gNlaR7X7lPOeZUMdrOlMnfi91xB42V4NmN8g_Y4cp2ivTz6Hp7A/s320/IMG_3566.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjCLNVmM0VG0KhpFLtsbcb1Pm03pIpmADWlOeii3XfcAbzBeB6Ks-9y2D-Nyllx7gWburWNoYdQ_zSIs4oaH9Z3sJ5suk-WHH2jPEdbp-btm7q2iVKpYhTh7a9GMHXKmvO5TtqMyIQw/s2048/IMG_3582.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjCLNVmM0VG0KhpFLtsbcb1Pm03pIpmADWlOeii3XfcAbzBeB6Ks-9y2D-Nyllx7gWburWNoYdQ_zSIs4oaH9Z3sJ5suk-WHH2jPEdbp-btm7q2iVKpYhTh7a9GMHXKmvO5TtqMyIQw/w400-h266/IMG_3582.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiof4_00gwreh9hANIPhOdiLEtP9FKiUgW3AW1vvPQhBnfszc1oZnP1Se2gmYXIvzdtLcFIGW4x-wKzwcboBlWSlVVUs6kLizInN2lSu9VMWCXC4zufv9JCPiPPVAchDLU4geOts_kA/s2048/IMG_3592.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiof4_00gwreh9hANIPhOdiLEtP9FKiUgW3AW1vvPQhBnfszc1oZnP1Se2gmYXIvzdtLcFIGW4x-wKzwcboBlWSlVVUs6kLizInN2lSu9VMWCXC4zufv9JCPiPPVAchDLU4geOts_kA/w266-h400/IMG_3592.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuotNZDiKtlk7PIfhqMkf04yr1wC69iy7ozP7XOe_Kedy-7-pk1REOP5Ya-FL-sr8SdpVvhS60H5sLUP4aDk2miXDm3smrjmTyCcMPzDoYzrgIbvUxz21O-yAEkqvElxby95w9hptOkA/s2048/IMG_3611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuotNZDiKtlk7PIfhqMkf04yr1wC69iy7ozP7XOe_Kedy-7-pk1REOP5Ya-FL-sr8SdpVvhS60H5sLUP4aDk2miXDm3smrjmTyCcMPzDoYzrgIbvUxz21O-yAEkqvElxby95w9hptOkA/s320/IMG_3611.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>surfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-62130980150259976682019-12-27T18:09:00.000-08:002019-12-27T18:09:08.811-08:00board#164: first board for my daughter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: red;">Dimensions: 5'8 x 19 5/8 x 2 1/2</span></b><br />
<b>[completed in July 2017]</b><br />
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<u>The story:</u> my 8 year-old daughter was playing in the white wash in Costa Rica when a girl passed by on her way out to the line-up. That girl was probably 11 year old at most and surfed really good. But the way she looked (down) at Victoria decided my daughter she will surf as good as her one day, or even better! Since that day, and from her own will, Victoria has been surfing 3-4 times a week and compete in regional surf contest. This board was her first one.</div>
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<u>The shape: </u>for a first board, the goal was an easy paddle into the waves as a priority. I made an eggy board that had a generous outline but with proper concave on the bottom and a progressive rocker. </div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> I have a hard time saying "no" to my daughter. She knows how to play with the mommy cord... Anyway, she decided she would have food on her board. Her favorite sweets from USA and France: Cupcakes and Macaroons ! I bought the perfect image on a stock website and have it printed on rice paper by Boardlams. Then the magic of my Dewi Malopsi, my glasser and owner of Tiger Glassing, operated. She laid in the printed rice paper on the painted board and added glitter on the pinline ! </div>
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surfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-20714751877580920432019-12-25T12:52:00.000-08:002019-12-25T12:52:28.846-08:00board#163: shortboard for stranger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>[completed in May 2017]</b><br />
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<u>The story: </u>sometimes I cut at the wrong dimension. But I can't throw away unfinished blanks. So I finished them. Like that cute little shortboard that found its owner at Encinitas Surfshop.</div>
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<u>The shape: </u>improvised shortboard shape to accommodate issue mentioned in the section above.</div>
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surfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-85984931002070613132019-12-08T08:47:00.000-08:002019-12-08T08:47:40.871-08:00board#162: Switchfoot board !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>The story:</u> I love my town. I try to give back to my community as much as I can. Last year, I donate a board for the Ecke Magdalena YMCA which basically raised my children (<a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2016/09/board089-mini-gun-for-ymca.html" target="_blank">click here for the story)</a>. This time I picked to help my favorite band. Switchfoot is an Encinitas-based christian band who rock not only by their music but also from deeply caring for people in need. Every year they throw a huge free concert at Moonlight Beach to raise money for a cause, usually helping children from our community. During this event, they host a fundraiser party where they auction donations. I made a Switchfoot surfboard for this event. Few days before the auction, Vincent, my husband and I surprised the band during a soundcheck before a Del Mar fair concert. I was so shy that I sent Vincent to hand off the board while I was hiding in the crowd. But Switchfoot frontman, Jon Foreman, paused the soundcheck to thank me for the donation (see video below). Later this week, I hard that the board sold for $1,000 and the couple who bid on it decided to give the board as a present to the Switchfoot who are excellent surfers. That was the last new about that very special board.</div>
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<u>The shape: </u> I thought the board would need to stand out for an auction and I went for an unusual shape, the V<a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2018/12/board149-shortboard-clement.html" target="_blank">oldemort model I created for my friend Clement</a>. But I made sure the volume would be generous enough to allow the board to be surfed my a majority of potential bidders. </div>
