The Kelp Bed ‘SHAPER BIOS’

Infinity Surfboards

Infinity Surfboards

The surfboard shapers and designers at Infinity, consist of master craftsman Steve Boehne and his two sons Dan and Dave. The Boehne family tree takes a lot of pride in the heritage that they bring to each shape. Steve, who taught the rest of the crew the many lessons in sculpting foam, shaped and glassed [...]

Timeless Picture

Timeless Picture

This is in the 70′s when the twin fin revolution was first taking off. MR, classic positioning and style.

BIO: Pat Rawson

BIO: Pat Rawson

SHAPERS ROOM: Pat Rawson Pat Rawson has been shaping surfboards since 1966, and manufacturing surfboards on the North Shore of Oahu since 1972. Rawson is well known for his contributions to modern Gun development in the early 80’s and onward, and in so doing was nicknamed the “Godfather of Guns”. Starting with his surfboard blank [...]

BIO: Mark Richards

BIO: Mark Richards

SHAPERS ROOM: Mark Richards “MR” My shaping career began at age 13, when I got an electric planer for Christmas. There was no such thing as Pro Surfing in those days, and if you surfed, the dream career was to work in the surfboard industry. I’d been a keen competitor since working my way through Schoolboy, [...]

BIO: Jamie Cheal

BIO: Jamie Cheal

SHAPERS ROOM: Jamie Cheal The founding owner of Chilli Surfboards, Jamie Cheal, did his first top turn on a surfboard at Greenmount on the Gold Coast at age 13 and he’s been surfing most days since. In his late teens Cheal moved to Sydney and started working at a surfboard factory sanding boards and sweeping [...]