R U the Best Shaper In the World? Tell Us Why!! We Wanna Know!

Okay, this is opening up a big ass can of worms but I know you are out there. You know who you are…you coulda been a contender…hell, you coulda been the champion of the world.

We are dying (oops, well, I’m already dead, but) to know your story…what happened? Who scooped you right from under your feet? Did the jerk have a 14 digit trust fund or were you caught napping?

You A-R-E the best…best in El Mundo…however (Ev’s) ya say it.

Tell us your story…you are out there.

It’s time…we wanna hear it!

Give it to us baby!

He who has the most fun shaping is the best shaper in the world:-)

Nice answer (a man of few words)…I’m hoping we hear from some truly delusional meglomaniacs.

the aliens stole my powers just before i was poised to take over the surfboard building world…now im stuck making weird oldschool-ish boards…i taught merrick everything he knows.

ummmmm?

                                           HUH?

im having the most fun …

but as far as shaping design skills , maybe its a question you should be asking the customers of shapers …

i think a good shaper is more than just a guy who can build high performance boards or understands the nuances of design …

he is a listener …

must be able to relate to all surfers …

a good shaper is a person who takes your comments , gives feedback until he gets enough answers to have a good idea about what your needs are , ignores all current design trends and focuses on what needs to be built into that individual board so the customer has the best board for what they want it for …

sometimes the customer is right sometimes not …

a good designer will ask the questions that lets him know the customer really does know what they want …

then the ability to explain what will be helpful without being dogmatic if the customer is still a little lost …

meglamaniac ?

na , just a guy who loves his job …

regards

BERT

Quote:

…I’m hoping we hear from some truly delusional meglomaniacs.

ask and ye shall receive?

its ok i wont do a roy …

i will take that one in humour as it made me laugh …

LOL…

regards

BERT

Give it a break Bert, I have never said I’m the best shaper in the world, I’m not delusional any more than the rest of you and I’m not a megalomaniac either, if I was I’d be in politics.

There’s no such thing as the best shaper in the world, it’s a totally stupid idea, it’s like asking who the best lover in the world is, but you already know that right ?

.

and they erected

a masturbatorium

where long projectiles

were constructed

and those that arrived shaped.

they were no longer hiding in the dark.

the lights were strong

not a shadow was overlooked

every contour is questioned.

and then over the loud speaker

in hopes of stirring more commotion

the challenge came on a baited hook

rhetoric questioning the alpha deluded

the usual honestly concerned spoke

pussyfooting about the topic

when the answer is before the

the congregation. guised as a ?

Rethinfort Ungerwhalt

Is the best shaper in the world.

why ?

because his shapes are

masterfully executed

not a drag of abrasive out of place.

hand friendly seeming to have

just been pulled from an ancient streambed

tumbled by centuries before a glacier

longing for the sea

and somehow magicly become

the density of punkwood

floating higher in the atmosphere

than the ocean, capable

and culpable

in the hands and feet of adepts

to be directed into concert with chaos.

oh the chaos

where for some the security

comes only by hanging onto ones self by the scare-ometer

or a simulated smoothe projectile

catapulted shoreward

held tightly and deftly with feet barely

affixed .Rave on in maddness

these R.U projectiles

will not survive use.

like legendary zen teacups

the best will be destroyed

only the memory of a perfect cup

of tea will remain.

the best shaper

is not of this world

for the world

and the cosmos

are the lingering

aftertaste of tea.

your wave R.U.

…ambrose…

pull the wire

watch the monkey dance

Do we need a nerve block here?

I’m enjoying the input.

As far as my hopes for a delusional meglomaniac, I was hoping we would get a soul out there that really truly believes they are the best shaper in the world.

Meglomaniacs can accomplish a lot ya know…look at Napoleon, Hitler, Paris Hilton, er, scratch the last one.

Anyway, I was hoping someone would come in with WHY they are the absolute best shaper in the world by qualifyng their claim. Having the most fun is a nice, albeit safe posture. Shaping the deepest channels could be another (Byrne? Hamish? Joe Blow?). What of the one armed shaper of the North Shore? Is there a quadriplegic shaper using only movements from his tongue???

Is shaping synonymous with ego? Is a surfboard the ultimate phallic symbol that we, as shapers are forever preoccupied with? Then what with women shapers? Does Becker really take a few minimal planer cuts then swipe the rail with a big fat ultra soft pad thereby finishing the rail…17 per day every day pre CNC domination? Is the best shaper a computer, not mortal man? Is Dewey Weber, Dale Velzy, John Bradbury, or some other fallen shaping hero the best as channeled through “the machine”?