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surfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-55772893435842763882019-12-07T17:51:00.002-08:002019-12-07T17:51:30.276-08:00board#161: egg for Tanya<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>The story: </u>Small world. Tanya is a tandem surfer. I used to be a tandem surfer too but before many years before her. So we never overlapped in the line-up. But our path crossed through surfing anyway. Like it was meant to be. The tandem surfing community is a like a family. Even if we don't know each other we are like "cousins" as we share the same passion in our blood (once a tandem surfer, always a tandem surfer). She expressed her wish to have a board shaped by me. It was such a great pleasure to make her "solo surfing" board.</div>
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<u>The shape: </u>As any tandem surfer, Tanya is mainly in the water with her partner on a huge tandem board. It takes a lot of hours of practice and only little left to surf on her own (speaking by experience). Therefore she asked for board with plenty of volume to catch tons of waves when she gets the chance to go out on her own. This egg also allows her to execute cute some turns if needed.</div>
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<u>The artwork: </u>Tanya's favorite artist is Chloe Early. She is obsessed with her paintings and asked me to have piece that was particularly meaningful to her on her board. It was tricky for me to blend a rectangle on a surfboard without breaking the lines of the outline. I went for a modern vibe with asymmetrical diagonal painted under the painting (which was printed on rice paper by Boardlams). By respect for the artist, I contacted her to show the board and she was stoked for Tanya. Tanya was stoked too. I was stoked for Tanya. Therefore everyone was super stoked !</div>
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surfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-91255832008700374472019-11-29T12:39:00.001-08:002019-11-29T12:39:48.393-08:00board#160: asymmetrical shortboard for Vincent<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>The story:</u> Third iteration of the asymmetrical shortboard board model I created for my husband Vincent (see <a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2016/03/board100-asymmetric-shortboard-for.html" target="_blank">board#100</a> and <a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2018/04/board136-asymmetric-shortboard-for.html" target="_blank">board#136</a>). He still loves the benefit of the tail/rail asymmetry (see the shape section) and the original artwork! </div>
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<u>The shape:</u> The idea is to build a board that would have different specifications on the toes/heel sides since the pressure applied is different (more power on the heels, more control on the toes). The toe side has the longest rail and pinched rails for optimized penetrance of the wave while carving a nice arc. The heel side is the shortest for smaller arc to quickly bring the board up to the lip.</div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> still using the concept of the shifted stripes which highlights the asymmetry.</div>
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surfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-89865891027322158712019-08-04T11:04:00.002-07:002019-08-25T07:25:13.974-07:00board#159: egg for Jeff<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>[completed in March 2017]</b><br />
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<u>The story:</u> Jeff has been surfing with my husbands for ages. He has seen many of different Mere-Made boards under his feet... until he finally asked me for one :) I am always stoked to see that my shapes are good enough to convince excellent surfers to get one for themselves !</div>
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<u>The shape:</u> Jeff is a big guy who loves charging stormy Swamis. He wanted an eggy shape to get into the heavy surf without compromising the maneuverability. We roamed some surf shops to look for the shape and he left an old board he really liked for me to get inspired. The requirements were round tails with a vee and plenty of volume on the nose. Definitely an usual shape which I really enjoyed making.</div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> I was free of creating something that would illustrate Jeff's charging skills. I went for a irradiating red stripes on a black/grey fading. Glassing was done by Tiger Glassing.</div>
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<u>The story:</u> Paul who has been supporting my shaping frenzy almost since the beginning is now ordering a performance shortboard after having already 4 Mere-Made surfboards !</div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;">board#1: <a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2015/03/board067-egg-for-paul.html" target="_blank">egg </a></span><span style="color: #888888; font-family: "josefin sans";"><span style="font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2015/03/board067-egg-for-paul.html" target="_blank"> #067</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;">, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "josefin sans"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 17.600000381469727px;">board#2: </span><a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2015/12/board091-shortboard-for-paul.html" target="_blank">"The Pill" </a></span><span style="color: #888888; font-family: "josefin sans";"><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2015/12/board091-shortboard-for-paul.html" target="_blank">#091</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;">, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;">board#3:</span> <a href="http://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2016/01/board092-shortboard-for-paul.html" target="_blank">shortboard #092</a><span id="goog_863970188"></span><span id="goog_863970189"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><br />
