Grant Miller - Waterskate

I’m looking for a new board to take with me on a surf trip which is going to take the better part of a year and will hit many destinations throughout the globe. A friend recommended Grant Miller’s waterskate http://www.seajuice.com/waterskate.html as a great board that’s versatile, can hold up in bigger surf as well as the smaller, more mushy stuff that I’m bound to find.

I’m thinking of ordering a custom from him, but wanted to know if anyone knows of a shaper in the U.S. that’s doing a board similar to this? I’m on the east coast and it would be easier to find someone either here or in CA instead of dealing with shipping etc. from Oz.

Any help is much appreciated…

I’m sure if you were to show a local shaper a print out of that web page he’d have enough information to shape something pretty close to what you’re looking for. It looks like a fairly simple design whick I admire, simplicity. Looks like it would be able to handle a wide variety of conditions and wave sizes.