About
            I started shaping with the idea of making environmental boards that go like any other board and that rival the performance of modern construction. I started by shaping hollow wooden boards and quickly moved on to up cycling old boards (snapped longboards, learn to surf boards etc) and finished them with cork and a wooden veneer. I still wanted something more lively and loose and therefore am doing standard custom EPS Epoxy boards at the moment as well as upcycling old boards. 
When im not shaping im working on some blank innovation coming soon.
    When im not shaping im working on some blank innovation coming soon.
 
        Marc van der Merwe
 South Africa
                South Africa
            AGE:
            31
            STARTED SURFING:
            2002
            STARTED SHAPING:
            2017
            FULL TIME SHAPER?:
            Yes
            SHAPING INSPIRATION:
            My friends and surfing has always been a passion of mine.
            BOARDS SHAPED:
            >20 & <100
            SHAPING STYLE:
            Custom models are 100% hand shaped, for repetition work of a model I use a machine
            DOES OWN GLASSING?:
            Yes
            FAVORITE MATERIAL:
            
                    
                        Give me a blank and I shape a board
                    
                
            NATIONALITY:
             South Africa
South Africa 
            
 
                     
                
                