Whether it be from guests on Surf Splendor or other interviewees on you tube, I sometimes here that not enough younger people are entering the trades of hand shaping and glassing. Is there a big need?
I use to hear the same thing about teachers, that there is a shortage. And then time passes and then there are teacher layoffs.
Will there be a cool down in the new number of people taking up surfing, reducing demand? Will hand shapers go buy the wayside and will the big companies supply close to 100% of the boards?
Interested in others’ perspectives. I remember the days in the 80’s and 90’s when many surfers ordered custom boards. Seems like now surfers think in terms of board models and buy mostly off the shelf.