del mar shape off....

anybody know who won the shape off at del mar last weekend???  honoring mark richards…    thanks suds

 

…and then Ricky won.

Ricky Carrol…again

thanks resindrum…

 

A couple of pics:

M.R. looking over Rawson’s shape:

M.R. judging the shapes:

That was 6 or 7 boards that looked very much like the board they were copying. Fun to watch those guys go about their business in the shaping room. 90 minutes to measure up the board and shape it.

Reno

Good to see Reno in the shaping room, he is truly a living surfing legend, and a larger than life flamboyant character; it’s an honor to count him and Pat as my friends.  What I admire about Reno is his fearlessness, and his presence.  Funny how MR gets the recognition, but in his most memorable moments, it’s Reno’s shapes under his feet.  

Too bad shaper/artist Al Dove wasn’t there for it was Al who created the iconic logo and paint jobs for MR.  Al Dove is probably the single most talented man I have ever seen when it comes to building surfboards, and like a multitude of surfboard craftsmen never recieves any recognition.  I love that man.

The MR  Superman shield was copied by a lot of people. When I had my shop one of the guys on my Team wanted board with the shield with his initials in it.

Yeah ghettorat, Al Dove is one of the most talented/underrated craftsman ever. It was a rad show, and is always great to have all of those guys in one place.