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<u>The shape:</u> for his 5th board, Paul asked for the every day performance shortboard based on one of my most popular shortboard template, the Vedette. </div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> As usual, Paul nicely gave me full artistic freedom on his artwork (he cares about shape, not much about colors :)). I played with a complex intermingled stripe pattern with 3 colors. I had fun doing it despite the technical difficulty. The color theme was influence by my daughter at the time who just watched Nemo. We jokingly call that board the "Dory" board.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Dimensions: 6'9 x 21 1/2 x 3</span></b><br />
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<u>The story:</u> my friend Carolyn likes to surf funboard shapes (<a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2013/06/board021-funboard-for-carolyn.html" target="_blank">including one of mine: board #021</a>) but needed a shorter board to fit in a small board bag to travel to Nicaragua... with us ! Indeed the Nicaraguan domestic airline Sanza we had to take to reach our destination has very limited "cargo" space and even weights passagers (with their backpacks :)). Making that board for Carolyn was preparing for adventure!</div>
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<u>The shape:</u> the goal was to compact the volume that Carolyn is used to surf into a smaller board, keeping all the paddling ability. The other requirement was to keep some rocker for the late drops into steep nicaraguan waves.</div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> Since Carolyn is professional flamenco dancer, it was easy to go for the traditional polka-dot pattern that is seen on all the beautiful flamenco dresses. The pattern was printed on rice paper by Boardlams and laid in by my glasser, Tiger Glassing who added a classy pinline.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Dimensions: 5'8 x 19 5/8 x 2 3/4</span></b></div>
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<b>[completed in February 2017]</b></div>
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<b>The story: </b>I have been making boards for Mark for a while:</div>
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Mark's board #1: keel fish (<a href="http://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2012/04/board-009-keel-fish-for-mark.html" target="_blank">board#009</a>)</div>
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Mark's board #2: mini-gun (<a href="http://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2014/01/board032-mini-gun-for-mark.html" target="_blank">board#032</a>)</div>
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Mark's board #3: shortboard (<a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2014/09/board050-shortboard-for-mark-collector.html" target="_blank">board#050</a>)</div>
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Mark's board #4: shortboard (b<a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2015/06/board073-shortboard-for-mark.html" target="_blank">oard#073</a>)</div>
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This is Mark's board #5 !!!!</div>
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<b>The shape: </b>Mark is an excellent surfer who loves to experiment new shapes. He saw <a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2018/04/board136-asymmetric-shortboard-for.html" target="_blank">my husband's asymmetrical board</a> and asked to have his own version. The asymmetry is for regular foot: shorter rail on the heel side to allow for narrower backside turns (and hit the lip faster). Rails are also rounder on backside to support the extra weight with more forgiveness. Frontside rail are pinched and longer for nice wider carves.<br />
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<b>The artwork:</b> keeping the spirit of the asymmetrical artwork I started on this model with a simple shifted stripe. Easy and efficient: my favorite artworks :)</div>
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surfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-20277870888358346002019-04-27T22:07:00.000-07:002019-05-01T08:16:11.590-07:00I met Matt Kinoshita (board#155)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>[shaped in December 2016]</b></div>
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Model Velociraptor (from the flash flood warning, blocking the moutain road on my way to Matt's shaping room... I thought I'd see a T-rex crossing the road in my headlights)</div>
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<u>The story:</u> Matt Kinoshita is the master shaper and owner of Kazuma Surfboards, one of the most prestigious surfboard brands worldwide, based in Maui. Matt is not only known for his amazing shaper skills but also for openly sharing his shaping secrets on social media. In addition to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRi2wORPuIKRvQ_fBF68K-A" target="_blank">a Youtube channel</a>, Matt regularly posts on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kazumasurfboards/?hl=en" target="_blank">his instagram account</a> to his loyal 31K followers. He honestly tackles some controversial topics of the surfboard industry and teaches his shaping techniques without holding anything back. He also takes the time to answer most of the questions from his followers. Instagram is where I got my golden ticket for Matt's shaping bay... He offered me to come visit him in Maui and I didn't sleep on his offer. I immediatly booked my ticket. </div>
