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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!

21 comments:

R Beal said...

" HEY I KNOW THAT GUY ". WOW very nice, wish I was there !!!!

KP's Round UP said...

NIce stuff, thanks for that, also good job Royce! my old roommate and amigo.

Kirk said...

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.

Anonymous said...

RESPECT !


Andi.

J said...

Xanadu's always doing some crazy stuff!

Anonymous said...

Larry is gonna be piiiiiiissed at you. :P

Surfy Surfy! said...

Fixed. All photos now have name captions.

e. said...

Good on Phillips. That board is beyond mindblowing. A true piece of art.

Anonymous said...

Phillips is a surfboard building freak of nature.

Tim said...

Astonishing Cratsmanship!
Peace & Aloha to all.
Much Respect

Steve and Cher Pendo said...

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

Anonymous said...

Disqualified: Chris "Costa Mesa to Cardiff" Christenson for being too cool and Gary McNabb for making a SUP.

ART OF GLASSING, SANDING & PINLINING said...

Mad props to all the shapers. Why no mention of who glassed the boards?

Edmundo Fladonski said...

epic boards. epic shapers. epic photo set. i am in awe.

edmundo Fladonski said...

love that double dip on the hank werner. sick.

Erik Hakon Olson (EHO) said...

Rad post, thanks for sharing these.

gracepark said...

WOW. Thank you for posting pics. That geeks me out for today!

goldenarmes said...

whats with christensen biting my style :P ODELAY!

Anonymous said...

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!!!!

Anonymous said...

WHAT DO I DO WITH AN OLD SEEBOLD BOARD? 7781210

Anonymous said...

sell it to me!

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