This is the best surfing industry story in the whole planet
@ryankopcso652 күн бұрын
Robin we love you and your family! Good thing we still have a shed full of your boards, and we sincerely appreciate all the ones you’ve made for us over the years. Especially our wedding boards, we have those hanging on our walls.
@juansurfcity16053 күн бұрын
Robin's definitely an SD shaping legend; especially in the OB/Cliffs area! My guy, Hank Byzak, Donald Takayama's long-time production shaper, is still around, but had some "health issues" recently, so who knows if he'll be back... keep encouraging that older "legend" you know, and keep ORDERING boards!!!
@Anon92.464 күн бұрын
There’s still a bunch of younger guys still that refer to themselves as shapers. Are they not then? What’s different about the process the 30 something yr olds use vs the old timers?
@10temor4 күн бұрын
The heading ……this is longboarding today …you can’t kill it BRO.
@dudeleboski26924 күн бұрын
Totally agree. Just look at how many ex pros are now reinventing themselves as “Shapers”. Never owned a Planer in their lives!
@mrkroeger5 күн бұрын
I have Steve Boehne as my favorite shaper...Infinity...
@troyortego46555 күн бұрын
don't forget Malcolm Campbell!!!
@hman72365 күн бұрын
Keep it real 💯
@Malama_Ki5 күн бұрын
Some people cook with a recipe and some wing it. Evolve or die. I’ll take consistent quality over human error all day. The fact that you now can go anywhere around the planet and get your exact model off the shelf is amazing. Hard to get that consistency by hand.
@craignowakowski80415 күн бұрын
Had a board made at G & S. Had it for 3 months and it got stolen. One of a kind. Diamond tail, concave front section. Had a surf picture on bottom. Would love another.
@rodkirsop42915 күн бұрын
Owl Chapman is still hand shaping the best Hawaiian guns. They work well at Gland too!
@petersheely72465 күн бұрын
So true 👍😊
@marksimon74675 күн бұрын
Bill Hamilton still going strong in Kauai
@juansurfcity16053 күн бұрын
one of the local O'side guys (raymond) was over there around 10 years ago and picked up one of billy's boards. I saw it, and showed him the model I'd been trying to get him to try by Hank Byzak, DT's long-time production shaper; remarkably similar... great minds think/shape alike!😃
@MrTimmeyer1286 күн бұрын
I remember back in the day when you ordered a custom board from a shop you had the option of making an appointment to discuss it with the shaper and then watch while he shaped it. What a cool experience and you felt like the shaper was considering your personal needs and preferences. Over the years I watched boards get shaped for my by Brewer, Rawson, Dan Bendickson, Mike Eaton, Chris Hawk, Dave Johnson, Phil Becker, Steve Boehne, and more. Are those days gone ?
@BobbyJetty15026 күн бұрын
@@MrTimmeyer128 not if you still have their home phone number
@Anon92.464 күн бұрын
I’ve never full on watched him work, but Tim Stamps will make a custom board to your specs and style. Isn’t there a bunch of guys around SoCal like this? His old apprentice Brandon in San Pedro does the same I believe. I’m not clear what has changed?
@xisotopex6 күн бұрын
its a real shame, losing this handcrafted ability, why, I remember when my granpappy would build nuclear power plants, with nothing but his hands! give him a pocket knife and some uranium fuel rods and before you knew it you would have yourself a 2 × 2923 MWth BWR, built the good old fashioned way! none of these cheats like CAD and computers, all he needed was a slide rule and an abacus.
@richardgleaves6 күн бұрын
The future of surfing: interactive surfboards, which dynamically change their shape and size in real time as you ride them, always adapting to the ever-changing wave face and water surface conditions. Paddling out it's a longboard. Duck-diving it's a hand plane. In the tube it's a tow-in. On open faces it's an egg. And one more thing: it's self-healing.
@drtybrdy756 күн бұрын
I’ve had a few boards from Robin. Every board was magic. He is a super underrated hand shaper everywhere accept SD.
@darinrmcclure6 күн бұрын
I kept my Bing Pipeliner shaped for old mans by the big kook when I moved to Tennessee, Surf Lakes Nashville!?! 🖖😎
@shafts24476 күн бұрын
Not as long as I am breathing
@toothnail6056 күн бұрын
No greater life than surfing, BUT! With these over the top crowds and the parking situation not to mention the e bike swarm it' well I'll be nice and not tell the truth on my comment and just say surfing lol is not even remotely the same. This shapers generation and the generation before him had thee greatest years in human existence. Now it's a freak show Circus. Did I mention hourly traffic?
@toothnail6056 күн бұрын
@@bobcatblues7766 Lol WELL... I'm 7 blocks from the beach in N County SD and if I want to go to one of my fave spots 3 miles away yup! *TRAFFIC* JUST *GETTING* THERE! Now if I want to go and surf Church (like I have been for decades every week) then YES traffic getting there -- then ya have 'traffic' out in the water where everyone is stealing and trying to steal your wave you earned by putting yourself in the right of way position. THEN *THERE'S MORE...* I/we have an obstacle coarse soon as ya catch that sweet set wave, and NOW you can't draw the line you want because of ALL THE PUCKING *"TRAFFIC"* [there's that word again] out in the water; SO NOW you have to dodge the humans so you don't slice their skulls and back up with your fins. It's surfing in the year 2024 and beyond, so yeah "traffic." Any other questions fEEl frEE... Peace
@dustyh.47176 күн бұрын
Even Phil Becker, after 100,000 boards, still shaped a few more during retirement on the north shore.
