Area Man shapes and shreds small strange surfboard





Manolo Caro and his 5’1″ mini-sims. Mani is living and surfing in funky downtown Leucadia and shaping at Moonlight Glassing. You can check out his space craft at Surfy Surfy Surf Shop.

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23 Comments
  • goldenarmes
    May 14, 2010

    daktaris!

  • Coque A.
    May 14, 2010

    Those Mandela boards ae nice!

  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2010

    Area Man blatantly rips off someone else’s design.

  • bobsurf
    May 14, 2010

    Did you mean to say “Small strange Man”?

  • Surfy Surfy!
    May 14, 2010

    Mani’s mini-simms are very different from the ones RK and Joe are making. It’s not like Mani is Randy French, cut him some slack. He handshaped the thing and went out and surfed it. If that is not okay we might as well just hand the entire thing over to Surftech once and for all.

  • lmao
    May 14, 2010

    LMAO at you retro clowns arguing about this nonsense. Ride a thruster and send Simon Anderson 5 bucks.

  • retro coach
    May 14, 2010

    FYI to LMAO The word “retro” derives from the Latin prefix retro, meaning “backwards” and im pretty sure we can all agree that when riding a trifin it feels like you are going backwards. also the tri fin is a retro design and pretty much has not changed that much in over 30 years. simon was riding them way before his big break at bells in 81.

  • Glassics
    May 14, 2010

    ANYTHING but 3 !!!!

  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2010

    seems to be a tad too much Leucadia Fratboy backslappin goin on these days. step outside the bubble occasionally, if only to furthur cement your desire to stay within it.

  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2010

    you guys are fags. mani is one of the coolest cats and shapes a mean shred stick. keep him away from the ipa beers though….his face starts to melt.

  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2010

    Anoymous 11:59 you do know that Surfy Surfy surf shop is located in LEUCADIA right? They are promoting local shapers.

  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2010

    that shaper is not a local is a transplant

  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2010

    local, transplant- whatever. A ripoff is a ripoff whether it’s done in China or Leucadia or Iowa. That is the Rollex watch surfboard and you’ll never stop that happening. Thrusters do seem way more retro than moontail quads though, but I rode a fish today so what would I know.

  • Surfy Surfy!
    May 14, 2010

    It’s true, Mani is not from Leucadia but the local community likes him. He is currently using the shaping room at Moonlight.
    I grew up here in Leucadia and yes, the surf shop is one block north of Leucadia Blvd on the 101.
    I have to laugh at the fratboy crack, the majority of post on Surfy Surfy the past year have been about a shaper from Oxnard.
    Always enjoy your comments guys.
    JP St Pierre

  • Kirk
    May 14, 2010

    Support your local shaper! Screw these Oxnard kooks- oh wait, it’s the Campbells and I work with Australians-now I’m really confused. Just for the record, RK is also a great guy and he’s worked hard for a long time on this Simmons stuff. I’m down for the innovators where ever they may be.

  • ferp burgers
    May 14, 2010

    anyone know where i left my keys?

  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2010

    New rule. You can copy whatever you want, but you have to shape your own surfboard from now on. No more buying one ready to use.

  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2010

    I would like to think that Kenvin is stoked about the Simmons buzz he helped bring back.

    Good on you Mani for putting a twist on it !!!

  • bobsurf
    May 15, 2010

    Leucadia is blowing out it’s quota of short, strange people.

  • Gotta love the Anons tellin it like it is, soooo edgy. … my name is mike, I live down the street.

  • Porcius Festus
    May 16, 2010

    Jeez. Some folk take this surfboarder shit awful serious.

    JP is doing the Lord’s work, at the same time providing for tiny, weird Leucadians.

  • Miles
    May 16, 2010

    who knew you were also into daktaris!!! this doubly cool now.

  • Anonymous
    May 17, 2010

    good flow mani.
    nice post ;o)