What things in life do you buy hand made? What do you get hand made and customized to your interests?

Reality... the custom hand made things we might use for what ever reason stopped being hand made years and years ago.  But the surfboard???? different story.

Most surfboards are made by hand. Even the ones that are pre shaped or cut with a machine still get finished shaped by hand, laminated by hand, sanded by hand and polished by hand if that's part of the process.

The skilled and semi skilled processes of making a surfboard are specialized and unique. When you order a surfboard made to your liking or even buy one off the rack at a surf shop you are getting something made by hand... a very rare thing in today's world. And that's what makes the surfboard such a special thing to the surfer. 

If and when you buy a custom surfboard you are getting something made by just a few people that work at the particular facility that the shaper works with and that's it. Or, in my case only my hands work through the process... even more rare.

Think about it... what else is like that? what else does anyone get like that these days? I mean besides nothing...

D.R.

 The hand made process

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