Please Support Your Local Shapers!!!

South Carolina has some very talented surfboard shapers and glassers with years of experience reflected in each board they make. Not only can they make the right board for you for our local conditions, but they can make it right in front of you, and duplicate or exceed the quality of the big-name California brands. All the local shapers will tell you that Jamie Tuttle is very proficient in glassing both PU/PE boards and EPS/Epoxy boards, and his artwork is excellent including airbrush art, resin tints and swirls, and cloth in-lay.

Darby Surfboards out of San Diego, CA, is owned by James Island native and former Gordon & Smith shaper, Chris Darby. Chris has lots of experience making classic, high quality shapes you have come to expect from G&S, and is now offering his own line of performance boards, experimental shapes, as well as classics in both polyester and epoxy construction. Check out the Darby Surfboards site here.

Maya surfboards are shaped by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it in Surfside, SC and are available through Charleston Watersport Outfitters. In addition to shaping excellent boards, Maya does excellent resin tint and airbrush artwork and glassing for his boards, and well as for other shapers on this page. Shapes also available in epoxy and EPS foam.

Sol Shapes surfboards by Kai Dilling. Shapes also available in epoxy and EPS foam. Click here for the SolShapes website.

 Perfection Surfboards by Kelly Richards available through Village Surf Shop in Garden City and Ocean Surf Shop at Folly Beach. Shapes also available in epoxy and EPS foam.

Kinetic and Gary Wilson surfboards by Gary Wilson available through Ocean Surf Shop and Surf City Surf Shop. You can visit the Kinetic Surf Designs website here.

Elliott surfboards by Greg Elliott available at InnerG Surf Shop.

Spindrift Surfboards by Jeff Pollack. Every Spindrift surfboard is 100% hand shaped in Pawleys Island, South Carolina and glassed at Dynamic Glass Systems in Garden City, SC. If you’re in the area, check out the latest Spindrift shapes on the rack at the Village Surf Shoppe in Garden City and at Surf the Earth in Pawleys Island. Shapes also available in epoxy and EPS foam.

Sunny Daze Surfboards by John Tolly.  The Sunny Daze Surf Factory specializes in custom shortboards, funshapes, longboards, fish, and eggs and pretty much anything YOU can imagine. Owner and operator, John Tolly will help you choose the right custom shape by consulting with you to determine what size/shape will work best for your size and surfing level. All Sunny Daze boards are completely hand crafted by John Tolly, owner of Sunny Daze Surf Factory.

Underground Boardworks out of Tybee Island, Georgia offers equipment to “core” surfers. They may be viewed here and here.

Grasshopper Surfboards by Richard Prause out of Charleston, SC.  He makes modern, traditional, and experimental surfboards. His philosophy is that there is a special feeling your when you ride a wave – and that feeling is enhanced when riding a craft that you have a hand in. So he insists that everyone who gets a surfboard from him must help the process in some way - design or shape or artwork - wherever your talents lie.  Check out Grasshopper Surfboards here .

Island Inspired by Todd Sutz of Myrtle Beach.  Their new factory alllows you to watch boards being made through clearview windows... see the boards being shaped, glassed, sanded, airbrushed, glossed and polished.from start to finish hand crafted by the professionals at Island Inspired, Inc... The factory is located at 8500 Highway 544 West... just 4 miles west of the intercoastal waterway in Myrtle Beach.  Read more about Island Inspired here.