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Regular surfers and surfing icons alike flocked to Sacred Craft to check out the boards, the equipment, new technology and live shaping. Robert "Wingnut" Weaver (white t-shirt, far left) of Endless Summer II fame was among the 3,200 in attendance. Photo: Maggie Yount
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Shaper Pat Rawson shaped a Waimea gun as part of Shapers 4 Humanity at Sacred Craft. The boards from the Shapers 4 Humanity exhibition will be auctioned off with 100% of the proceeds going to SurfAid International. Photo: Maggie Yount
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Big-wave champion Darryl “Flea” Virostko stopped by to check out the Expo. Photo: Maggie Yount
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The shaping bay was surrounded on all sides by spectators trying to get a good view. Photo: Maggie Yount
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Tom Dadant happily shows off the lightning bolt on the deck of his surfboard. He says the board was a gift from an old friend who allegedly got it from Gerry Lopez himself. Dadant intends to send Lopez images of the board to try to verify its origins. Photo: Maggie Yount
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What looks to be a vintage Velzy longboard is passed by, unnoticed, by the crowd. We’re not sure why it was resting on the ground against the wall. Photo: Maggie Yount
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Drew Brophy shows the crowd his finished board painting on a donated Gary Linden gun. Photo: Maggie Yount
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Steve Coletta takes measurements before he begins to shape his board as part of the Tribute to the Masters Shape-Off honoring Doug Haut. Ward Coffey won the event. Photo: Maggie Yount
The Sacred Craft Consumer Surfboard Expo filled the Rittenhouse Building in Santa Cruz, California with over 3,200 surfers, shapers, and icons of the sport on March 19 and 20, 2011. After a full weekend of shaping and celebrating the surfboard and the people who make them, Ward Coffey won the Tribute to the Masters Shape-off honoring Doug Haut.
“This is an unbelievable honor,” said Coffey upon accepting his winning check for $1,000. “These four shapers are all incredibly gifted craftsman, and I’m thrilled to be standing here with them.
The Sacred Craft Consumer Surfboard Expo will visit the Del Mar Fairgrounds on October 8 & 9, 2011 where Carl Ekstrom will be honored.
