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For this year's installment of our Shaper Series, Slowtide has partnered with STAB to highlight three of our favorite shapers: Mayhem, Channel Islands, and Pyzel. Each shaper selected their favorite board & Slowtide created a matching 1-of-1 Quick-Dry towel. These...
Shapers Series Spotlight: Glenn Pang + T&C
Glenn Pang has been shaping for legendary Hawaiian brand, Town & Country, since the 80’s. He was able to spend time directly under Glenn Minami and eventually work with T&C’s founder, Craig Sugihara. Pang operates under the idea that everyone...
Shapers Series Spotlight: HaydenShapes
Started in Sydney, Australia in 1997 by a fifteen year-old Hayden Cox, HaydenShapes blends technology and design to create a clean aesthetic and an innovative board. HaydenShapes is known for the use of Future Flex parabolic carbon fiber rail, patented...
Shapers Series Spotlight: Britt Merrick
Britt Merrick has been around shaping since the time he could walk. Getting a first-hand look at the craft through the lens of his father’s legendary work, Merrick was set to breach the industry. Now well into his career,...
Shapers Series Spotlight: Eric Arakawa
In December we introduced our Shapers Series in which we partnered with twelve surfboard shapers to create exciting prints for this limited-edition line of Travel Towels. One of the shapers featured is the legendary Eric Arakawa. Arakawa was born and...
On December 7th, 2019 Slowtide hosted an event to celebrate the release of the Shapers Series. At Raised by the Waves on the North Shore of Oahu, the event boasted good drinks, good company, and a great question panel with featured...