Have you ever had a conversation with a shaper that can’t surf? There’s always that moment when you realize they’re blowing smoke up your ass, talking about things they don’t have first-hand experience with.
Kelly Slater and Daniel Tomo Thomson are not smoke-blowers. They are both incredible surfers, have an understanding of surfboard design that goes far beyond the average surfer, and enjoy the process of trial and error. Those things are a recipe for incredible surfboard design, and when paired with an outside-the-box shaper like Tomo, is probably going to change what the average surfboard looks like in the future. Here’s Kelly Slater on a brand new 5’3 Cymatic, showing just how far it can be pushed.