@martinmartin88716 күн бұрын
I watched him shape my friend's christmas present in 1971 at his sm dilapidated garage bay. WE were outside the open door and 25 minutes later he had his 6'11". $75.
@BobbyJetty15026 күн бұрын
Ocean Beach circa 87-96 Robin P. Aloha nui
@drtybrdy756 күн бұрын
What’s up Bobby?
@BobbyJetty15026 күн бұрын
@@drtybrdy75 I don't recognize the handle? If you ride bounce waves and don't wear a cord well then you're my brother from another mother who is this
@drtybrdy756 күн бұрын
@@BobbyJetty1502 Eric. I live in Florida now.
@drtybrdy756 күн бұрын
@@BobbyJetty1502does the jetty even bounce anymore?
@BobbyJetty15026 күн бұрын
@@drtybrdy75 only for the locals. How's Florida brother
@helnorse6 күн бұрын
they were innovative shapers, right...but there is a new generation of shapers that are definately on the same level!!
@helnorse6 күн бұрын
@@bobcatblues7766 you have no clue what happens here in noryh france!! SOgood and innovative young shaping talents!!!.....i say that although i shape surfboatds since 30 years!!
@helnorse6 күн бұрын
@@bobcatblues7766 i ll be back on next friday and the forecast is getting better and better for the next weeks...i m also into it for 34 years, ride a 10.2, have a fat belly and still noseride 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@bobryan87936 күн бұрын
One of the best in North County SD...Tom Eberly...
@juansurfcity16053 күн бұрын
Tommy's great; but he's been in Nica for way over 20 years... NicaSurf...
@Hrmn8tor6 күн бұрын
No way that’s his last board.
@bondalemecovillage67386 күн бұрын
I grew up with Greg Webber & his family, I watched him shape his 1st board in his backyard & loved the process of making boards. I was privileged to ride for TF & have him shape my boards, especially the ones for Hawaii. Those were golden years, it's amazing to have seen the ground covered, the evolution of a craft that has been so influential in my life. Look forward to a lengthy video depicting the many roads the different earlier shapers explored with their new ideas and refinements
@genewest84267 күн бұрын
Prop's Robin🎉
@sctim1237 күн бұрын
i think the draw to handshaping is as alive today as it was in the late 60s-early 70s. Sure there are guys starting their first boards off of cuts, but those guys are the same as someone learning to skateboard in their 20s on an electric longboard. different approach, different mentality.
@coryholland18117 күн бұрын
Dorian comes across as a thoughtful and articulate man with the skills of both a small and big wave rider. No easy feat. Very good and interesting interview. Thank you.
@goddamaddog8 күн бұрын
yes Tom is the master
@James-nc2zx9 күн бұрын
Very cool. Crazy big wensday was not a big hit it took a while. Its spoke to me big time.
@Eisonhawk20 күн бұрын
🫡
@James-nc2zx20 күн бұрын
Wayne has always been an inspiration for me a real soul surfer thank you Wayne
@dcollins85027 күн бұрын
Got his right wack after belting a kid in the water. He’s no hero.
@juswatchin231327 күн бұрын
Just to hear your voice 🙌🏼Gerry🌺… No words can come close ⚛️🕉️☮️….🙌🏼🌊🏄🏽♂️🌈 Thank You 🙏🏼 💞🌎
@wcc121228 күн бұрын
Love Jock. Would really enjoy hanging out.
@GodNGangsters29 күн бұрын
Beautiful
@wasabiginger6993Ай бұрын
Wow, love coming across my old NS 60's childhood neighbor surfing school friend! Thank ❤ you for this wonderful interview ... as the decades keep passing us all by and us boomers pass on sooner or later ... all that Jock contributed to surfing becomes forgotten. And he was never about becoming famous, but was very shy. So it was everyone else around him whom became famous and are remembered most ... from this very special surfing era.
@user-nq3dx6bg8vАй бұрын
Awesome well explained he influenced my friends and me and lm glad we took on his free style and surfing isolation when we could Glad to see him on you tube and providing a good balance to surfing differences Good to see he is humble and his contentment You see so much more being away from the madding crowd Love ya bro
@johndoeyedoeАй бұрын
Probably paddle in. Buy a plane ticket out of there. Go surf cocos keeling, cook islands, norfolk island or any of the more unknown pacific islands. Indo is just a cheap place to try catch mellow reef breaks. The warmer the water the less dense it is and the softer it is. Maybe go surf Ireland. Always options.
@philcarter9421Ай бұрын
Excellent! More of these please.
@kaerunaminoАй бұрын
natural ! relaxing!!
@clarkewiАй бұрын
Legend
@12starcasterАй бұрын
Please someone change the sound track!!!!!!
@metomhubАй бұрын
nice trippy 70s style surf video
@coryholland1811Ай бұрын
One truth only. Maybe there are other truths out there.