C-SHAPES, LLC
MIAMI, FLORIDA

offered to let me use his back yard in which we built a shed made out of old plywood. After a couple of tries my friends told me they came out good and to keep at it, so I did. I’ve been hand shaping boards ever since, creating mine own outlines out of masonite. I did this for a while until I gave up in 1998 to go back to school and study Graphic Design. I graduated in 2000 and worked a couple years in graphics and printing until I met up with a client who surfed and brought surfing back into my field of view. Reminiscing of my old shaper days I decided to start all over again. With a little bit of money that I had saved up ($1000) and 6 months of unemployment checks I got me a small warehouse in Hialeah, FL in 2003. From there I had a great start with the C-Shapes brand. I showed my first boards and new business cards to old man “BIRD” from just before he passed away, and he said to me, “you look really organized”, and he smiled at me and wished me well. Little by little the company grew. Back then I hand-shaped all my boards and painted them too, but I always relied on a pro glass-shop for support. and his shaping machine and have a solid 10 years CNC designing and glassing experience. All done by me; surfboard design, shaping, fine tuning, painting, glassing, sanding, web design, the clean up around the shop and DIY engineering. Only the good Lord is here helping me in Spirit, and my shop cat is here to give me some company.