Wade’s boards are some of the most popular here in Hawaii being ridden by legions of shortboarders and numerous big name touring pros who come to the North Shore every winter season. Some of the bigger names seen riding Tokoro boards include Andy Irons (won 2006 Pipeline Masters on a Tokoro shape), Sunny Garcia, and Jamie O’Brien to name a few. Tokoro, who hails from the East side of Oahu, arguably demonstrates the best surfing ability of all surfboard shapers. You’ll often find him charging 2nd reef Pipe and air dropping into a heaving Teahupoo pit.

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I began building surfboards in Florida in 1974 and have been shaping ever  since.   It all started when I  wanted to make surfboards for my own personal use.  People liked what they saw and started  asking for them. 

I now call Hawaii my home and have been here for the last  20 years.  For the last fourteen of  those years I have enjoyed a good surfer/shaper relationship with  Bonga Perkins. Together we  have collaborated on many of his designs, the latest being the 10’0 SUP (stand  up paddle board) epoxy model. I also have shaped boards for a number of Local Motion pro and amateur  team riders (past and present) such has: Love Hodel, Jessie Merle Jones, Keanu  Asing,  and Leila Hurst to name a  few.

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When Ricky Carroll was 12 years old he was getting tired of waiting for his older brother to finish surfing so he could use the $10 surfboard thier mother had bought them at a garage sale. So, when he saw his friend and neighbor, Mary Ann Hayes, shaping a surfboard in her garage he decided then to make his own surfboard. He hasn't stopped since.

Ricky is probably most known for his versatility and vast knowledge of everything from kneeboards to noseriders to big wave guns to high performance shortboards and everything in between. R.C. still manages to make his yearly pilgramage to surfings mecca, the North Shore to keep his wits sharp but, this hasn't spoiled his taste for Florida juice though. 

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