San Diego Shapers

Name: The Surfer's Journal
Price range: $

Feature • 4 min read

They’re a culture unto themselves—San Diego’s most dedicated craftsmen, documented in their own environs.

By John Durant

Volume 21 Issue 1 (2012)

35.4
Thunderkind

A study of James Kusitino’s preternatural lines…

By James Kusitino
35.4
Four Days in Hibernia

A transatlantic gamble in Ireland.

By Grant Ellis
35.4
Long-Arc Mindset

Portfolio: Shane Grace

By Beau Flemister
35.4
Catching the Surf Fever

The reinvigorating power of a single session.

By Steve Pezman

Featured in

Volume 21 Issue 1

In this issue

Ben Marcus reexamines the 1968 World Contest in Puerto Rico, followed shortly thereafter by the mysterious specter that is ghost shaper Robert “Redman” Manville. On the backside Bill Fury divulges the secret to Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady,” a Coast Guard chief gets flogged for hanging inside the surf zone too long, and we come to find out that board bags may just be for the birds.

Preview

— / 3

San Diego Shapers

Related Articles

Thunderkind

Four Days in Hibernia

Long-Arc Mindset

Catching the Surf Fever

Volume 21 Issue 1