Spanish shapers advice

AIsurf · July 15, 2009, 10:10am

Hi all,

I am going to visit La Coruña (Spain) in august for two months and unfortunately I will probably go without my longboard (9’4’’ Bing Lovebird).

I am wondering if any of you heard of a good lonbgoard shaper in that area. I’ve been there a month ago just for a few days and I just saw one surfshop with 3-5 shortboards inside… A good store that sells longboards and other wave riding vehicles will be also appriciated…

Thanks!

AI

uzzi · July 15, 2009, 4:54pm

hi al, you might get more info here

http://www.maesitos.com/foro/index.php

salu2

uwe

flong · July 15, 2009, 5:23pm

try this :
flyinglongboarder.com

it’s not in Galicia though, but you might like what they do

AIsurf · July 15, 2009, 6:16pm

WOW…

the flyinglongboarder stuff look amazing.

thanks flong…

too bad it’s too far from La coruna. I won’t have a car.

A.

AIsurf · July 15, 2009, 6:18pm

Thanks…

I would need to work on my spanish though…

ambrose · July 15, 2009, 7:28pm

as a modest shaper

who strive to be helpfull

conserve su derecha.

excuse my spelling

and punctuation

as my keyboard will not

acconodate inverted punctuation .

...ambrose...

slasholaf · July 16, 2009, 12:31am

Hey Al!

although I´m not from Spain, I´m one of the moderators of that forum! If you need something, just let me know! (slash is my username)

Cheers.!

AIsurf · July 16, 2009, 10:12am

Again, thanks !!

neira · July 17, 2009, 11:03am

There are no shapers or boardbuilders nowadays in La Coruña.

We’ve just an old man who takes all the poly boards fixed, and sometimes shapes a board for someone. Maybe 2-5 boards a year.

He’s called Tito Fariña and he has his workshop near Matadero beach.

The only guy building boards in the Galicia region is Walter, from ZORLAK SURFBOARDS. He shapes and glasses very good longboards.

The only problem is he has his workshop in Combarro, near Pontevedra.

There are some surfshops in La Coruña, but just 3 of them are actually board shops:

VAZVA: right at the beach. Plenty of boards, maybe 200, but none of them over 7’.
RAZ: near the stadium. Some longboards available (Surftech)
PURE SURFING: the owner is a local longboarder and there are always around 5 longboards (poly and Surtech)

Be free to mail me when you’re at the city: david@tranor.com

reverb · July 17, 2009, 3:18pm

…jeez,

that guy Walter is from Uruguay

there he worked in a factory called Raglan surfboards

so…seems now he s shaping for Spanish people…small world

slasholaf · July 17, 2009, 5:47pm

Reverb, are you from Uruguay?!

AIsurf · July 17, 2009, 9:18pm

$1:

There are no shapers or boardbuilders nowadays in La Coruña.

We’ve just an old man who takes all the poly boards fixed, and sometimes shapes a board for someone. Maybe 2-5 boards a year.

He’s called Tito Fariña and he has his workshop near Matadero beach.

The only guy building boards in the Galicia region is Walter, from ZORLAK SURFBOARDS. He shapes and glasses very good longboards.

The only problem is he has his workshop in Combarro, near Pontevedra.

There are some surfshops in La Coruña, but just 3 of them are actually board shops:

VAZVA: right at the beach. Plenty of boards, maybe 200, but none of them over 7’.

RAZ: near the stadium. Some longboards available (Surftech)

PURE SURFING: the owner is a local longboarder and there are always around 5 longboards (poly and Surtech)

Be free to mail me when you’re at the city: david@tranor.com

That’s a great help. Thanks. I’ll contact you soon then…

BTW - your English is perfect

Niega · July 19, 2009, 3:47pm

Chusma makes boards in his backyard. He loves shaping bonzers and he lives in Muros, not far from la Coruña at all: http://chusmasurfboards.blogspot.com/

Send him an e-mail.

Cheers!

Niegà

jjj · June 3, 2010, 5:10am

Longboards are hard to come by in Galicia! They are there, but far and in between. Galicia rules!