Custom Surfboards

Hand-Shaped from Raw Blank to Finished Board

Built to Your Vision,

Shaped for Your Waves

Custom surfboards are shaped, glassed, and finished entirely by hand to your specifications.
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Every custom board begins with a conversation about how you surf, where you ride, and what you want from the board. Paul shapes from a raw polyurethane foam blank, preserving the denser outer skin that machine-cut boards sacrifice. He glasses and laminates in-studio using his Double Diamond tecnhique: dual-layer reinforcement at structural pressure points for durability that outlasts anything produced at volume.

The result is a board built specifically for you, by someone who is also an avid surfer and understands exactly what a board needs to do. One shape, one surfer, one purpose.

$5,000 flat fee. 3 to 6 months.

THE PROCESS

From Conversation to Craft

INITIAL CONSULTATION
Discuss your surfing style, typical wave conditions, performance goals, and design vision. Paul will recommend dimensions and features based on your needs, or work from your specifications if you have them.
DESIGN & SHAPING

Paul hand-shapes the foam blank to your exact specs. If incorporating The Chandelier Technique or custom artwork, you'll collaborate on color palettes and visual direction.
GLASSING & LAMINATION

The board is laminated with Paul's Double Diamond technique for superior strength. Custom artwork is applied during this stage. The flat fee includes everything: custom shaping, artwork of any complexity, glassed-on fins, premium materials, and finishing.
No hidden costs or upcharges regardless of design intricacy.
FINISHING & DELIVERY

Final sanding, polishing, and quality control. Typical timeline is 6-8 weeks from consultation to delivery. Expedited timelines available for additional fee.

Custom Surfboards: $5,000 flat fee

The $5,000 flat fee includes everything: custom shaping, The Chandelier Technique (if desired), artwork of any complexity, glassed-on fins, premium materials, and finishing.

Commission a Custom Piece

Fish

Ideal Conditions

2’-8’
Wide variety of waves, especially fun in smaller surf

Recommended Dimensions

5’2” - 5’10”

Key Features

Classic fish outline refined over a decade
Twin fin setup standard
Optimized for control, speed, and flow

Paul's Note

"If you don't have one of these boards in your quiver, I want to encourage you to not only invest in this shape, as it's one of the most fun boards you'll surf in a wide variety of waves, but to also consider having me glass on twin marine ply keels. They are lighter than fiberglass, and you'd be surprised at how much that positive buoyancy can be felt, as well as the tightness of the overall effect of having the fins perfectly integrated into the structure of the board itself."

Little Egg

Ideal Conditions

2’-8’
Performs in heavier, more powerful surf

Recommended Dimensions

5’4” - 6’4”

Key Features

Diminutive wide-point-forward pintail egg
Softly rolled entry with slight single concave through the fin
Versatile shortboard design

Paul's Note

“Would highly suggest this board set up as either a twin, or a twin + 1, as the twin is going to really enable you to push this shortboard in much heavier situations.”

Bonnie

Ideal Conditions

3’-10’
Excels in both open faces and steep, critical sections

Recommended Dimensions

5’10” - 6’10”

Key Features

Uniquely designed bonzer for wide open and pitchy surf
Flat entry to single to double concave through the tail
Twin glass-on side runner fins

Paul's Note

“This outline was hand-drawn about 8 years ago and has gone through very minimal adjustment, as the first version of this board felt like I had struck gold. The feature which differentiates this design from a traditional Campbell Brother’s bonzer, is the placement and size of the side runners. I always felt the bonzer 3s were only of the pinnacles of surfboard design, but felt the side runner fins were too tall and slightly too long, so I designed my own and have been making a custom twin set of them for each shape I build ever since the first. Loose like a single fin, but with all the grip in the steeper wave face when you need it most.”

Apex Twin

Ideal Conditions

3’-12’
Particularly effective in heavier, more powerful surf

Recommended Dimensions

6’6” - 7’6”

Key Features

Glassed-on-rail marine ply fins
Classic yet progressive outline
Flat to single concave with a touch of V
Single fin box comes standard

Paul's Note

“I wanted to maintain all the best features of single fin surfing; effortless glide and speed, smooth turning and connectedness with the wave, but try to alleviate the bottom-turn slide out. In heavier surf, a single fin can get squirrelly, especially when pushing the board fully on rail through a bottom turn. The single fin can completely lose engagement, right at the moment you need it most. The small, hand-foiled marine ply fins have been designed to add minimal drag when in trim, and maximal grip when laying the board on its rail. The placement is critical, as it relates to the single fin, and the rail itself. I’ve found the fins to work best when set to the apex of the rail-line, which is where the design finds its name.”

Egg

Ideal Conditions

2’-12’
Loves a clean point, handles almost anything the day offers

Recommended Dimensions

6’0” - 8'6"

Key Features

Timeless outline for all conditions
Rolled entry with sharp edge in tail for maximum release
Clean foil and bottom design
Single fin standard, twin+1 option available

Paul's Note

“The most popular shape of the boards I build, and for good reason. This board, in the 7’ range, is my go-to travel companion, as it’s ready to take on almost any size and energy. This shape has really helped refine my surfing, rewarding the smooth connected surf style I have always found so captivating.”

Log

Ideal Conditions

1’-6’
Excels in all longboarding conditions

Recommended Dimensions

9’2” - 10’

Key Features

Classic logging outline optimized for all aspects of traditional longboarding
Nose concave, rolled through the middle, slight V through tail
Double Diamond construction for strength with reduced weight

Paul's Note

“If you are ready to embrace a whole new logging experience, I can’t recommend the Double Diamond design enough. Two small resin diamonds at the tail of the board signify the unique construction of this log. I laminate and hotcoat and sand the board twice, which results in a board as strong as the first era logs from the early 60’s, but with about ten pounds less weight than the standard board of that time period. The added weight is something you need to experience to fully appreciate; the speed, momentum and glide are all lost with the modern longboard design. Watch old footage of Phil Edwards or Mickey Dora and you’ll see a style dictated by the board design of this era.”