Monday, September 14, 2009

The 23 Surfboards of Billabong's Art of Shaping

Bear Mirandon
Bill Bahne
Bob Mitsven
Carl Eckstrom
Chris Christenson
Donald Takayama
Gary Hanel
Gary Linden
Gary McNabb
Hank Warner
John Kies
Larry Mabile
Marcio Zouvi
Steve "Pendo" Pendarvis
Rich Pavel
Rick Hamon
Robin Prodanovich
Rusty
Steve Lis
Steve Seebold
Tim Bessell
Xanadu
The winner Jim Phillips! (yes, those are stringers)
Left-Eric "Bird" Huffman. Right-event organizer Royce Cansler of Billabong.
All photos by the lovely and talented Cher Pendarvis!
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21 comments:

  1. " HEY I KNOW THAT GUY ". WOW very nice, wish I was there !!!!
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  2. NIce stuff, thanks for that, also good job Royce! my old roommate and amigo.
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  3. thanks for that JP & Cher, cool to see such an incredible lineup of boards and to have guys like Seebold and Warner represented. The Genius' board is indeed the art of shaping.
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  4. RESPECT !


    Andi.
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  5. Xanadu's always doing some crazy stuff!
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  6. Larry is gonna be piiiiiiissed at you. :P
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  7. Fixed. All photos now have name captions.
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  8. Good on Phillips. That board is beyond mindblowing. A true piece of art.
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  9. Phillips is a surfboard building freak of nature.
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  10. Astonishing Cratsmanship!
    Peace & Aloha to all.
    Much Respect
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  11. We have such an amazingly talented family of shapers and craftsmen here in SD. Seeing all of the boards together was awesome. It was an honor to help.
    Much respect, love and aloha to all,
    Cher
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  12. Disqualified: Chris "Costa Mesa to Cardiff" Christenson for being too cool and Gary McNabb for making a SUP.
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  13. ART OF GLASSING, SANDING & PINLININGSep 14, 2009 06:54 PM
    Mad props to all the shapers. Why no mention of who glassed the boards?
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  14. epic boards. epic shapers. epic photo set. i am in awe.
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  15. love that double dip on the hank werner. sick.
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  17. WOW. Thank you for posting pics. That geeks me out for today!
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  18. whats with christensen biting my style :P ODELAY!
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  19. They should have broken it down into categories on "years shaping" too. Either way, super stoked to see Xanadu in the mix!!! He is one craftsman that chooses his own destiny be it good or bad he still goes for it and cuts a mean blade! Yeah Paulo Riebero!!!!
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  20. WHAT DO I DO WITH AN OLD SEEBOLD BOARD? 7781210
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  21. sell it to me!
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