009 - The Shaper Shack: Part Three

The Shaper Shack is a four part series featuring some of Australia’s finest surfboard shapers. From inventing the Thruster, to developing renewable materials, incorporating artificial intelligence into shaping, and scaling a global business, these shapers share their blueprint and speculate on the future. Today’s episode features Darcy Day, Michael Psillakis, Alex Crews, and the father son team of Phil and Parrish Byrne. Enjoy!

This episode is supported by Vissla. Check out their upcycled coconut boardshorts, made from plastic bottles and coconut husks.

DARCY DAY OF BABY BOARDS

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MICHAEL PSILLAKIS of PSILLAKIS SURFBOARDS

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It was a fun day yesterday at the #visslapromanly @lucaelder and I have progressed into the shapers cup final today. Come down and watch the action. There is also the Shapers Shack where you can watch the legends of our craft such as @simonanderson_surfboards @simonanderson1 Who was my shaping mentor for quite a few years shaping around 10am @visslasurf Photos by ? @tonypalmer.photos
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ALEX CREWS of ACSOD SURFBOARDS

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Scenes from the Syd Pro’s #ShaperShack a week back. I want to give a huge thank you to @visslasurf for including me for a second time in this great concept. This year was even bigger and better! Interviews, podcasts, web commentary, a surf comp & shapers night with the lot of us who sculpted foam on the beach at Manly. A mix of all walks in the board industry in one spot, doing what we love.. making boards. ~ Film and edit @moophr
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