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Few weeks later, I landed in Maui with my respirator in my small luggage. I left my family in CA as I knew it would be an intensive training with Matt for most of the day. I had booked a small room through Air B&B in the mountains. My night table had some local delicacies and ear plugs for the loud roosters singing all night long. My host was a japanese single mom, Tomo. She became my friend as we were sipping local beers and dining together, after a long dusty day. Matt might be a cyborg from the future: he doesn't sleep! The first day, I got a late start, meaning meeting him at 6am. One day he texted me at 4.30am saying he was done with his work for the day and I could come over for training! I remember texting back that I needed to wait for the Starbucks to open (at 5am) to drink my coffee before I could fonction properly :) The 5 days went fast. I was expecting to be watching him running his factory but Matt had planned to make time for me during which he was 100% dedicated to my training. He took on his own time to teach me his legendary techniques while sharing his point of view on the surf industry. My head was hurting every single evening from the huge amount of priceless information I had to digest. I actually took a lot of notes from which I made a powerpoint presentation at the end of the training. Yes, Matt is a living legend of shaping but I has been also lucky to get to know the man behind the mask: not everyone knows it but Matt is also an active firefighter, a highly graded jujitsu master, a family man and of course an incredible surfer. Despite his very complex schedule he managed to make me feel a special guest. I'll be eternally grateful for his welcome.<br />
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<u>The shape:</u> of course I got to shape during my training. This board I had to make was a kind of end-of training test. I had to shape Matt himself, his favorite board. Yep. BIG DEAL. He gave me a sheet of paper on which was printed a CNC machine file 3D view of the board with full dimensions. When I shaped that board I was so stressed that I made few mistakes that I spent much time trying to correct. I was bit disappointed with my performance and I could have done much better, at home with my own tools. The board still came out great and I took all the feedback in (more learning !). Matt glassed it to surf it. He said it was a good board. Such a unique opportunity. An honor to have shaped a board on which Matt put his logo next to mine.</div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> Just plain white. Because the goal was shaping, not spray painting. Actually our two logos looked so good that no artwork was needed.<br />
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<u>The story:</u> Albert is a LaCrosse coach who also happens to surf when the conditions are favorable. He is also the husband of my friend Fatima, who like me is a scientist in San Diego. </div>
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<u>The shape:</u> Albert asked for a shape that would accommodate for his occasional surfing without compromising too much the ability of the board to perform in more challenging conditions if necessary. We decided for an egg shape with a bit of rocker.</div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> per Albert's request, the artwork is based on his Lacrosse team color and logo. I used gold metallic paint for the spray. Glassing was done at Global Glassing (I think).</div>
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<u>The story: </u>I was lucky to have Nicole as my first girl team-rider when she was only 13 . Not only she was shredding the shortboard I made for her (<a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2014/02/board034-shortboard-for-nicole.html" target="_blank">board#034)</a> but also, later on her longboard <a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2016/03/board098-longboard-for-nicole.html" target="_blank">(board#098)</a>. As she was growing so fast, it was time for another shortboard !</div>
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<u>The shape:</u> classic performance shortboard !</div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> since Nicole spends a lot of time surfing in Hawaii, she asked for tropical flowers which I printed out at Boardlams. I also surprised her with a custom Mere-Made logo with the mermaid wearing a matching flower in her hair :)</div>
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<u>The story:</u> the way I met Jeanne is very interesting: I saw her walking down the path of my favorite break with my ex... I mean my ex-board :) That Walden was very dear to me. One of my favorite board ever and I recognized it right away. Turned out that Jeanne is a local from my own break and that is how we became friends. </div>
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<u>The shape:</u> Jeanne was ready to transition from her (my) Magic Walden to a shorter shape. We decided for a funboard shape that would allow her to comfortably drop in in steeper waves (a bit more rocker). The goal was also to have a board she could try some maneuvers with. I added a diamond tail and some channels to make it fast !</div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> Jeanne was not very decided on any artwork, except for the part of something "feminine". I had a beautiful Boardlams printed fiberglass with flowers left from a previous project (the artwork was designed for Maylane's board by her grand-father, see <a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2017/02/board125-egg-for-maylane.html" target="_blank">board #125</a>). My glasser, Dewi at Tigerglassing did a wonderful job integrating the printer fiberglass to the purple paint job I had done in preparation.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Dimensions: 7'6 x 22 x 2 7/8</span></b><br />
