Originally Posted by
70sSanO
You realize that he may have not made the frame. It would not surprise me if due to health reasons someone else made it.
It is quite common in the surfboard industry to have ghost shapers. Especially if the “legend” has aged and can no longer produce the same quantity and quality. Usually it will be someone who can replicate the quality, but not always, the “legend” may still sign it.
John
I'm not going to go that far. Is it possible? I suppose, but unlikely I think. He's teaching his frame building classes and still handles the torch from what we can tell on instagram. The actual construction of the frame is everything I wanted it to be. It's the finishing and obviously the dent combined with zero response after multiple attempts.