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The Shapers Tree's branches of Shapers, Glassers, and Crews:

  • US
  • Hawaii
  • San Diego
  • Orange County
  • South Bay
  • Santa Barbara and Ventura
  • Santa Cruz
  • North Cal Oregon Washington
  • Florida
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Virginia
  • Texas & Gulf


  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • Japan
  • U.K.
  • France
  • Italy
  • Canada
  • Peru
  • Brazil
  • Venezuela
  • Panama
  • Uruguay
  • Argentina
  • Spain - Portugal
  • South Africa
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  • Taiwan
    • Shapers Tree is dedicated to:

    Duke Kahanamoku, George Freeth, Claude West, Tom Blake, Dale Velzy, Joe Quigg, Hap Jacobs, Bing Copeland, Rick Stoner, Mike Diffenderfer, Carl Hayward, Mike Bright, Mike Eaton, Rich Harbour, Wally Froiseth, George Downing, Joe Kuala, Johnny Rice, Hobie Alter, Dan Brawner, Bob McTavish, Greg Noll, Phil Edwards, Jack O'Neill, Sonny Vardeman, Clarence 'Mac' Maki, Bob 'Ole' Olson, Pat Curren, Harold Iggy, Ben Aipa, Donald Takayama, Bob Moore Sr. Mickey Munoz, Bob "The Greek" Bolen, Jim Phillips, Steve Clark, Carl Ekstrom, George Lanning and Eduardo "Wayo" Whilar

    Shapers Info
    To be placed on the Tree, a shaper must have shaped 4 boards prior to the mid 1960's. 16 boards after the mid 1960's, 40 boards after the 1960's to the present. On one end of the spectrum you have the entry level shapers, followed by the production shapers. After that you have the Master shapers, followed by an elite group of shapers with over 40,000 boards shaped. Besides the many men shapers, there are a few women shapers currently, with more on the horizon. Disclaimer: Though the information obtain were from reliable sources there could be some errors. The Shapers Tree welcomes your information about shapers not listed, a misspelled name, a geographic location, or if the time period is different.

    Glassers Info
    To be placed on the Tree a glasser must have glassed 100 boards. Disclaimer: Though the information obtain were from reliable sources there could be some errors. The Shapers Tree welcomes your information about glassers not listed, a misspelled name, a geographic location, or if the time period is different.

    Sanders, Fin and Hot Coater, Polishers, and Air Brushers (Crew) Info
    To be placed on the Tree a crew member must have worked for a Surfboard Factory.
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