<b>[completed in January 2017]</b><br />
Model Vitamin Sea<br />
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<u>The story:</u> I met Laurent Chantegros at the Boardroom in 2015, 10 min before entering the glass shaping bay for the shaping demo. He took some amazing pictures of that session and he, since then, became The official Mere-Made Surfboard photographer ! Every shooting I am blown away by his creativity, always bringing something new and fresh (and making me look good at 45 year old !!!! That is magic right there !!!). This board is a gift to him and his family (his daughter Emma is picking up on surfing), for all the photos he let me use and the time he spends making sure Mere-Made Surfboards is never short in new photographic material. </div>
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<u>The shape:</u> something simple, elegant but efficient at making sure that Emma enjoys her first surfing experience.</div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> in the same lines of simpleness, Emma asked for a polish on a white board. She picked that custom logo made by french artist Sebastien Arcouet. That board totally represents Emma who is a beautiful pure angel ! </div>
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<b>[completed in December 2016]</b><br />
Model Vedette<br />
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<u>The story:</u> if there was an award for the best story of this blog, this board would won. Board #150 was the second board for Lizzy (<a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2017/10/board133-shortboard-for-lizzy.html" target="_blank">see Lizzy's previous board#133 here</a>). Not any second board. The board she was planning to take for a once-in-a-life-time surf trip around the world: 6 weeks, 3 destinations: Fiji-New Zealand-Hawaii. And she did ! She sent me the pictures as proof !</div>
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<u>The shape:</u> since Lizzy was going to surf world class waves, known for being steep and powerful, the idea was to shape a step-up board with more rocker than her everyday board. The outline would be more performance as well as, with all shortboard classic attributes. </div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> as much as I would like to own it, the brilliant idea of the artwork was from Vincent (my husband). I just graphically translated that idea and Lizzy picked the color. As a result that board was one of the most successful in Boardporn (I even got an message from Ron, Boardpoarn owner, to congratulate me on that board !). But my ultimate reward was to see pictures of the board at all destination. Thank you Lizzy for trusting me on that one ! Best project ever. </div>
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surfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-89640798735461952842018-12-12T18:10:00.004-08:002019-01-05T22:20:01.131-08:00board#149: shortboard Clement<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: red;">Dimensions: 5'10 x 20 1/4 x 2 5/8</span></b><br />
<b>[completed in November 2017]</b><br />
Model Voldemort<br />
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<u>The story:</u> This is Clement's second Mere-made board. Number one (<a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2016/05/board105-board-for-clement.html" target="_blank">board#105</a>) was made in presence of Clement in a rented shaping room in Hossegor, where he lives. He wanted to see the process and the making of his board. For this one board, Clement was also present in the shaping room but in my shaping room in California! Clement was visiting us for 6 weeks and the goal was to have him surf his new board before he goes back to France. The challenge was accepted and completed on time !</div>
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<u>The shape:</u> definitely one of my favorite shape I ever made ! Clement was super specific about what he wanted and him and I created that insane model he named Voldemort (I LOVE THAT NAME!). It was very helpful to have Clement watching the shaping except for the infamous episode when he dropped the air blower thingy onto the soft foam of the freshly shaped deck. It made a big ding we were able to fix using my magic steamer. Definitely a lot of fun shaping that board. (We even the visit of Jonathan N'Guyen, the french shaper of Native Shapco (no picture, unfortunately)!)<br />
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<u>The artwork:</u> Clement was also very specific about the artwork!!! It took many back and forth discussions to come to a mutual agreement on what would look cool or not (and what is technically feasible because I am a shaper, not a painter :)). But I have to say that I was very pleased with the result. Great team work !<br />
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Tiger Glassing was nice enough to expedite the glass so Clement could surf it in California. And he did ! Mission accomplished !<br />
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(Board featured in Boardporn!)<br />
