213 - Roger Hinds and the State of Board Building

Roger Hinds’ 40 year mantra, “Built by One Pair of Hands” was challenged last week when his glass shop closed. In today’s episode we discuss the new economics of board building, why some surfboard brands have outsourced manufacturing, how that has affected the surfboard industry in Southern California, and what’s next for Roger Hinds Surfboards. Enjoy the show.

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And a link to episode 091 featuring Roger’s first appearance on the show.

The referenced Reddit post: LINK HERE

Roger in the bay and in the water in 2015. Video by David.

Roger Hinds: The Checker Board (Part 3 of 3) from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

Roger Hinds at the Boardroom Show in 2015 Photo: David Scales

Roger hearing that he won the 2015 Icons of Foam shaping competition honoring Rusty Preisendorfer. Photo: David Scales

David’s current fav board from Roger: The Ninja

Roger’s favorite surfer: Stephanie Gilmore

hand of zoom ?
A post shared by Stephanie Gilmore (@stephaniegilmore) on Apr 10, 2018 at 6:18am PDT

and Torren Martyn

The video of Mike “Army” Armstrong that Roger referenced from Hawaii 5.0

Army and I talk about this board a lot. This is from an episode of Hawaii Five-0. He got his hands on the board in early ‘73 out of the Lightning Bolt shop in Honolulu. He was in there dropping off some boards with Kent Smith and saw this Wayne Santos on the used board rack, it was 7‘4” . I’ve watched Army surf the Pipeline since 1971, & I think this is probably the best board he had under his feet until it broke in late ‘73. The board had belly in the bottom which allowed him to stick to the face real high and come over the foam ball easier than riding a flat bottom board. We talked last night about reproducing this board, I think that would be a fun project . #pipeline #lightningbolt #hawaiifive0
A post shared by Roger Hinds (@rogerhindssurfboards) on Feb 26, 2018 at 7:02pm PST

Shapers Roger admires? Matt Calvani & Wayne Rich