The Uluwatu Surf Villas are perched atop one of the most beautiful properties in the world, overlooking the most famous wave in Indonesia. With so many talented surfers and shapers coming through the ...

SANTA CRUZ — Doug Haut has done a lot to shape the surfing culture of Santa Cruz, in more ways than one. In the literal sense, he has constructed, or “shaped,” an estimated 30,000-plus surfboards ...

Santa Barbara isn’t a big city, but it’s played an outsized role in the development of the surfboard industry. Since the 1960s, Santa Barbarans have created some of the most iconic boards, ...

For decades, surfing – and the industry supporting it – has been largely male dominated. But with each rotation of the earth, more and more women are gravitating towards surfing. In fact, according to ...

Behind every great wave rider is a shaper—and here on the First Coast, few names resonate like Whisnant. A longtime fixture in the local surf scene, Whisnant Surfboards are more than just ...

When it comes to the art of surfboard shaping — there is no such thing as “too old” to continue your craft. That statement proved to be fact at this year's Florida Shape Off held at the Orlando ...

Few people in this vast realm of surfing can say they’ve had a hand in shaping the sport (quite literally) for more than half a century. But legendary La Jolla-based board builder Rusty Preisendorfer ...