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surfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-53712897468742034702018-11-29T19:22:00.003-08:002018-11-29T19:22:41.100-08:00board#148: kitesurf for Laurent<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: red;">Dimensions: 5'2 x 18 x 1 3/4</span></b><br />
<b>[completed in February 2017]</b><br />
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<u>The story:</u> Laurent is almost a pro in windsurfing and kiteboarding. I was reluctant for a long time to make him a kite board because of my ignorance in the field. But with his technical help and some shaping skill improvements, I decided to give it a try.</div>
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<u>The shape:</u> my shape was totally based on an actual kite board from which I took all the dimensions I could. Laurent was there taking those 3D measurements with me and commenting on how to slighly tailor them for him. The shaping was very challenging due my lack of experience and the technicalities of such a small/thin board. It was also shaped from a very special high density foam blank (6'4 EA Brown color) recommended by Matt Kinoshita, one of the world experts on kite surfboards. The kite board also comes with 4 channels on a bottom that is already very thin. </div>
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The artwork:... was not easier than the shaping part. Laurent wanted to make it an advertisement medium for his ex-company PhotoGuru. The logo was printed at Boardlams and laminated in the spray painted blank. The glassing was also very complex due to the large rice paper and the channels. Even the plugs for the straps were challenging and requested the expertise of Bryan from Ding King Repairs.</div>
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Definitely one of the most difficult and troubleshooted project I have been on. I would not have done it if it was not for my friend Laurent.<br />
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<b>[completed on November 2016]</b><br />
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<u>The story:</u> The science world is small. My best friend Carine who is a scientist like me, advertised Mere-Made Surfboards in her lab at the Salk Institute. Then, a colleague of her (Robert) contacted me to make a custom board for his scientist future wife (Martina). The board is an engagement gift for her. They are both Irish and going back to Ireland for the wedding. Congrats to Martina and Robert !!!</div>
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<u>The shape:</u> we talked about something that would be an easy to paddle into the wave with enough rocker to drop into steeper waves if needed. </div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> Martina decided on a simple yet very feminine artwork (despite the non-usage of girly colors :))</div>
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<b>[completed on November 2016]</b><br />
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<u>The story:</u> Chris is an old friend of mine who ordered his first Mere-Made in the very early days of my shaping adventure with the number 013 <a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2012/08/board013-shortboard-for-chris.html" target="_blank">[board#013]</a>. When he was ready for his second Mere-Made board, I had 133 more hand-shaped board in my CV!!! Always a great pleasure to shape for my dear friends!</div>
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<u>The shape:</u> Chris wanted one of those popular pintail shapes we see a lot around in SoCal. I based my shape on one of Mandala board (Avocet) and was not shy to ask him, the shaper of Mandala himself, for shaping tips in the line-up (since Manuel and I share the same home-spot).</div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> a burgundy resin tint over a tiki mask was the goal. The tiki was spot on, the color of the resin tit turned out more pink than red... I offered Chris to sell the board in store and remake another one since the color was not matching his vision. But Chris is an amazing human being and he said it was just happy with what he got. </div>
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<u>The story:</u> I shaped a couple of boards for Nick's family (<a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2013/10/board026-retro-fish-for-nick.html" target="_blank">board#024</a> and <a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2013/06/board021-funboard-for-carolyn.html" target="_blank">board#021</a> ). This order was in for a second keel fish for Nick.</div>
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<u>The shape:</u> I used that template I used for all my retro fish. Round generous rails. Flat bottom. A traditional keel fish !</div>
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surfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-24720946236474561882018-11-10T19:33:00.000-08:002018-11-10T19:37:59.899-08:00board#144: shortboard for Nicolas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>The story:</u> Nicolas is a long time friend who is french and who surfs. Therefore 3 good reasons to get his Mere-Made surfboard! Connie, his adorable wife, contacted me to organize a "surprise" for a christmas gift. But like any "surprise" board, it is essential to get in touch with the rider in order to make sure to get the right dimensions. It was ready for Christmas though!</div>
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<u>The shape:</u> Nicolas is a Swamis aficionado who usually rides a longboard or a voluminous fish. This board was to complete his quiver with shortboard for bigger wave size. Less volume, more rocker! (Still kept some roundness in the rails)</div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> Nicolas brought me a beer.... on that bottle there was a pine tree forest that he wanted on his board (he is an outdoor adventurer and a beer lover). I changed up the color a bit and also design the artwork around the pad I would put there (on shortboard, I always make sure there is a place for the pad which will not spoil the artwork). One of my favorite artwork ever !!!</div>
