A profile of shaper Chris Jones: If you surf sooner or later you’ll end up at Chris Jones’ door. Who else can offer you fifty years of shaping experience? Who else was there at the beginning? CJ, legendary shaper/surfer, rugby fanatic, pasty connoisseur is this morning sanding down a vintage Tiki for restoration.

Mark Sankey and Alexa Poppe discover Autumn's aquatic gifts in a late September road trip spanning France and Spain. Words: Mark Sankey. Photos and Design: Alexa Poppe

Luciano Burin catches up with Junior Faria, a pro surfer breaking the Brazilian mould, whose atmospheric photographs capture the happiness and freedom of surfing.

During December 1970 and January 1971, my father, my brother Duncan and I designed the first Bonzer. It was the beginning of an amazing journey. Words: Malcolm Campbell. Photos: Miguel Barreira

Richard James and his brother Andrew recently finished shooting their first film, a surf trip of 30,000 kilometres along the west cost of Africa. Words and photos: Richard James

Looking to the future with an eye firmly on the past, Tom Wegener has reintroduced the transport of kings to surfing's elite. His boards are works of art, but it's his veg patch that really floating Tom's boat right now... Words: Tommy Leitch Photos: Jamie Bott

Rebel wave riders on a mission to enlighten the Western world to the true culture of the Middle East, blakkbox redefine the notion of surfers as beach bums who only care about the next wave. Photos: Cole Estrada & Anthony Allen

The annual Fish Fry on Australia's Gold Coast gives shapers a non-commercial, non-competitive opportunity to come together and share ideas in a shameless celebration of the fabulous fish. Words: Tommy Leitch Photos: Jamie Bott

Dane Peterson and Belinda Peterson-Baggs recently travelled to Indonesia with aid supplies that are still much in demand nearly four years after the tsunami... Words: Belinda Peterson-Baggs Photos: Dane Peterson; Adam Kobayashi

Drift caught up with big-wave surfer Carlos Burle on home territory in Brazil to find out why he considers big-wave riding to be a playground for the few who have earned the privilege. Photos: Al McKinnon

A tale of surfing reefs in South Africa, but not knowing what you get yourself into. Drift contributor Tim Conibear points a finger at localism and finds three more pointing right back. Photos: Mike Reich

The offcuts initiative

May 09, 2012 | Words By:

In keeping with the parsimonious habits of the New England wood shop, Grain Surfboards have a lot of small pieces of wood piled around the shop in every spare corner in case they might come in handy for something.


Inconveniently tripping over scrap wood turns out to be a form of forced inspiration that has led to a group of products which have become part of Grain’s Offcuts Initiative as all that scrap wood has gotten a new life as hand-planes and http://www.grainsurfboards.com/boards/body-surf/sea-sled/.

Most recently they’ve converted those dusty piles into skateboards made by a local deck-presser. The Grain Cider Hill Skateboard has gotten so much attention and has been such a great way to make sure that they’re using the resource wisely that Grain decided to hire Courtney on and bring her operation right into their own shop. By pressing leftover veneers of wood too thin for surfboards onto her sustainable-certified maple decks and applying eco-resin bamboo-cloth grip finish to the decks, she’s become the latest change-agent in the Grain family that helps them to do the best they can to do the right thing and still make great-performing stuff. Look for the Offcuts Initiative logo on the Grain site to know that you’re “part of the solution”.

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