Surfing Life

HISTORY OF GEN4 SURFBOARDS

t 12 years old, I came home from a day of autograph hunting with friends Mitch Parkinson and Jack Freestone, from the 2004 Quiksilver Pro at Snapper Rocks and announced over dinner, my mates wanted to be pro-surfers, but I thought I’d prefer to shape their boards. My Dad was stoked and pulled out an old suitcase and inside was family surfing-history photos and memorabilia dating back as far as 1930. The next morning when I told him I was definitely going to be a shaper, he simply replied; Okay,

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