Shaping Highlights:Working for and shaping side by side with Dick Brewer and Skip Frye. Greg Long winning the Eddie and Waterman of the Year, 5 XXL winners awarded on my boards, Tribute to the Masters contestant, 2 second place finishes in Reef Board Build Offs’, building boards for some of the best surfers in the world (see clientele page)
Special Thanks: Mom, Paul Kelly, Phil Goodrich, Gregg Drude, Takeo Mitsui, Dick Brewer, Todd McWethy, Thomas Campbell, Skip Frye, Tim Townsley, Brian Jones, Takuji Masuda, Peter St. Pierre, Jun Ikeda, Tsutomu Kishida, Toru Yamaguchi, Mitch Abshere, John Holly, Ian Gibson and the Gibson family, Evan Lauer, Mitch's Surf Shop, Jimmy Yamada, Frank Floyd, Eric Henderson, Dan Barley, Brian Hughes, Brad Gerlach, Layne Harrison, Todd Kline, Morgan Faulkner and the Faulkner family, Grant Ellis,Johnny Walla, Corey Coolman, Dennis Downs, Michael Miller, Larry Crow, Nainoa Spieir, Jack Basely, Kenny Mann, Andy Poff, Greg Long, Mikey Detemple, Moose Huerta, Jake Burghart, Ken Mocket, Tyler Manson, Tyler Warren, Yuich “Curious George”, Yuji Yoshikawa, and all my Kustomers!!!!! Mahalo!