Making a surfboard from foam is of course very cool, but it does not have the tradition of “whiskey planks," which means it will forever be inferior to the process of building a wooden surfboard.

When it comes to surfboard experimentation and thinking outside the box, few shapers have the creative genius, natural curiosity and craftsmanship skills to push limits like Donald Brink. Originally ...

NEW BUFFALO, MICHIGAN - Ken Cole prepared to seal what he called the aesthetic part of his project — a surfboard made primarily of Colectivo coffee bags and palm leaves. He called it the sealing of a ...

Amelia Martin was on a missionary trip to Haiti in 2019 when she noticed something that upset her: an avid surfer, she was struck by the pollution in the ocean and on a local beach. She said it ...

A new crop of surfboard shapers and makers will be honored Oct. 15 north of the Huntington Beach Pier at the International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame, this year marking its 23rd year. This year’s ...

The Great Lakes don't readily evoke images of surfing and surfboard-making, but a surfer in Wisconsin is on an eco-friendly mission to change that. Surfers spend a lot of time in the water, so they ...