{"id":7452,"date":"2019-02-28T10:44:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/?p=7452"},"modified":"2019-04-08T17:29:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T17:29:49","slug":"whos-the-best-surfboard-shaper-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/whos-the-best-surfboard-shaper-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u00b4s the best Surfboard Shaper in the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you ever thought about who&#8217;s made the best surfboards? Who might be considered the <strong>best shaper in the world<\/strong>? Well here at <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantiksurf.com\/en\/\">Atlantik Surf<\/a> we&#8217;d like to make a list for you to decide. Some of them never surfed a single wave, others couldn&#8217;t live without surfing. Some just wanted to perfect the sport but only a couple of them really made a difference. <strong>Who&#8217;s the best shaper<\/strong> in the world? Let&#8217;s list all of them and discuss !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Mike Diffenderfer &#8211; 1937 &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Donald Takayama &#8211; 1943 &#8211; Hawaii<\/li><li>Al Merrick &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Murray Bourton &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>Drew Anderson &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Allan Byrne &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>Nick Urrichio &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Eric Arakawa &#8211; Hawaii<\/li><li>Ben Aipa &#8211; Hawaii<\/li><li>Owl Chapman &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Gerry Lopez &#8211; Hawaii<\/li><li>Bert Burger &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>Phil Byrne &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>Greg Bennett &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>Bill Riedel &#8211; California<\/li><li>Reynolds Yater &#8211; 1932 &#8211; USA <\/li><li><\/li><li>Greg Noll &#8211; 1937 -USA<\/li><li>Bill Stewart &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Robert August &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Greg Webber &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>Bing Copeland &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Robert Weiner &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Hap Jacobs &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Bob McTavish &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>Rusty Preisendorfer &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>Hobart Alter &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Bob Pearson &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Simon Anderson &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>I\u00f1igo Letamendia &#8211; Spain<\/li><li>Bob Simmons &#8211; 1919 &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Skip Frye &#8211; 1941 &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Jason Stephenson &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>Bruce Jones &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Terry Martin &#8211; 1937 &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Jeff Bushman &#8211; Hawaii<\/li><li>Chris Jones &#8211; UK<\/li><li>Tom Wegener &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Mark Neville &#8211; UK<\/li><li>Dale Velzy &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Wayne Lynch &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>Matt Biolos &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Dick Brewer &#8211; Hawaii<\/li><li>Maurice Cole &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>Dick Van Straalen &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>Kelly Slater &#8211; USA<\/li><li>Paul Hutchinson &#8211; Australia<\/li><li>Peter Daniels &#8211; South Africa<\/li><li>Mikel Agote &#8211; Spain<\/li><li>Jeff Mccallum USA<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever thought about who&#8217;s made the best surfboards? 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