We contacted Rob Lion as part of our mission to document some of the exciting emerging shapers who are pushing themselves in terms of materials and design. Rob’s work is insane. He does everything from design, to making his own EPS blanks, to shaping and glassing and even colour work. Although he’s been shaping for […]
We are pleased to bring you the first of what we hope to be a regular series here on Phoresia – the emerging shaper interviews. The shaping world was rocked by the closing of Clark Foam. Since then many things have conspired to drive the craft of hand-shaped surfboards down the way of the dinosaur. […]
We’ve been wanting to do an interview with Malcolm Campbell for some time. We actually got to meet him in NYC at the NY Surf Film Festival and chatted with him briefly. Super gracious and humble guy and was keen on doing an interview. The Surfer’s Path just did a great piece on him written/photographed […]
We’ve tried nearly every combination of board construction available from the average custom board builder -from standard polyurethane to Biofoam, Ice Nine, and EPS. Each material has its merits and drawbacks and each has its place depending on how you want your board to perform. Over the past couple years I’ve been dialing in a […]
Seahuggers.com is an online surf shop dedicated to carrying surf and skate gear and apparel that goes a little lighter on ol’ mama earth. Phoresia contributor Daniel Bohlman caught up with Seahuggers founder Ryan Milliman to talk about the green surf movement and how one goes about hugging the sea. Daniel: Tell me a little […]
Phoresia is pleased to bring to you the second in a three-piece series about surf travel by bike. Author and traveler Scott Paynton writes about his shifting perspective since the trip. It’s been over a month since Mike and I biked and surfed down the coast of California. Since then, my perspective on surfing has […]
I’ve got a board rack in my garage that holds 6 boards. I figured that’s plenty of space, 6 boards should cover a solid range and would be considered a pretty solid quiver. Over time I’m amassing more and more boards, finally the past few weeks after having 3 boards in bags piled up on […]
So we’ve been slacking a bit on content lately, but not without good reason. The biggest reason being the birth of my baby girl last week. All is good and we are stoked on the latest addition to the quiver. Dims: 19.5″ x 7 lb. 14 oz. Definitely a “small-wave” model, notice the adjustable, accelerated […]