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ABOUT JC

 

ABOUT JC

John "JC" Carper has been shaping and designing surfboards for over thirty years. Gaining experience by following the ASP Tour all over the world, John has put in the hard work and commitment to working with professional surfers that has built him a reputation that is respected worldwide.

JC has devoted most of his life to building and studying surfboards, and has shaped for a number of well-known labels, including Surfboards Hawaii, Lightning Bolt, Island Fusion, Rusty and Hawaiian Island Creations.

As a shaper, John likes to shape boards the way he wants them to be surfed - fast and radical. He strives to design boards that will challenge a surfer, whether beginner or touring professional, young or old.

The accumulation of John’s entire life experience is at the core of his own surfboard company, JC Hawaii. With two main factories, one in Haleiwa, Hawaii and the other in Coastal Orange County, California, John is able to control production of his product, insuring the highest quality surfboard possible.

SHAPING INFLUENCES

featured in Surfing Magazine, 1/2002

Greg Noll - "pure inspiration. He was my neighbor - thr first adult I met who didn’t wear a suit."

Nat Young/Bob McTavish - "watching them surf in Maui made me take up the craft for the first time."

Dick Brewer - "I admired the way he refined the turned-down rail. Very dfficient and elegant - perhaps one of the first to bring engineering and mathematics to shaping."

Rick Irons Sr. - "An incredible craftsman. I worked with him at Surfboards Hawaii and he was the first to really explain how it all worked."

Ben Aipa - "He was a true instructor. I read his design columns in the surf mags every month. Don’t know if they made sense to anyone else, they made sense to me."

Rusty Preisendorfer - "He taught me that even art - in this case the art of shaping, has form, stucture and discipline."

Glen Minami/Pat Rawson - "I loved their transitions - very smooth. I remember getting their boards and just trying to copy them."