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surfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-43233100868796434552018-11-08T19:10:00.001-08:002018-11-08T19:10:21.539-08:00board#143: funboard for Alyson<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>The story:</u> Alyson is a very dynamic make-up artist whose side job is to organize girls-only surfing trips to Nicaragua. She came from Atlanta to order her special board that will be part of her adventures in Nicaragua. She had a very special plan for the artwork...</div>
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<u>The shape:</u> Alyson needed something similar she was surfing on, with a bit more rocker to leave room for improvement, when time comes she would drop on stepper, more powerful, nicaraguan waves. </div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> like me Alyson is obsessed with mermaids, and I think that is why she reached out to me. Because I would understand her artwork plan and fully embrace it. I totally loved the idea. She was going to get her leg tattooed with a beautiful original artwork from a tattoo artist. She simply wanted the same mermaid on her board. I got in touch with the artist and got s high definition file of his work which was printed on fiberglass by Boardlams. The mermaid was glassed in !</div>
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surfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-59023457042377007042018-07-27T04:11:00.001-07:002018-11-06T19:25:59.439-08:00board#142: fish for Mark<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>The story:</u> <a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2012/04/board-009-keel-fish-for-mark.html" target="_blank">board#009</a>, <a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2014/01/board032-mini-gun-for-mark.html" target="_blank">board#32</a>, <a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2014/09/board050-shortboard-for-mark-collector.html" target="_blank">board#50</a> (broken), <a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2015/06/board073-shortboard-for-mark.html" target="_blank">board#73</a> and <a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2016/06/board108-shortboard-for-mark.html" target="_blank">board#108</a> is how many Mere-Made boards Mark owns ! Board#142 is just the 6th board I make for Mark (and not the last). I think Mark is a Mere-Made surfboard collector :)</div>
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<u>The shape:</u> the first board I shaped for Mark was a classic keel fish (<a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2012/04/board-009-keel-fish-for-mark.html" target="_blank">board#009</a>). A couple of years later, after seeing a shape video describing a more "performance" keel fish shape, including a concave (not usual on a keel fish) and narrower swallow tail, I locked myself in the shaping room to make Mark's new board. It was also gratifying to see the improvement I made in time of execution and precisions on those two fish.</div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> Mark asked for a resin tint which was executed by my glasser, Dewi from Tiger glassing! The color came out a bit stronger than expected but it is really hard to match someone's color wish... But, I truly like the "lime" vibe on that fish (and so does Mark).</div>
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surfmama101http://www.blogger.com/profile/09706704904012168390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755147002752326232.post-39360359301016138962018-07-24T04:18:00.005-07:002018-11-06T19:25:18.194-08:00board#141: longboard for Rico<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: red;">Dimensions: 9'0 x 21 3/4 x 2 5/8</span></b><br />
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<b>[completed in August 2016]</b></div>
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<u>The story:</u> I got the shape Rico Leroy a couple of longboards (<a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2014/12/board059-longboard-for-rico-leroy.html" target="_blank">board#054</a>) before including one shaped in Eric Arakawa's shaping room in Haleiwa (<a href="https://meremadesurfboards.blogspot.com/2016/10/board119-longboard-for-rico-leroy-at.html" target="_blank">board#119</a>). Here is one more for my favorite waterman ! </div>
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<u>The shape:</u> the idea was to reproduce the shape from his Haleiwa's board I made for him (and which is stored in Hawaii) so he can have one in France. I worked by memory on this shape, trying to reproduce it without any precise dimensions.</div>
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<u>The artwork:</u> Rico's heart is hawaiian and he wanted to honor his culture by adoption. The triangles on the deck are in memory of his friend and surf legend, <span style="font-family: inherit;">"Buttons" (<span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.870588);">Montgomery Kaluhiokalani). The deck displays the hawaiian flag in greyscale. All of this took me countless hours of masking ! But totally worth the sweat ! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">(I shaped the board at SWOP Surfboards' workshop. The glass was done by Nicolas at Lacanau Surf Designs.)</span></span></div>
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