…the can of worms is open…dive in!

Ambie…awesome poem, prose, evs…stunning alliteration…meticulous metaphoric manifestaion…sublime and thought provoking juxtapositioning…unsettling suppostions!

…lacks an onomatopoeia, however.

the curious paradox is

when i except myself as who i am

then i can change

like legendary zen teacups

the best will be destroyed

only the memory of a perfect cup

of tea will remain

ON A MATT AT PAIA?

I shape the fastest bords in the WORLD!! My boards have been clocked at over 30 MPH!!

I only brew my boards in small hand crafted batches, with only the finest ingredients painstakenly purcured by my team of Oompa Loompa elves from the furthest corners of the world. Asian Resins, South African Foams, Rare inported Austrailan cloths. Then once my sparkling rockets are aged to perfection they are shipped in a climate controled environment to niche speciality shops around the World. My boards are shipped only on consignment, And no two are ever the same… there is no set price. If you have to ask the price…you can’t afford one. If you have to ask where these shops are…you can’t afford one.

I am the best ever, the rest of you suck.

Hows that for a start?

Rez Head…Now that’s what I’m talking about. You just upped your game…like Roger Federer does when someone gets frisky on the other side of the net…he just has this other gear that puts him in overdrive.

Right on brah! Right on!!

How about the rest of you pussies…R U gonna take this lying down? Wusses?

On a Matt at Paia is not an onomotop…whatever! If Matt is onna mat @ Paia he’s probably gonna get run over by a windsurfer or kite board…shoulda BBQ’d at Kanaha…kook?

Or are you talking about the Baker’s Dozen in the van on the mat…I suspect that’s Renny’s van but don’t hold me to it…those blanks are all screwed up, they have a bunch of ridges on them!

Hey, and as far as the fastest boards in the world…meet me at Port Hueneme in the parking lot down from the steel pier the next time there’s a high wind advisory for Santa Ana’s…I’ll rig up my 4.7 Neil Pryde and pop it on my 8’6" wave board and hit the surf…don’t worry about me getting blown out to sea, the angle of the beach allows me to surf speed ditch smooth surfline at 78 rpm and still land on sand whenever I want (true story-true waveriding paradise secret spot).

You take out one of your “fastest boards in the world” and we will see who smokes who!

Listen you…dead shaper!!!

My boards are sooooo fast, you don’t even have to ride them to know there fast. Just staring at one of the gems in a exclusive speciality retailer shop (which you shouldn’t ask, because you can’t afford it), gleeming on the wall, never to be touched, never to see water, only to be worshiped, and covented… you’ll know that they are the fastest in the free world, they don’t need to be proven. My loyal cult following will answer all question about this from here on out…

I AM THE BEST!!!

Just a few unsolicited testimonials from my loyal cult following:

Testimonal from Bob Smith from Cardiff: I’m here to tell you that Resinhead makes the best surfboards in the World.

Testimonial from John Black from Black Rock: Resinheads surfboards are mental, I mean they are sick…fuckin off the chart.

Testimonial from Larry Pafigilanio from New Jersey: Sweet ride, the fastest…Boyyyyyeeeeee

Testimonial from Finius O’Shay from Ireland: I wish I didn’t have to order from the US, but these resinhead boards rock!!

Testimonial from Al Maytal Patel from India: dey pull in so sweet, you hardly noitis, dat they are in dee wateer. Tank you Resinhead, you save me life.

…I tell ya what

yesterday I d been watching a movie about Apple and Microsoft

S. Jobs is a guy with success and money, but in reality he didnt do anything; I mean, he did and do all the “lobby” stuff, but besides S Wozniak, and the “ghostbuilders and programmers” he is nuthin

but he proclaimed that he (Apple) is the best

At least B Gates and P Allen worked on a Fortran language…

Im trying to say that most DO NOT DO anything only seat back and see the earns

I laughing when some “fantastic” shaper claims that he build thousands and thousands of boards…he lies of course

they do not build those boards

may be he did most of the shapes, but not the logos, the fins, the colorwork, the glass, the finish

and like in the last 10 years the machine shape the board, so these shapers now dont do nuthin, only money

so, they construct their life standing up in the shoulders of “ghots somethin”