Wilkerson Surfcraft
HAND SHAPED UNIQUE CUSTOM BOARDS
"There are a million ways to surf, and as long as you're smiling you're doing it right."
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Handcrafted
MATT WILKERSON SURFBOARDS
My passion is creating unique hand crafted surf boards.
Why?
Hand shaping and designing surfboards is an artistic process for me, I’ve never been interested in the mass production of boards. No surfer is the same, so why would they want their surfboards to be? Sure surfers can like the same style of boards but everyone wants to ride the wave their own way.
History and Influences
I starting learning the process as a young guy with Rusty, founder of Rusty surboards in San Diego in the late Eighties. It was there I met some of the most incredible people and shapers. One those guys was Pat Rawson, his surfboards always had a unique look to them and his theory of board and blank design was something I aspired to.
Like any young surfer kid my dream was to live and surf in Hawaii, so I moved. I soon started working with Donald Takayama and was strongly influenced by his beautiful boards and craftsmanship. I started up my own label and lived on the North Shore where I made both long boards and short boards. Locals and legends rode my boards, regardless just to see them bought to life on the water and the happiness it gave to those riding them is still indescribable for me. Watching a gun I shaped surfed at The Eddie was a huge moment for me, still is. I moved West to Makaha and being embraced by true Hawaiian culture and community gave my life a whole new meaning which still flows through to the boards I shape today.
Today
I met my wife there (an Aussie) and moved to Sydney, Australia where I shaped and worked with companies like Bennett Surfboards and Channel Islands while still designing and shaping under my own label. After traveling north we fell in love with the Sunshine Coast. So the Sunny Coast is now home, I love the waves and it’s sense of community and creative energy.
HANDCRAFTED | CUSTOM SURFBOARDS | NOOSA, AUSTRALIA
BOARDS
Model
IMPALA
9’8” – 9’4”
Model
MOJO
9’6”– 9’2”
Model
SILVER GHOST
10’0”– 9’2”
Model
CALI KAT 5’5”– 6’4”
Model
ALA MOANA 5’6 – 6’2”
Larry Bertlemann 5'6"-6'2"
"Anything is possible"...Larry Bertlemann
Larry Bertlemann was the forefront of performance surfing. Credited with his low stylish turns emulated by DogTown skateboarders and surfers alike. His approach to wave riding was new and his "Laerial" was the first air manoeuvre in surfing. I began handshaking these replicas for Larry Bertlemann twin fins while in my Wailua Sugar Mill factory. Having Larry Bertlemann in the shaping room working on design with me was a high point in my pursuit to learning everything about the performance twin fin design. Flat Decks and forgiving rails with extreme amounts of Vee off the tail with his signature "flute" channel splitting the Vee. Larry always said "if your body is over the board, you will never fall" and to "Be Original"! Fast forward to when i migrated to australia and LB bringing me some laminates and said "go for it". I am pleased to present these boards for reproduction in australia and to the world with he highest of quality.
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