As a kid, I would often sneak into the garage just wishing that I could check out my dad’s green-tinted single-fin surfboard that hung in the rafters. He didn’t surf anymore, but would occasionally ...

Vince Broglio is a glasser and he”s an artist. But — and here is where it gets confusing — he”s not a glass artist. The well-known Santa Cruz surfer makes a living “glassing” surfboards, that is, he ...

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This mentality is why traditional surfboard design has remained so familiar instead of experimenting with new shapes or materials. Varial Surf Technology thinks a bit ...

Kalua is a Fil-Am from Hawaii who’s been shaping boards for a quarter century. He now brings his skills to Manila’s Broken Glass: ‘My boards enable you to work less and surf more.’ While the ...

When Steve Mangiagli, a founder of Becker Surfboards, was nearing retirement last year and considering what to do with his surfboard factory in Hermosa Beach, his son Jon felt a calling. Jon Mangiagli ...

NSW south coast boardmaker Jed Done is a long term customer of Surfblanks. That means he has a spot in the line for blanks. At the start of October, he put in an order for 30 blanks — unusually large ...

DOWNTOWN — Scott Anderson still remembers the first surfboard he shaped. It was his first year in high school, and he and a friend had purchased a surfboard “blank” from ET Surf in Hermosa Beach.

-- Dec. 07--SANTA CRUZ -- A fire that started in a resin container on the floor was doused Tuesday night at a surfboard glassing shop on Almar Street, firefighters reported. No one was injured in the ...