The surfer-shaper relationship is as old as the sport itself. Somebody had to make all those surfboards, after all. From the Dick Brewer/Gerry Lopez relationship, to Occy and Rusty, and Tom Curren and ...

Once upon a time in surfing, ordering a surfboard meant giving your shaper dimensions—length, width, and thickness. Nowadays, most surfers think about, and order their boards, based on one thing, and ...