My mission as a shaper is this: to make something, by hand, for individuals, not necessarily the general public, so that they can surf better on superior quality boards than those that are commercially available.
Why do I do it? This is simple – it's who I am. The most important thing to me is making people happy by using the skills I've developed and giving everything towards achieving that goal. I truly enjoy my craft. It's hard but it's fun! – and it gives me freedom to pursue my own ambitions.
There are so many things in life that people do because "they have to." I am not one of those people.
Give some consideration to working with me if you think like I do and want to expand your exposure to surfboard designers that hold themselves to the highest standard of customer service and satisfaction, while staying creative!
Among the boards that I craft, you won't see trendy shapes that everybody copies off each other and the descriptions all sound alike. I don't shape in liters and I shape by hand!
You are supporting an American artist and not a big corporation by riding my boards – someone who has always loved being in the water and doesn't believe in over commercialization of this craft. Find out if I can make you surf better and be proud that you're supporting my product by ordering a new shape today.
I was a carpenter and remodeler for a number of years in my 20s, while living on both coasts. I developed a really good eye for board construction and did tons of ding repair for shops and on my own.
I started glassing and doing repairs when my body started telling me it was time to get out of construction in the early 2000s. I had done some sales repping and was basically in and out of the surf industry since I was 19 years old. So, as the timing, connections, and my acquired skill set worked out, it made sense to start building surfboards and have people to sell them.
It had a lot to do with access to a place to shape and the ability to get materials easily, since San Diego is pretty much the epicenter of the industry.
Spending a lot of time in a huge variety of surf spots just connected me to surfboard design, and I have to admit – once you work with your hands as an adult, your brain kind of stays programmed to use those abilities for your chosen craft.
Once I started on this path, it just kept going and going. I was never afraid to make mistakes, and I wasn't afraid to be poor and spend everything I had on shop rent and materials to get experience in my craft.
Every board crafted under the Energy or Enigma label has been 100% hand crafted by me. No one else has ever airbrushed, glassed, sanded, or set fins on any of those boards.
