The Sacred Craft Consumer Surfboard Expo and Boardhunt.com’s Shaperhouse, an online directory for custom surfboard shapers and manufacturers, have joined forces, allowing surfers and surfboard manufacturers to connect via the internet. Shaperhouse provides the surfboard industry another vital avenue in which to reach potential customers. [...]
With over 150 booths this year’s celebration of the surfboard, the Sacred Craft Consumer Surfboard Expo, is historically the largest consumer surfboard expo ever produced. Last spring’s “Best of Show” winner Santa Cruz shaper Nick Palandrani and his Source Surfboards label leads a packed house of surfboard industry shapers, designers, manufacturers, brands and businesses. The event is open to the public on October 8 & 9 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. [...]
Renny Yater -
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He is, perhaps, the coolest surfer in the world. And we mean that by the strictest definitions of the term. “Cool: Un-self conscious aplomb in overall behavior with discernible bodily movements, postures and voice modulations that take on strategic social value.” That’s Santa Barbara’s Reynolds Yater right down to the t-band. Has any surfing personality maintained an unvarying reputation for style and excellence quite like Yater? Throughout a half dozen decades this quiet, master surfer/shaper/designer/innovator/waterman has fostered and remained true to an aesthetic that in this ever-changing sport/lifestyle has been one of the only things we can count on. [...]
Iconic Santa Cruz craftsman – Doug Haut to be honored at the Sacred Craft Consumer Surfboard Expo. The surfboard industry will honor iconic Santa Cruz shaper Doug Haut during the Tribute to the Masters Shape-off presented by US Blanks. [...]
SACRED CRAFT CONSUMER SURF EXPO: Collectable Surfboards and Vintage ‘Paper’ Highlight PBS Style ‘Antique Roadshow’
Experts want to see your treasure. [...]
