Surfboard Shaper Eric Arakawa Builds Boards for Happiness and a Higher Calling - The Inertia

Each winter, when the world's best surfers visit the North Shore of Oahu, they send hundreds of orders for custom surfboards to one shaper: Eric Arakawa. Arakawa is well known for making arguably the highest quality boards for charging big waves on the North Shore, and it turns out, he's motivated by something much larger than himself.
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[@nextari]

I had a board shaped by Erik and that board had a special vibe to it, it was for bigger waves. 8'6"" lighter blue with yellow rails. Had many epic sessions at Sunset and Himalaya's, Jocko's, and other places. He's a great shaper.

[@yvanamelineau2368]

Le meilleur, Yvan amitiés de France

[@johnmckenzie3560]

God bless you for this message!

[@generalmayhem8318]

Respect 🤙🏽

[@takayamasurfdesign]

Great video

[@HoStevie]

Good vibes Eric 👍

[@goddamaddog]

🤙

[@owensweetland342]

Wow! Imagine if politicians had the same ideals. Rather than power, prestige, self-importance.

[@oki_surfer_8087]

Still don't got money for that when da rent jumps I found one your boards snapped in half fix it love it and pass it on to a kid thank you

[@KrytpoSurfer]

🙌🏽❤️🤙🏽

[@shobday100]

i love rats