Tag: Michael Peterson
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Greg Webber / Avalon
Over the past 50 years, Greg Webber has experimented with unorthodox shapes, including full concave bottoms in the early 1990s when other shapers were still using the V – on such a Webber surfboard, Shane Herring beat Kelly Slater… Who are you? Where are you living/surfing/shaping?Greg Webber, Avalon, hardly surfing these days, too many sharks,…
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Jim Banks / Bali
Jim Banks was never convinced by the professional surf tour and left after a few years to dedicate his life to surfboard shaping and explore all of Indonesia, where he eventually settled in Uluwatu. Who are you? Where are you living/surfing/shaping?I did a friends workshop a little while ago and the description that came up…
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Wayne Winchester / Western Australia
Wayne Winchester has been making, collecting and restoring surfboards since 1972. He is widely regarded as a master craftsman in vintage surfboard restoration and operates his current business on the south coast of Western Australia, between Albany and Denmark. Who are you? Where are you living? My name is Wayne Winchester and I live on…
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Joe Hobson / Plymouth
Joe Hobson is not only the founder of Star Surf Camps and Mango Surfing, he is also an avid board collector from UK – here he is! Who are you? Where are you living? I’m living in Plymouth. In the UK. When and how did you start collecting? I grew up in Bournemouth. There was…
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Günther Rohn / Ballina
More than 40 years of shaping experience. Günther Rohn shaped and shapes for the best of the best: from Sunny Garcia, till Curren, Pottz – just to name a few. Who are you? Where are you living/surfing/shaping? I am Günther Rohn and I live in East Ballina, surfing mainly between Lennox Head and Evans Head,…
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Dennis Jarvis / Hermosa Beach
Because his boards were to floaty while he was contest surfing, he converted himself in one of the most successful californian shaper. Who are you? Where are you living/surfing/shaping? Dennis Jarvis, Hermosa Beach California the “TRUE” surf city of the world! I don’t travel as much as I used to, but I like anywhere there…
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Phil Myers / Ballina
Phil Myer is the master mind at Free Flight Surfboards in Ballina near Byron Bay. Who are you? Where are you living/surfing/shaping? My name is Phil Myers I’ve been surfing and living in the northern coast of NSW Australia , Ballina and Lennox Heads area all my life born 20 minutes inland in Lismore, been…
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Nat Young / Angourie
Nat is a true surf legend, he had a huge impact on what we today call the short board revolution… This evolution step is documented in “The Morning of the Earth”… Who are you? Where are you living/surfing/shaping? Nat Young , 14/11/47, I live in Angourie with my wife, one son, Bryce, VISSLA free surfer,…