Best shop surfboard shaper
Dennis Jarvis, Spyder Surf Self-deception is a big part of the reason many surfers have difficulty picking out the right surfboard. An old guy getting back into surfing wants a board like the one he rode 20 years and 20 pounds earlier. “Talking to surfers about the board they want can be like a therapy session,” said Dan Cobley, our readers’ favorite underground shaper. Our readers’ favorite shop shaper Spyder’s Dennis Jarvis agreed. “Specialty boards are driving the market now,” he said. An example is Spyder’s Modge, a 5-fin model that an 180 pound surfer ride at 5-foot-7. “But my frustration is when a kid who hasn’t learned to bottom turn yet, wants the freakies board out there,” Jarvis said. Designing a board suitable for a surfer’s experience level and favorite break is difficult even for shapers like Cobley and Jarvis with competitive surfing backgrounds and decades of shaping experience. “Here’s the magic spot,” Cobley says, pointing to an area just behind the nose rocker. “We’ve all had boards that start to push water when you start to get to your feet. It’s because there’s not enough flatness behind the nose rocker.” Jarvis pointed to a barely perceptible roll just in from…
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