Shaper Spotlight: Dan Mann

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Retro screen-print illustration of a shaper in a dust mask planing a surfboard blank on sawhorses in a dim shaping bay, with finished boards racked against the wall and a wave painting above.Illustration
Official video: Introducing the DRK by Dan Mann | Slater Designs by Firewire Surfboards on YouTube.

San Diego shaper Dan Mann, shaping since around 1996, is the hands behind Kelly Slater’s DRK, FRK+ and Boss Up designs for Firewire. He talks free-range design, his Boardroom Shape-Off win, surfing both ways and why paddling is “Water College on steroids.”

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