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More than 100 exhibitors showed off a range of handcrafted surfboards at the 11th annual Boardroom trade event this weekend at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

If your mother learned surfing from one of the Duke’s crew in Hawaii, you might have a head start in the surfing game. And so it was for Marc Andreini,

Francis Ford Coppola, ‘Apocalypse Now,’ and surfing’s rise in the island nation

Shape like a girl, because it’s awesome. Photo: Laurent Chantegros Surfboard building is unlike any other trade – there’s no formal training or trade schools. Hand shaping surfboards breeds a culture all its own, interconnecting generations with knowledge and tradition passed down from one to the next. Techniques are often unique to each shaper and refined over time, and eventually given to someone else to progress knowledge. Mentorships, which often spring from within intimate circles in...