All photos by Rita Goldfarb (@rgoldphotos)The idea of Coastal Craft was born after taking a look at the current schedule of events during the Cape Kiwanda Longboard Classic and Brewfest and realizing we are missing an opportunity on Sunday to generate more funds for the Pacific City Skatepark. The contest was being well attended on [...]
For those at Moment Surf Company and who live in Pacific City, the Cape Kiwanda Longboard Classic and Brewfest has become the bookend of our busy summer season. We picked the third weekend of September to run the event each year for a couple of different reasons. One, it helps generate traffic after Labor Day [...]
Our last but not least featured shaper for the Inaugural Coastal Craft Event is Ryan LeBoss. Ryan resides near Newport Oregon, where he shapes and glasses a range of different, forward thinking boards that are a creative mix of the past and present. Get to know Ryan a little better below, and come watch him [...]
Our sixth featured shaper for the Inaugural Coastal Craft Event is Mike Hall, from Blackfern Surfboards. Mike resides in Portland, Oregon, where he shapes and glasses a range of boards that usually have some amazing resin tint jobs! Get to know Mike a little better below, and come watch him shape a board in person [...]
Our fifth featured shaper for the Inaugural Coastal Craft Event is Travis Yamada, from Cubicle Surfboards. Travis resides in Bend, Oregon, where he shapes and glasses a unique variety of boards for rivers and the ocean! Get to know Travis a little better below, and come watch him shape a river board in person on [...]
Our fourth featured shaper for the Inaugural Coastal Craft Event is Chris Bauer, from Bauer Surfboards. Chris resides in Port Angeles, Washington, where he shapes and glasses all his boards. Get to know Chris a little better below, and come watch him shape a fish in person on September 15th!
Coastal Craft: Where did you get [...]
Our third Coastal Craft profile is technically a glasser profile rather than a shaper profile. Brad from El Brado Fiberglass will be generously donating his time to glass all of the surfboards that are shaped at the event. Often an overlooked process of surfboard manufacturing, some actually argue that the glassing can be even more [...]
Our second featured shaper for the Inaugural Coastal Craft Event is Dan Murdey, from Murdey Surfboards. Dan resides in Portland, and if you've spent any time in the water in the Pacific Northwest, you have likely seen someone riding one of his boards. Get to know Dan a little better below, and come watch him [...]